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

Since I first began writing about Unionism, I have watched its influence wane, its relevance fade, and its voice grow weaker.

Following on from the decision of the SDLP last week, yesterday afternoon Sinn Féin announced that they would not be sending a delegation to the annual St.Patrick’s Day reception at the White House in ...

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 ...

The Tragic Shadow Cast by the Troubles on the Lives of Women,’ and today’s papers are full of choice extracts. Here is a ...

A new report written by Prof. Jodie Carson and Prof. Stephen Farry calls for a ‘multi-faceted policy approach to public ...

OP updated for Italian, French, England ‘A’ and Ireland ‘A’ team announcements, complete with some surprises, not to say shocks! Two weeks ago, in a comment on my post here on the second round of the ...

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 ...

It started with Fergal Keane and an “In-Depth” article on the BBC website on a Sunday morning in January. I soon realized this was the entrance to a rabbit-hole, that once I went in, I would fall down ...