Are the twelve apostles about to reappear in the Dup with a crowd?This is a question that has been put to me by an Assembly member…
Author: Eamonn Mallie
What will NAMA legislation in Republic of Ireland mean for us in Northern Ireland.? Read ‘The Mallie File’ later.
There is a paucity of quality Irish art coming onto the market right now. Financial returns in Dublin auction houses we are told, are back by…
Peter Robinson and Martin Mc Guinness ‘walked the walk and talked the talk’ States - side. Question: Will they do the same at home?
She was seventy years old when she took up a paint brush and now the fruits of her labour are back on the walls of a…
Gretta Bowen’s exhibition opens on the Antrim Road tonight at Emer Gallery. Though fundamentally a naïve if not primitive artist this work has a particular charm.…
Sammy Wilson says water charges are ‘inevitable’ come hell or high water! Did you hear that Simon Hamilton ? The London government is not about to…
The government expected Saville Report on Bloody Sunday by Christmas at latest. March must have come as another surprise. According to insiders Shaun Woodward wrote several…
I accompanied Ian Paisley to Scotland for his protest at Pope John Paul’s visit to Glasgow 1982…..Everyone a winner…! Thanks
The late Cardinal O Fiaich told me exclusively the full story of how he was sitting in the Vatican with the Pope’s most senior advisers planning…
The Assembly and the Executive need a home win. They have been losing at away venues far too much! The game up until recently has gone…
The question of ‘community confidence’ ( defined by the Dup from within it’s own community ) in the debate on the devolution of policing and justice…
The whole notion of assisted suicide challenges me. This may be informed by my upbringing as a catholic. What weighs however more heavily on my thinking…
Despite the confusion arising over the resignation or non resignation of Mark Durkan as SDLP leader he has lost none of his wit and humour. Comfortable…
Available as moderator where needed. I lecture regularly on background to NI peace process. Co-author of a number of books on how the deal was done.…