Author Archives: Gerry Lynch

The Sad State of North Belfast’s Riverside…

Posted on February 21, 2013 by Gerry Lynch

Crossposted at Slugger O’Toole… A bright, cold, day earlier this week saw me head out for a constitutional along what is now rather a pleasant route along the banks of the Lagan past the Odyssey and up to the Titanic … Continue reading →

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Steven Agnew cleans Arlene Foster’s clock on gay marriage…

Posted on February 20, 2013 by Gerry Lynch

Well done to Green Party MLA Steven Agnew for setting DUP Enterprise Minister Arlene Foster straight that civil partnerships are NOT equal to marriage and that all religious symbolism or language in civil partnership ceremonies in the UK is banned … Continue reading →

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Which Angel do you prefer?

Posted on February 20, 2013 by Gerry Lynch

Walking around Sailortown today, I noticed the Flying Angel statue outside the Mission to Seafarers was just about to fall into complete shadow given the tall houses recently recently built directly opposite it on Pilot Street. This isn’t something I … Continue reading →

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Belfast On A Sunny Winter Day

Posted on February 20, 2013 by Gerry Lynch

Glorious winter sunshine in Belfast and with the equinox fast approaching the sun has a bit of heat in it even at this relatively high latitude. One can only answer the message of St. Anne’s carving with the next verse … Continue reading →

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3830 Write-Up for the ARRL DX CW Contest 2013 – G6PZ (GI0RTN Op) SOABHP

Posted on February 19, 2013 by Gerry Lynch

Another great weekend of high pace, high power, modern contesting at G6PZ, this particular event being very much a game of two halves. The first 24 hours were marked by a relatively quiet ionosphere, returning to normality from a late … Continue reading →

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Copernicus’ “Google Doodle” and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth

Posted on February 19, 2013 by Gerry Lynch

Crossposted at Slugger O’Toole… Sunday past was the 413th anniversary of the execution of Giordano Bruno (burned at the stake for heresies such as proposing that the Sun is a star and that the other stars in the sky are … Continue reading →

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House Prices Rise 43-fold since 1971 – Cui Bono?

Posted on February 19, 2013 by Gerry Lynch

The Daily Telegraph highlights a report by Shetler indicating that house prices have risen by 43 times since 1971. This is over six times the rate of inflation for basic weekly groceries in the same period. The report comes with … Continue reading →

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Home Rule, Rome Rule and Gay Marriage

Posted on February 7, 2013 by Gerry Lynch

Crossposted at Slugger O’Toole… Last September, Unionists paraded in their tens of thousands through Belfast to celebrate the centenary of the Ulster Covenant. From the days of Lilibullero in the 17th Century, Ulster Protestantism has always had a particular genius … Continue reading →

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The Silence of Lost Worlds and the Fate of the Middle East’s Christians

Posted on January 30, 2013 by Gerry Lynch

Crossposted at Slugger O’Toole… Monasteries are very quiet places indeed. Garrulous as I am beyond the normal Irish capacity for such things, I am not someone obviously identifiable as a great lover of silence. At the Community of the Resurrection, … Continue reading →

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A First Commandment Issue?

Posted on January 29, 2013 by Gerry Lynch

Crossposted at 8aNoWay.com… During a recent social media discussion on homosexuality ensuing from Steve Chalke’s recent – and potentially game-changing – announcement of his support for marriage equality, I was confronted by one conservative member of the Presbyterian Church telling … Continue reading →

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