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It is probably sacrilegious to say it, given the British Open and all that, but Mark Twain’s description of golf as “a good walk spoiled” always...
When does it become too much to ignore? When the news is filled with pictures of emaciated and starving babies; gaunt mothers so under-nourished...
The fourteen-year term of the presidency of Michael D. Higgins will soon conclude. As someone who was initially sceptical about the poet/politician...
“Hello, my name is Alanis Millar and this is my voice. I stand here proudly to say I am a graduate of Ulster University.” So announced a young...
In 2019, I co-authored a CCEA publication, Celebrating our Sports, aimed at using sports to frame cross-curricular learning activities in a fun,...
The outspoken criticisms of The Irish News expressed by the memorably named Grand Orange Lodge of Ireland (GOLI) last week might indicate that the...
The Stormont Executive has delivered limited progress in a handful of areas since it returned just under 18 months ago, but unfortunately the list...
FORMER police ombudsman Nuala O’Loan has expressed concern that the ombudsman’s office is being run by its chief executive, an ex-PSNI and RUC...
This week’s charity appeal is on behalf of the political parties at Stormont. They are so poor that items they claimed for last year include 70...
My dead father visited me in my sleep that night in the farmer’s house in Donegal. I was on the sofa, having broken down in the depths of nowhere,...
I found myself sitting in a pub in Mayo last Sunday evening watching the second half of a thrilling All-Ireland hurling final. I suppose I should...
This weekend, Belfast will be buzzing with vibrant, joyful and inclusive celebrations as the city’s Pride festival gets underway. What started as a...
The saga of the struggle to curtail and contain disputed Orange marches over the last 40 years is really the story of the rapid demographic changes...
I know it’s a mistake to set too much store by online exchanges. That said, over the last week or so it has been particularly difficult – on my...
The National Children’s Hospital, under construction at the St. James’s Hospital Campus in Dublin 8, has become a lightning rod for public anger —...
‘Tis the season for the UK and Ireland’s annual debate on shortening the school summer holidays. The English discuss this most, although Britain...
The recent spell of good weather has brought our neighbourhood to life, with the young and old out playing, chatting, pottering in their gardens....
Fifty years ago this month, in the early hours of July 31 1975, one of Ireland’s most popular bands, The Miami, was stopped at a fake roadblock...
Last Thursday, the First and Deputy First Ministers were at Portrush for the first day of The Open. They attended a business breakfast to do a bit...