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It is a gross understatement to say that unionists are captivated by the current state…
Prior to the recent restoration of Stormont there were many who would have welcomed an…
After a decade-plus of consultation, negotiation, reports, recommendations, agreements and disagreements, 100 days feel like…
Late last Thursday night we felt the bite of the winter cold on that Stormont hill…
‘New Decade, New Approach‘ is the latest claim in relation to Stormont. The Bill which…
Since last week’s agreement, the talk at Stormont has been about money – the financial…
Northern Ireland has politically landed in a strange place, a place which was not easily…
If Thursday was the theatre of this process – that dramatic Smith and Coveney news…
Whilst the Renewable Heating Initiative report is still awaited, we have a fair idea from…
As results began to trickle in on the 13th of December 2019 one story of…
In the early summer of 2019, one of the first documents to leak from the…
We are in that phase of negotiation now when everyone is reading everything – trying…
We are now more than three years on since the collapse of Stormont marked by…
To those who do not share in my Britishness allow me some space and respect…
With Stormont talks set to resume on Thursday, the heading above spells out the choice…
