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Noel Doran__The Irish News |
WHILE most people will sympathise over the dilemmas facing Chris Bryant, there is little in his CV which suggests he was ever qualified to take charge...
WE are well used to claims from a variety of sources - some fringe figures and others who are actually elected representatives - that a rising tide of...
IT is more than a little disconcerting to look at familiar workplaces which were once occupied by vibrant institutions, packed with people, energy and...
WE did not have to wait for long for Andy Burnham to confirm that he is the latest in a long line of UK prime ministers who often struggle to speak...
THE world changed forever through the 9/11 catastrophes in the United States, 25 years ago this Friday, with the full scale of the consequences still...
CONSIDERABLE attention is rightly being paid to the deterioration of high streets across Ireland and the UK, with notable recent interventions from...
KOBE McDonald has become arguably Ireland’s most celebrated citizen, even though he is still only 18 and it seems likely that he will be a resident...
A UNITY referendum is clearly some distance away, and it is very hard to predict the mood across Ireland if constitutional change is the eventual...
The impact of what have become known as culture wars across our society has been increasingly evident for some time, and there is every prospect that...
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...
WHEN Patrick Kielty ran the credits at the end of the final Late Late Show of the season in May, there were plenty of suggestions that not only would...
TRAVELLING around the cities and towns of Ireland, both north and south, often involves encounters with adjacent areas which are either thriving or,...
The dark shadow of Jeffrey Donaldson will hang over both Stormont and Westminster for many years after he is sentenced in September for his appalling...
When Nigel Farage dropped in to the offices of The Irish News for a chat some 13 years ago, I struggled to maintain a fixed grin as he set out in...
THE long and troubled history of Belfast and its hinterland is epitomised by the way in which adjoining streets have been at the centre of two of the...
IT was on this day a quarter of a century ago that a profound change took place in northern nationalism, with the UK general election count...
You probably know you are getting old when you look back at the concerts you enjoyed most over the last year and realise they all involved exceptional...
IT will be some months before a programme is confirmed for next year’s state visit to Ireland by King Charles, but it can be expected that the tone...
IF the recent plans of some figures in Fianna Fáil had come to fruition, it would have celebrated the centenary of its launch at the weekend by...
During this week next year, if Assembly elections go ahead as scheduled, everyone with an interest in the political process would normally be fully...
JIM McDowell’s funeral took place at the weekend and, while his death is above all an immense loss to his family, I am not at all sure if journalism...
THERE is a blandness to many of the newer, large commercial and residential centres across Ireland, north and south, which verges on the depressing,...
A REVILED US lawyer who died nearly four decades go might not be expected to have a central influence on one of the main Irish sporting events of the...
THERE is a large housing estate adjacent to a scenic area of Belfast which has regularly featured in best kept civic awards, and where the residents...
IN the modern media landscape, with a massive range of platforms constantly updating their output, it is difficult to convey the scale of the impact...
SOME aspects of the annual St Patrick’s Day celebrations in Washington can be open to parody, but there were developments during last week’s...
IF GAA regulations still prevented British soldiers and northern police officers from joining today, it would be completely understandable if the...
JOHN Taylor is well used to having his opinions directly questioned, but what cannot be disputed is that his range of political experience – which...
THE incredible Peter Mandelson scandal is still unfolding on both sides of the Atlantic, and, together with last week’s seismic Manchester...
JON Burrows has had much to say since he became Ulster Unionist leader last month at a remarkably early stage in his political career, while so far...
WHILE Tony Blair has become used to facing heavy criticism from a range of sources during his lengthy and contentious public career, arguably the most...
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