Early last December I was in the RSPB Hide in the Belfast Harbour bEstate/b where I was introduced to Shane Wolsey The British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) Liason Officer in Ireland. I mentioned to him that I was interested in ringing and ...
Even areas perceived as being Loyalist heartlands, like the Old Warren bEstate/b in Lisburn, have Catholic populations of up to 25% - although the Rathvarna bEstate/b has only a tiny Catholic population of 3% and it is little higher on the b.../b Marietta Farrell, her substitue, only came into post about the New Year, and hasn't had time to sink local roots from far off bRostrevor/b. On the other hand Sinn Féin's Paul Butler has been a competent leader of the SF group on Lisburn City b.../b
