Martin McGuinness seems likely to meet queen during Northern Ireland visit

The fact today is there are two countries - Northern Ireland and Ireland - two governments, one in each, and no desire in either country to become one.

Sinn Fein refused to meet the Queen when she was in Ireland. Now of course they're claiming they misread the Irish people. That's not just a claim, Sinn fein and McGuinness know nothing about the Irish people because they never lived in Ireland.

The Good Friday Agreement (or Home Rule Bill/Act Mk IV) provides for a Northern Ireland Assembly/Executive (ie neo-provincial government). A North/'South' (sic) Ministerial Council (ie embryonic National Home Rule). And a British-Irish Inter-Parliamentarly Conference (ie intra-national talking shop). So let us assemble and execute (laws!). Let us conciliate. And let us counfer asap. All our children deserver a better future than their parents past. GFA, 1997 - Sunningdale for slow learners! Sunningdale, 1973 - Anglo-Irish Treaty/Government of Ireland Act, 1920 for slower learners still. Some posters are still suffering from PTSD from the Battle of the Boyne.

That figures

nah, i prefer the sullivans & skippy

Inner suburb of Melbourne!!! Your full of it Fallsers.The closest you've been to Melbourne is watching an episode of "neighbours" on the TV.

where the 'ell is Elwood, let's do this slowly Easy Tiger, i recommend the double chilli basil rice.

BTW fallsers the Tiger Bar in Elwood is closed,caught out telling pork pies again.

Actually I was there at midday and you would be hard pressed to find anyone singing in the Celtic Club your ignorance is typical.The most pressing discussion in the club is waiting for a permit to put a 48 story building on the site move on fallsers!! WE have!!

seano - a little closer to home, Tigers Bay, Lower North Belfast, don't you know your way round Ireland, i meant Tiger Bar in melbourne, alongside most other ones, Celtic club in Queen St, no didn't go there, like to see a bit of other people's culture, not sit & reminise about an ireland that doesn't exist except in the most republican minds of the planet, tell me what do you sing at the end of the evening, Men behind the Wire, Soldiers Song, Billy McFadzean

ancavker - the Republic of Ireland didn`t exist either - Ireland was still part of the Union. However the Home rule Bill had been passed and this year is the 100th anniversary of the Ulster covenant which will be celebrated on Ulster Day in September, the embryo that created Northern Ireland.

ankaver - this year is the 100th anniversary of the Ulster Covenant which came after the Home Rule Bill for Ireland was passed - yes Northern Ireland didn`t officially exist but the embryo was there

I was sat the Celtic club on the appointed day it's in the city centre and to say you could not find it is a weak response.BTW you never accepted the invitation and therefore you rude manners prevented you from turning up.Tiger bay is in Cardiff are you sure you know where you were. In one word Fallser your full of sh#t.

ancavker - where do ulstermen come from, what anthem does the DUP play at its annual conference, the union jack, ulster flag & 1 other is displayed at Orange Order parades - what is it? Scotland, Flower of Scotland, the Scottish flag, Scotland becomes independent, no guessing where Ulster would prefer to go.

Aughavey: Republicans in northern Ireland have been saying the same thing for 100 years?? There was no northern Ireland 100 years ago. As far as Scotland staying in the union time will tell. You claim there is growing support for the union, I certainly do not see that on my many trips there on business. The project of Scottish independence in modern times start red in the 1930's, and was in the political wasteland for years. Just look how far it has come in the last 15 years. I have acknowledged that come 2014 the Scots may vote to stay in the union, but they will get devo max, which is almost complete independence. As I said before it would only be small steps from there to complete independence. Northern Ireland just does not fit into the scheme of things when this new reality becomes effective, it offers nothing and contributes nothing. The new Scotland and new England that will emerge will ultimately not want northern Ireland.