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WALKING through the centre of Belfast on a normal afternoon, I try to imagine what it will be like next week when around 800,000 visitors descend upon...
A century ago, in July 1926, ‘The Soldier’s Song’ became the official national anthem of the Irish Free State. Reflecting a lack of love towards...
ANYONE driving any distance this week will have noticed an increased PSNI presence, as a welcome focus is put on the shocking number of deaths on our...
SOMEWHERE in Northern Ireland this week, a therapist will type a client’s history into ChatGPT and ask it what to do next. A GP will consult Copilot...
The first time I spoke publicly about Irish unity was at an Ireland’s Future event in the Ulster Hall in 2022. I remember our Protestant panel...
ONE hundred people could take over the Ulster Unionist Party. I always marvel at this when I notice Northern Ireland’s far left setting up or...
THE forelock-tugging unionist media here eagerly await the arrival of the new proconsul, full of anticipation about what changes he will make to...
THE immediate takeaway from the latest LucidTalk poll is that the DUP has quite the problem. It is seven points behind Sinn Féin, one point behind...
IT is difficult to imagine a more disturbing breach of trust than the case involving a senior nursing assistant who filmed demeaning videos of...
THERE is no such thing as a “climate crisis” – there, I’ve said it. Remember that phrase. It’s important. Yes, hundreds of thousands are...
For all the disappointments surrounding Northern Ireland’s failed bid to host Euro 2028 games at a redeveloped Casement Park, there is a positive...
I hate AI. I hate the awful posters that make every small café look like they’re advertising a monster truck rally or a candlelit vigil. I hate the...
THEY promised “out with the old and in with the new”, but Keir Starmer still playing five-a-side isn’t old, and Andy Burnham’s experience as a...
There will be enormous relief that a bomb which was capable of causing death and destruction on an appalling scale was intercepted outside...
BELFAST is set to transform into the global capital of Irish culture as three monumental events – Belfast TradFest, Féile an Phobail and Fleadh...
WHILE curious events during July are not unknown here, I did not expect a debate instigated by a DUP MP to prompt recollections of my eldest child’s...
Our eldest took his family to Alicante for a week’s break at the start of the month. One day they went travelling and his wife, having heard of a...
Northern Ireland’s growing screen industry has brought some of television’s most recognisable stars here in recent months. David Tennant filmed...
Around this time last year, Fionnuala’s well-to-do cousin lent us her beautiful mobile home in Marble Hill, and the same offer came this July. She...
Police, politicians and community workers have called for parents to take responsibility for their children following serious disorder in west...
Last week’s column dealt with the origins of the divide in French society and politics that still persists today. This week’s deals with the...
The gimmicky replacing the gormless – that would appear to be a reasonable summary of events in Downing Street this week, as Britain witnessed its...
Many dismiss it as impossible. Others claim it can only happen in a united Ireland. And yet others claim not to understand what is meant by it. I am...
We have had many previous major inquiries into clerical child abuse, which helped to establish the full appalling scale of the issue, but the latest...
Colum Eastwood’s partner, Louise Haigh (a former Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland), is often and accurately described as one of Andy...
Andy Burnham has caused some confusion by saying he wants the UK to have both a written constitution and a German-type “Basic Law”. Germany’s...
Few stories in recent years have united people across Northern Ireland quite like that of Dáithí Mac Gabhann. For almost eight years, we have...
We frequently have issues over offensive emblems which are displayed in both nationalist and unionist areas, particularly during the summer months, in...
It is all change over at Westminster. Not only is there a new prime minister (the seventh in 10 years, if you have not heard), but we have a new...
When the new British prime minister visits this place on his obligatory skite round what the BBC calls “the nations and the regions of the UK”,...
The scenes witnessed on the streets of west Belfast over the weekend should concern everyone, regardless of where they live or their views on...
This time around I have been keeping an eye on the World Cup from afar. It made no difference to FIFA whether I watched the games or not. But, after...
The woman behind the checkout looked drained as she took my t‑shirts and scanned them at the till. A big fan was blowing hot air around as she...
Andy Burnham will be acutely aware as he becomes the latest UK prime minister later today that, one after another, each of his five immediate...
And so, farewell Keir Starmer. Hello, Andy Burnham. I wouldn’t get comfortable. If Burnham manages to hold on for the next three years, I suspect...
There are several main takeaways emerging from this year’s loyalist commemorative events. The dangers posed by the unregulated and anarchic nature...
It might surprise readers to learn I was disappointed England didn’t beat Argentina in their World Cup semi-final. As a lifelong Spurs fan, I have...
As I stared up at the driver of the tractor, with an enormous boat somehow strapped on top, I thought why in God’s good earth was he driving on such...
I remember sitting in primary school when the teacher asked whether anyone knew the difference between Catholics and Protestants. My hand shot up but...
On Tuesday, Emmanuel Macron presided over his last Bastille Day parade; his term in office ends next year. It was the biggest display of French...
JIM Gamble, the safeguarding expert reviewing what the DUP knew about Jeffrey Donaldson, has said any evidence of potential crimes he uncovers “will...
The first steps to a united Ireland will happen not in Dublin. They will be taken in Belfast and until nationalists realise that, Irish unity will...
THE world has fallen in love with Erling Haaland. From strangers on the internet to colleagues and siblings, almost everyone I encounter everyone...
In a recent Red C poll published in the Sunday Business Post, more than a third (36%) of those polled based in the 26 counties, when asked if they...
Ten years on from the Brexit referendum, the debate over Britain’s departure from the European Union refuses to fade. While political attention has...
The loss of more than £62 million in unpaid rates over the past three years is a sobering figure for a Stormont Executive already struggling to...
2026 will be remembered as somewhat of an ‘annus horribilis’ for loyalism. A tipping point reached in the collective tolerance of civic society...
ULSTER University is testing the limits of the law. In a briefing to staff, it has warned it may introduce new charges for graduation to help plug a...
IT was clear from the first attacks by the US and Israel on Iran at the end of February that this was an entirely unnecessary war, and one from which...
WHEN David Cameron became prime minister in May 2010, he began with a problem. He didn’t have an overall majority and required the support of the...
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