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Last Thursday, senior members of the Irish and British cabinets came together in what Taoiseach Micheál Martin called “the most extensive summit in...
Listening to the debate about the Programme for Government last week was fascinating for a policy nerd like me. After over a decade, we have a...
Looking back on it, I know now that I was an obnoxious teenager: a cuckoo in the next. It wasn’t my parents’ fault. They did their best. They had a...
It is hard to overstate the seismic shifts that have occurred in the world as we know it over the last number of weeks. Although these global...
“Whatever you say, say nothing when you talk about you know what” – so went the lyrics written by renowned Down folk singer Colum Sands. In this...
Why has the name Joseph of Arimathea always fascinated me? I really don’t know why, except I like the sound of it. Now, however, I can put some...
While there will be a welcome for the announcement that a process leading to the selection of commissioners to play key roles covering both the...
Although most discussions at Stormont over the last week have understandably concentrated on the detail of the long-awaited Programme for Government...
IN the wake of Donald Trump’s victory, there has been much anguished discussion among the commentariat about the supposed change in the cultural...
The DUP is “holding up delivery” at the executive, according to Alliance deputy leader Eoin Tennyson. He accused Emma Little-Pengelly, the deputy...
Great news! We are all going to be prosperous. That’s what Michelle O’Neill says, so it must be true. She announced last week that the Programme...
I have a cousin called Bernard who loves the mountains. He’s been up every one in Ireland, bagged a few Munros in Scotland, and last year ascended...
LAST week, and I am not sure if this had anything to do with the alignment of the planets, unprecedented scenes were beamed live across the world...
I got a call from an old friend a couple of weeks back to tell me one of our pals from our football team of many years ago had died. My abiding...
We’ve covered some of this ground before, Alex, and you’ve provided some explanations, but surely it’s becoming more urgent to provide clear...
As you say, Brian, we have covered some of this ground before. I’m sure neither of us is surprised by that fact, since the returning to old ground...
On several late afternoons each week and at least one early morning, the relative silence of school classrooms and playgrounds devoid of throngs of...
When it comes to politics, sometimes all you want to do is pull your hair out. But seeing that half the world is already pulling their hair out...
A LITTLE bit of Mikel Arteta must die inside every time the clip goes around. There may not have been a jet black hair out of place but, leading up...
THE problem with this column only running every two weeks is that it inevitably ends up falling behind in the constant scramble to cover all the...