Ever since the Union flag restriction sparked a carnival of reaction and Robinson reversed on the moderate vernacular, destiny swayed with nationalism, it seemed. Nationalists were…
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When Tom Elliott called me earlier this year and asked me would I speak at the Annual General Meeting of the Fermanagh Ulster Unionist Association, I…
This was a curious General Election campaign in Northern Ireland. Curious in the sense that those charged with respective leadership in their parties when called upon,…
Máirtín Ó Muilleoir is striking on many levels. Inimitable for his energy and ubiquity, online and offline. His personality for a politician is something off-norm. His…
Thursday is General Election day. Have you noticed? Apart from the proliferation of posters with familiar and unfamiliar faces gawking down at me from high up…
It’s an intriguing read any time a foreign journalist looks in and writes about Northern Ireland. Even the New York Times can print in error when…
‘I have always made one prayer to God, a very short one. Here it is: “O God, make our enemies ridiculous.” And God granted it.’ -…
You had the main opposition leaders debate earlier in the night, three women against two men. Then the Northern Ireland debate on Newsnight, 5 middle aged…
Would you know a General Election is in the offing in Northern Ireland? I have to confess I spend much of my time following the election…