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A decade after his blueprint for transforming Northern Ireland’s health system was announced, the public may be surprised by the verdict of...
The official recommendation that pupils and teachers should “wear more clothes” in an attempt to cut heating bills in our schools will cause...
There can only be enormous relief that, after a frustrating series of complex legal delays, the way was finally cleared yesterday for a major upgrade...
Confirmation that the Catholic Diocese of Derry will ask the Pope to have Fr Edward Gallagher dismissed from the priesthood is an entirely appropriate...
THE Drumcree dispute is due back before the High Court in Belfast today after an entirely avoidable period of enormous tension and upheaval over the...
FIRM evidence that criminal groups are making large sums of money by engaging in completely illegal people-smuggling activities on both sides of the...
AFTER all the depressing imagery and angry rhetoric of recent days, it is worth celebrating even small positive developments in community relations....
Although there were many appalling murders during the course of the Troubles which officially remain unsolved, the circumstances surrounding the case...
ANY new visitors to Stormont yesterday would have been forgiven for thinking that the DUP and Sinn Féin were sworn political enemies rather than...
For most people, sport is a welcome distraction from the concerns of everyday life. There is something familiar and reassuring about the routine: the...
A coroner’s verdict that the death of west Belfast man Lee Gannon, after he waited almost four hours to arrive at hospital following a 999 call, was...
Should anyone still be in doubt about the importance of a robust process for dealing with the legacy of our troubled past, they need only read the...
THE circumstances surrounding the temporary release from prison of convicted murder Gary Anderson, and the way in which he was then able to abscond...
There is something almost fitting about a 400-year-old document emerging to muddy the waters of the already complicated story of the increasingly...
Cynicism over our Stormont structures has been running at serious levels for a prolonged period, but it will be in danger of going entirely off the...
THE intense controversy surrounding the hugely successful singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran underlines the scale of global outrage over Israel’s...
Few cases have captured public attention like the tragic disappearance and death of Belfast schoolboy Noah Donohoe. All parents will have felt...
The memorandum of understanding signed by the first ministers of Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales on Monday was essentially a symbolic rather than...
It is difficult to believe it has taken almost three decades for a comprehensive account of the controversial death of Robert Hamill and serious...
Until the weekend, senior unionists would regularly shrug off Donald Trump’s inconsistencies, insist that as US president his views had ultimately...
THERE are a range of compelling reasons to believe that Katie Simpson would be alive today if PSNI officers had carried out their duties properly...
The decision by 12 countries to back new trade sanctions on illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank is overdue, but welcome nonetheless....
THE comprehensive analysis of the state of our health service set out in The Irish News this week leaves little room for doubt about the escalating...
There is nothing wrong with being paid to advertise a restaurant. However, there is something deeply misleading about being paid to praise one while...
It is always regrettable when sporting tournaments are overshadowed by wider concerns, but the decision to withdraw four Israeli athletes from...
IT is difficult to comprehend the mentality of anyone who would deface a memorial to victims of our troubled past. Regardless of the background of the...
Integrated education has an important role to play in a society still emerging from decades of division. That makes the dispute between Education...
PARAMILITARY flags are sadly not an unusual sight in this part of the world and it has long been a source of frustration that authorities are...
AT Westminster, it has long been the convention that if a government fails to pass a budget, it has lost its mandate to govern and should resign. Were...
Gordon Brown says a united Ireland is inevitable in the long term. Andy Burnham insists a border poll is “off the table”. Leo Varadkar, more...
The High Court’s decision to quash a Parades Commission determination over the proposed Drumcree Church parade should be treated for what it is: a...
CHRIS Bryant became the 26th person to serve as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland when he took up residence in Hillsborough Castle last month,...
IT is a compelling, if depressing, image. Anne Tanney puts her arms around a terrified school pupil, doing her best to allay their concerns about...
The famous quotation that a week is a long time in politics is usually attributed to Harold Wilson, even though the former UK prime minister was...
CLAIMS from the republican splinter group Óglaigh na hÉireann (ÓNH) that it attempted to kill an alleged loyalist in west Belfast earlier this...
Mike Nesbitt’s resignation as health minister should serve as a warning to Jon Burrows: it is one thing to win applause by opposing an unpopular...
The weekend collision on the M9 motorway in Co Kildare, which killed five teenage boys and left four members of a separate family seriously injured,...
ANYONE spending time on social media cannot fail to have noticed the proliferation of competition websites in recent years. Slick adverts dangle the...
It is completely unacceptable for groups, whether based in a loyalist or a republican area, to organise bonfires which either endanger the public or...
The health service is a massive institution, with a crucial role to play for all citizens, from the youngest to the oldest, and across its many levels...
THERE has been much talk in recent days of building on the stunning success that was the staging of the Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann in Belfast. A city...
IT has been well documented that staff who originally come from other countries make an absolutely crucial contribution to health services across...
THERE is no doubting the strength of feeling in some quarters about the manner in which 51 cows were culled in Co Tyrone. A large number of farmers...
For the past unforgettable week, Belfast has danced with a new rhythm. It was there in the music on the streets, in the fiddle and flute, in the beat...
Any suggestion that files containing confidential and highly sensitive information about patients are less than totally secure must always be treated...
No family should have to flee their home because they fear the people living around them more than the dangers beyond their front door. Yet that is...
BELFAST has been a city transformed over recent days, with tens of thousands of people from across Ireland and beyond flocking to Fleadh Cheoil na...
For many people, stepping into a taxi requires an act of trust. Whether travelling home late at night, taking children to school or making a hospital...
The way in which the PSNI has repeatedly set out to maintain surveillance operations against journalists who are attempting to establish the truth...
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...
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