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The North & The South

Jon — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 15:54:07 +0000

Heard on Anderson Extra yesterday, 21 January 2012: “Ireland is an island off the west of Britain, but Northern Ireland is just off the Mainland – not the Irish mainland, the British mainland. The capital of Ireland is Dublin. It has a population of 4 million people, all of whom will be shopping in Newry …

Trains, Ships and a whole lot of shouting

Jon — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 11:42:14 +0000

Yesterday I decided to go to the start of the Maritime Festival in Belfast, as it was the first time in 18 years (1991) that the Tall Ships had been in Belfast. It all began yesterday morning, when I was waiting on the platform in Coleraine to get the 1015BST train from Londonderry/Derry to Great …