now that the “troubles” are (mostly) over, the Belfast murals are mainly a tourist attraction, visited by bus and taxi tours.
There are many modern political references, however, and even paintings by non-Irish underground organisations such as the ETA…
When my slide scanner (Minolta Dimage II) started generating strange error messages and very often completely refused to cooperate, I was tempted to just replace it. Then, I thought better of it and looked for a software update. Couldn't find anything on http://konicaminolta.com/ Even searching the site did not bring me to a download section. So I wrote a short mail and was positively surprised when I received an answer 2 days later. The mail by Minolta contained a link to driver update and my scanner has functioned very well ever since. So, before dishing out that money for an expensive repair or a new ...
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December 28th, 2010 at 12:20 am
An interesting photograph and thanks for this. I think there are about 12 different tours you can take to see these murals. A lot of the murals are starting to disappear because the Government have a social fund from the EU to encourage locals to tidy up their areas and make them more friendly. I don’t think they will all disappear but I have already noticed quite a few painted over or changed to more neutral style of murals.