It's been some going. Let's hope the quality has matched the quantity! Onwards and upwards...

Following on from last week’s post on Arab-Israeli literature, I noticed in this morning’s The Independent, that there is now a website dedicated to fiction in translation: www.translatedfiction.org.uk (They certainly won’t be winning any prizes for imaginative titles with that!) That said, I have had a quick look at the site and it does provide

Two reports on the SDLP and possible mergers in today’s papers. Mark Hennessy writes in the Irish Times that the SDLP will seek talks with Fianna Fáil, Labour and Fine Gael in the next week “to discuss future all-Ireland options, including a merger with another party”. SDLP leader Mark Durkan is quoted as saying that the party is “exploring all

The Independent Monitoring Commission has backed the assertion made the family of murdered Cullyhanna man Paul Quinn that provos were involved. The monitoring body today stated: "Amongst those involved were people who had in various ways been associated with the PIRA at a local level, including as members of the organisation

I see the latest IMC report has been produced and no doubt the SDLP and the criminal elements in South Armagh who have been conspiring against Sinn Féin will have had their hands slapped. There is no evidence of IRA involvement in the murder of Paul Quinn, something we have been saying since day one. Now before we start I place no authority in

I had a wry chuckle when I learnt that the Greek island of Lesbos are to go to court in an attempt to stop a gay rights organisation from using the term "lesbian". The man spearheading the case, publisher Dimitris Lambrou, claims that international dominance of the word in its sexual context violates the human rights of the islanders and

I would like to wish all Balrog readers a happy May Day. A day when we celebrate the work of Labour and workers in general. The origins of May Day however have their roots in Celtic culture with the festival of Lá Bealtaine. It was the herald of the summer months and Bealtaine and Samhain were the two main festivals in civil Irish life

So the IMC is expected to say the IRA wasn't behind Paul Quinn's murder last year. Quelle surprise. Although the murder wasn't ordered down the IRA chain of command, apparently the IMC believes (former) IRA members carried out the murder - which, let's not forget, was meticulously planned and surgically executed by up to 20 men in forensic suits