Week two and this Stormont Castle dialogue is now drilling down into the fine detail of the standoff issues. A breakthrough on legacy is seen…
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There are many corners still to turn if these Stormont talks are to find some new path to agreement. What is different this time, from all…
An election that was entirely avoidable has cost Unionism the majority at Stormont for the first time in the history of Northern Ireland. All the causes…
This was a day when so much changed. There was a photo-finish in terms of seats and the share of the vote. The DUP just got…
This election raises questions for the out-going Executive, but also questions for the out-going Opposition. Much Opposition criticism of the Executive appears to deny the basis…
This week, the DUP are playing the same Project Fear card they played last May, and in every Election they have ever fought. Since they entered…
Picture by @AntrimLens The days before an election usually follow a similar pattern. As the finish line draws ever closer, nerves are frayed, nails are bitten…
Some faded campaign posters, re-cycled from the Fresh Start election of May 2016 appeared within days of the announcement of the election. Election literature has been…
Stormont has never been held in high esteem by the general public. £5 land deals, Red Sky, NAMA, expenses scandals, Social Investment Fund slush fund and…
Bedfordshire Chief Constable Jon Boutcher has described his complex investigation here in Northern Ireland as “a long journey”. Just how long, he is not prepared to…
It’s strange the things that cause a stir on social media, as I found out recently when I changed my social media profile pictures to a…
‘Fight With Cudgels’, Goya, 1823 Do they think that little of us? Are we that base and that cheap? Are we that antiquated a society…
The campaign proper has begun. For all its downsides, the intensity of an election campaign does have the habit of distilling issues and giving definition to…
What’s happening? What do you think? What next? In that place we call ‘out there’, there is a mood, an interest, a questioning of politics -…
“Another ceasefire moment” remarked a keen observer of what happens politically in Northern Ireland when “a wee girl from Clonoe” Michelle O’ Neill, took over the…