I am going to return to the theme of my last blog earlier this month: the need for a forum to discuss not the constitutional ...

There are historical examples where companies did indeed run countries but not for the good of the citizens. The British East ...

The Look North Festival is back this Friday and will run throughout the weekend, promoting the best of North Belfast. We are ...

Arnold is a retired teacher from Belfast.

On Wednesday (19 February), the Executive Office confirmed that its “flagship project”, a new £671 million children’s hospital development on the grounds of the Royal Victoria Hospital, had received ...

A new report written by Prof. Jodie Carson and Prof. Stephen Farry calls for a ‘multi-faceted policy approach to public sector transformation’ in Northern Ireland ...

Whether or not the individual had been listening to the politicians or reading social media comments which flowed from the reports of funding for a sports pitch at Lisneal College, the sentiments ...

Official 2025 inaugural portrait of Donald Trump by Daniel Torok (public domain). This will be the first of many shattering weeks in 2025. Even the cleverest members of the establishment that is being ...

Martin Dillon’s new book is ‘The Sorrow and the Loss—The Tragic Shadow Cast by the Troubles on the Lives of Women,’ and today’s papers are full of choice extracts. Here is a roundup: MI5 ‘tampered ...

Since I first began writing about Unionism, I have watched its influence wane, its relevance fade, and its voice grow weaker. What was once a formidable political force now struggles to find direction ...

Last week PSNI Chief Constable Jon Boutcher expressed concern at the low number of Catholic applicants to the PSNI. As this report from ITV news says… “Northern Ireland’s chief constable has said the ...

Today, the Irish News reports that the world’s largest celebration of Irish music, the Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann, is coming to Belfast for the first time next year. The Fleadh is a big deal. When it ...