the charts for murder , mayhem , and destruction and I would think that most people in NI have had enough of that s***e ! BTW 'independence ' is a misnomer in this day and age even for the Republic and a future Scotland and indeed even the UK in it's present format . The banksters rule and they don't care what colour your flag is and care even less about your 'nationality' . But it seems the Dutch have woken up and today's election in the Netherlands may be a preview of what awaits the EU in the near future Says it all really about the present and future relationships between Ireland and Britain. The reasons for Unionism rejecting or fearing a United Ireland are slowly being eroded but heaven forbid at the same time so are the reasons for not rejoining the commonwealth, its all down to respect, mutual benefit, security and financial incentives. Leave a Reply Advertise Books Tweet The nod and wink politics of Ireland's last two or three decades as practised par excellence by Bertie, Albert and Charlie is ultimately what has the Republic in the stew it's in. Don't get me wrong, the effective monitoring of those exercising of power does not demand full disclosure of everything all the time. [...] read our review  Tweet It's the quiet ones you have to watch, they say. When I last saw Eamonn Namcarrow, back in the mid 1980s he was a congenial, good-natured and highly sociable