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The House of Commons Standards Committee has ruled that Ian Paisley had committed “serious misconduct” and that his actions “were of a nature to…
A unique event in Belfast this Thursday features the re-enactment of the 1792 Belfast Harp Festival. The event is sponsored by the charity, Brain Injury…
The chords are played gently; neatly in time. A sudden sharp tingle runs up through your spine. Delicate goosebumps dance on the skin, Whilst smooth…
Early Years: My dad was a Presbyterian minister, and during my teenage years he was ministering half way between Lisburn & Glenavy in a…
If you’re explaining, you’re losing. Just a week after the launch of the legacy consultation here, already clarification is being sought. It relates to…
It may come as a surprise to some on the left but there are many Socialists within Sinn Fein and at every level of Sinn Fein.…
(Below are the transcripts in full of Chief Constable George Hamilton and Police Ombudsman Dr Michael Maguire addressing a gathering at Queen’s university this morning): …
‘2,400 lives saved in Northern Ireland by ending of the troubles’. This Belfast Telegraph article reminded me of a conversation I had some five…
Those few words cut through all the political babble and bullshit about more talks and another push to fix the broken Stormont. They were…
It was a birthday party with nearly all of the right guests – but spoiled by the long face that is the political failure and…
How rarely we get a chance to “feel the hand of history upon our shoulder” in the life of a country. In a confidential memo…
Museums can play a crucial role within society by opening up the conversation on diverse perspectives of contested history. We believe that especially where the…
“All of this talk of a shadow Assembly is the British Government trying to abdicate its responsibility as a co-guarantor of the Good Friday…
The United Nations has proclaimed today to be International Day for the Right to Truth concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and for the Dignity of…
Leading Irish Republican, Martin McGuinness has been dead for a year. He passed away in Derry’s Altnagelvin Hospital on 21 March 2017, from amyloidosis,…