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THE major damage caused by an arson attack on the former Antrim Arms hotel in Ballycastle not only represents a significant setback for the entire...
WHEN Keir Starmer became British prime minister after his comprehensive general election victory in July 2024, there was every indication that, with...
ULSTER University is one of our most important institutions at every level, and there can only be enormous concern over the revelation that it is...
THE sight of ambulances queued up outside hospital A&E units, unable to hand over patients requiring emergency care, has been a cause of major...
IT is telling that among the most strident criticism faced by Donald Trump in recent days has been from those involved with Christian groups which...
In a place where allegiances are parsed and identities contested, a boy from Holywood has achieved something remarkable beyond his six major...
IT is difficult to know at this stage if threatened fuel protests at the Westlink, Larne and other locations across the north will generate anything...
There is something especially bleak about violence carried out by a crowd. A disagreement between two individuals may be ugly enough. But when a group...
THOSE who lived through the Cold War, including hair-trigger stand-offs such as the Cuban missile crisis, might have hoped that the threat of...
THE north’s growing housing crisis – and it can only be described this way – has been evident for some time, but latest figures underline its...
The attempted bomb attack at Lurgan police station last week was, by any measure, a chilling reminder that the threat from dissident republicans has...
Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann is an event of enormous cultural and indeed economic significance at every level, which will bring a range of major...
ALMOST 50 years ago, the acclaimed Co Tyrone writer Benedict Kiely, who came from a firmly nationalist background, published one of his most discussed...
Arnold Schwarzenegger swung into town yesterday but his visit carried more than just the usual celebrity sparkle. For many students gathered to hear...
The explosion which killed ten people at a petrol station in Creeslough, Co Donegal, in October 2022, was a tragedy of shocking proportions, which had...
WHILE the debate about flags has a range of complexities, and is surrounded by basic doubts over what is legal and illegal, there are some key...
In an age when so much public life feels hurried, transactional and fleeting, it is worth pausing to consider the quiet, steady example of people like...
There was a time when the views of members of the minority nationalist community in Portadown, in common with many of their counterparts across the...
NEGOTIATING a meeting in front of cameras with Donald Trump must feel like handling nitroglycerin for any politician summoned to his gilded White...
It was appalling in every way that dozens of west Belfast residents, including pensioners and young children, were forced to evacuate their homes for...
IT is profoundly frustrating for ordinary citizens, struggling to cope with overwhelming cost of living pressures, to see the two main Stormont...
Among the rubble of a medical facility in southern Lebanon this weekend lay the bodies of 12 healthcare workers: paramedics and medics who had gone to...
Enormous advances have been made in policing since the launch of the PSNI almost a quarter of a century ago, but all the progress must be carefully...
THE prolonged attempts to obtain a criminal conviction under anti-terrorism legislation against Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh, also known as Mo Chara, of the...
There is a delicate balance to be struck between the rights of residents who live beside our public amenities and the wider public who fund, own and...
THE fact that the body of 23-year-old Ellie Flanagan was discovered in Co Fermanagh on the eve of International Women’s Day was a development of...
Given the intense publicity last summer surrounding the health risks in assembling and lighting a bonfire on a site containing asbestos in south...
Many criticisms can be made of the Stormont administration, but probably the biggest single indictment to be put forward is its consistent and...
It is a matter of huge concern that pupils using public transport while travelling to and from their schools could face unnecessary dangers, and even...
A WESTMINSTER committee yesterday heard alarming evidence about the potential impact of funding changes to voluntary organisations. Secretary of State...
Donald Trump’s successful US presidential campaign in 2024 was surrounded by regular pledges that he was the candidate of peace, and, in a victory...
There are warnings that come and go in public life. Then there are those that demand to be heeded. The latest findings in the Northern Ireland...
Keir Starmer has been a disappointment as UK prime minister at almost every level and the chances that he will still be in office this July to...
IT is some 18 years since the former SDLP leader Mark Durkan, as one of the main architects of the Good Friday Agreement, suggested that the time had...
Serious financial mismanagement is not a phrase any organisation would want to be associated with, but the Executive found itself in that position...
WE have had an appalling start to 2026 on our roads, with almost 40 lives already lost and many other people seriously injured across Ireland, on both...
It is perhaps understandable, given the time that has elapsed and the attention devoted to other international emergencies such as Israel’s...
Strictly in terms of the financial comparisons with other democratic institutions in Dublin, London, Cardiff and Edinburgh, a weak case can be made in...
There will be shock at the details in our report today about an attempt by republican paramilitaries to kill a man in west Belfast. The murder bid was...
NO-ONE can accuse Jon Burrows of a shortage of energy since he officially became Ulster Unionist leader less than three weeks ago, with a barrage of...
Racist attitudes are sadly never far from the surface in Ireland, and recent days provided depressing examples on both sides of the border. The Irish...
While it will be accepted that concerted efforts are being made to reduce the pressure on our emergency departments, it cannot be acceptable that a...
WHILE tens of thousands of people from different nations have been aggressively detained across the United States by Immigration and Customs...
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