Bedfordshire Chief Constable Jon Boutcher ignored the advice to stay away from Northern Ireland; to stay away from the dark tunnels and tangled webs of its…
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In the end the political institutions gave way, unable to stand under the weight of this particular crisis. This was Stormont’s last day before its next…
The leadership of Unionism is at another crossroads, with another O’Neill, and another Paisley. Historical resonance abounds. Sinn Fein has rarely been more in tune with…
“One of the roles of leadership is to tell your own people about the way things really are on the ground”. So said the cofounder of…
The jigsaw makers will have watched this picture develop long before today’s final pieces were put in place; watched Michelle O’Neill take on a more prominent…
The photograph of Martin McGuinness above dates back to 2005. During the previous year, there had been a long first negotiation - most of it at…
I’ve long taken the view that any power-sharing agreement on this corner of the island would be unlikely to survive a turn of the tide in…
The story of Martin McGuinness reads from the pages of war onto those of peace. His influence within the IRA in the big debates on ceasefire,…
In the basement of Parliament Buildings, Wednesday, Jan 18, sitting with a few colleagues watching senior civil servant Dr Andrew McCormick give his evidence to…
There has been much chat and talk particularly among the politicos about the effects of the “cash for ash” on the Unionist community. Very surprisingly I…
What a difference a day makes. Think of the focus on Stormont just 24 hours ago - the watching cameras, the listening, the recording and the…
You know the days that will be different at Stormont, you can feel them in the air on the hill - see them as the media…
In the face of an election attitudes are hardening in the Democratic Unionist Party: So what will we hear in the coming election battle from the…
A week ago in Limerick Gerry Adams took a moment to remember David Ervine - a former prisoner and loyalist political leader. Twenty four hours…
The Palace cinema, one of several in Derry at the time,was in Shipquay Street. With its brass-railed kiosk and braided usherettes it has long ceased to…