New Year Same Old National disTrust

Happy New Year to one and all, unless you happen to be a Northern Ireland National disTrust Director or Manager and let us not forget the one that allegedly flew the coop to pastures elsewhere. Thank God for small mercies, no matter how small. Now if only the rest of them would do us all a favour.

Is it only here in Northern Ireland or is it a more widespread phenomenon? The number of arrogant incompetents some have encountered over the past months, and continue to encounter, really is simply staggering. Who do these people think they are? Really! Who'd have thought it?

Over the next few weeks we will be publishing extracts from the most interesting of communications relating to our much loved National disTrust, letters from the Northern Ireland Tourist Board. Letters relating to planning permission, or more to the point, letters relating to no planning permission , and asking the several million Ballykaziyermaun Rubles question regarding why the National disTrust is up in arms about a trifling little thing like planning permission for a new golfing complex. After all, who needs planning permission? Allegedly not you know who.

Also there might well be other news items, perhaps even rumours, allegations, the occasional joke and quiz. Have you heard the one about Trading Standards and the National disTrust? Wow! Stay tuned, it's a cracker! And who can spot the subtle difference between the National Trust for Historic Preservation and the National Trust that allegedly preserves historic places. Answers on a postcard to the usual place.

Next posting coming sooner than sooner you might think which will include late breaking news. The long awaited overdue report of the much vaunted infamous Castle Ward investigation. No, not the cows, the other one, and it's straight from the mouth of the mythical fantasimo creature itself or whatever.

National disTrust of Ballykaziyermaun.