Nelson's View

Nelson McCausland MLA (Democratic Unionist Party - Constituency: North Belfast). A personal blog in which I comment on a wide variety of issues, political, cultural, social, historical and religious. If something takes my attention, then I may well comment on it.

Thursday, 5 November 2009

Game of Thrones

George R R Martin is an American author and is best-known for his epic fantasy series A Song of Ice and Fire, which is said to be inspired ...

Northern Ireland Affairs Committee

The Northern Ireland Affairs Committee at Westminster was in Belfast on 27 October to consider broadcasting in the province. The committee...

A visitor from Nova Scotia

Today I met Brian Doherty, who was visiting Northern Ireland in connection with his work with the International Fund for Ireland, on which h...

Wednesday, 4 November 2009

An 'ice-cream poke' in Millisle

The Holywood actress Kiera Chaplin was born in Belfast on 1 July 1982. She is the daughter of Eugene Chaplin and his last wife Oona O'N...

Tuesday, 3 November 2009

Low use of Irish in Irish courts

According to the Irish Language Commissioner in the Irish Republic, Sean O Cuirreain, some 71 languages were used in Irish courts last year ...

New hockey pitch for Belfast Royal Academy

This afternoon I opened a new synthetic hockey pitch for Belfast Royal Academy at their grounds at Roughfort Road, Mallusk. The constructi...

Monday, 2 November 2009

Ulster athlete's double gold for Britain

Ulster-born athlete Wendy Houvenaghel, who comes from Upperlands in county Londonderry, struck gold twice at the weekend in the UCI Track Cy...

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