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10/09/2026

Stop The Games

A rally took place in Belfast on Saturday (September 5th) (reddit) to call for the cancellation of Ireland's pair of Nations' League soccer matches against Israel, which are due to be played on September 27th and October 4th. Rather than taking place in Dublin, the Ireland "home" game will in fact be in Serbia, and the other game will be played in Hungary, where Israel has played most of its "home" games since late 2023 (...

A rally took place in Belfast on Saturday (September 5th) (reddit) to call for the cancellation of Ireland’s pair of Nations’ League soccer matches against Israel, which are due to be p…

09/09/2026

Appreciate Everything

Here are two paste-ups in Warehouse Lane, amongst the images from Belfast Exposed. Above "Expect nothing, appreciate everything" by DZ.B2B (ig) from Dublin, and below, a heart of flowers by tweet_streetart (ig) from Australia. Click image to enlargeCopyright © 2026 Paddy DuffyT09790 T09892r

Here are two paste-ups in Warehouse Lane, amongst the images from Belfast Exposed. Above “Expect nothing, appreciate everything” by DZ.B2B (ig) from Dublin, and below, a heart of flower…

08/09/2026

Village Bonfire

The Village Bonfire (Fb) proved controversial last year because of asbestos in an old factory roof lying near the site. The Council recommended that the bonfire be removed but the police refused to intervene; instead, the owners of the land secured the hazardous materials (BBC | BBC). This year, organisers were selling badges showing a person at the bonfire in a haz-mat suit (...

The Village Bonfire (Fb) proved controversial last year because of asbestos in an old factory roof lying near the site. The Council recommended that the bonfire be removed but the police refused to…

07/09/2026

Por Vuestra Libertad Y La Nuestra – a new plaque in the Brandywell commemorates man Eamon McGrotty who died fighting in the International Brigade in the Spanish Civil War

“I ndíl [sic] chuımhne ar Eamon McGrotty 1911-1927, republican, socialist, anti-fascist. Killed fighting fascism in the Jarama Valley. Eamon attended the Brow Of The Hill school. ¡No Pasarán!…

06/09/2026

Life Hack

This street-art is by/for Life Hack (Fb) and Peaball (web) near the Rath Mór offices of the former, on Bligh's Lane, Derry. Click image to enlargeCopyright © 2026 Paddy DuffyT09767

05/09/2026

An Uncompromised Republican

This entry updates An Attitude Of Revolt from 2022, which showed the same four plaques as in the image below – to Tommy Roberts, Stevie Mellon, Veronica Taylor, Ruaırí (Roddy) Carlin – but a different board featuring Roberts and Mellon and an oak leaf with crossed rifles. In addition to the generic IRPWA board, the entire wall was been painted grey and a knotwork surround added, with the Saoradh (web) sunburst in the corners. Westland Street, Derry Click image to enlargeCopyright © 2026 Paddy DuffyT09758 T09759 T09760

This entry updates An Attitude Of Revolt from 2022, which showed the same four plaques as in the image below – to Tommy Roberts, Stevie Mellon, Veronica Taylor, Ruaırí (Roddy) Carlin – but a differ…

04/09/2026

You Have No Power To Make Me A Criminal

""You have the power to send me to gaol but you have no power to make me a criminal" – Seán Milroy, IRB" The words were reportedly (ig) spoken by Milroy in June, 1915, as he was being sentenced to three months hard labour for an inflammatory speech. He fought in the Easter Rising (see p. 27 ff of…...

“”You have the power to send me to gaol but you have no power to make me a criminal” – Seán Milroy, IRB” The words were reportedly (ig) spoken by Milroy in June, 1915, as he…

03/09/2026

Things Can Only Get Better

Peter Cunnah was the singer of D:Ream, who had a number-one hit in 1994 with "Things Can Only Get Better" (youtube). He was born in Belfast but adopted by parents in Derry (BBC). This new mural was painted (by Karl Porter of UV Arts (web)) at the junction of Northland and Clarendon streets (in the Clarendon Conservation Area (...

Peter Cunnah was the singer of D:Ream, who had a number-one hit in 1994 with “Things Can Only Get Better” (youtube). He was born in Belfast but adopted by parents in Derry (BBC). This n…

02/09/2026

Apartheid-Free Zone

"You are no entering Derry, an apartheid-free zone." Placards like this one have been mounted in Derry by the Pat Finucane Centre (web) and the Bloody Sunday Trust (web) – whose emblems are the top corners – in connection with their work with local businesses and organisations in conducting a "BDS audit" to ensure that they are not working with Israeli companies (...

“You are no entering Derry, an apartheid-free zone.” Placards like this one have been mounted in Derry by the Pat Finucane Centre (web) and the Bloody Sunday Trust (web) – whose emblems…

01/09/2026

Relax The Tax

"Not until the last pint of beer has been poured, and the last plate of food has been cooked, will the government realise we can't eat VAT! It's time to relax the tax on food. (paraphrased from Cree wisdom ...)" This statement is on the side wall of the Ginger Bistro. VAT on restaurant food was temporarily reduced to 5% during COVID, and this summer the same rate was used for children's meals, but both are now back at the standard rate of 20%....

“Not until the last pint of beer has been poured, and the last plate of food has been cooked, will the government realise we can’t eat VAT! It’s time to relax the tax on food. (pa…

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