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Memorial Day presents an ideal opportunity to look back on perhaps Ireland’s greatest achievement in America. That is the extraordinary number of Medals of Honor won by Irish natives in the toughest arena of all – fighting for their adopted country in the Civil War.
The DUP and Alliance were the big winners as the final results were confirmed in Lisburn and Castlereagh. The council joined Mid-Ulster and Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon in counting ballot papers well into the early hours of Saturday morning.
It’s my daughter’s ninth birthday in a couple of weeks. She doesn’t want for much, and won’t be getting much. That said, I reckon a modest present and party for her and a few of her little friends will still sting for a couple of hundred pounds.
Like Liverpool, the majority of people here have little or no love for the monarchy. But you’ll never hear God Save The King drowned in jeers at Windsor Park the way it was at Anfield last weekend.
Here in Northern Ireland, we’ve already witnessed the abstruse antics of politicians who campaigned vigorously for a hard border, and were then left shell-shocked and inconsolable when it arrived.