“We are in big shite,” the source said as he delivered a blunt assessment in just five words. He is not of the political parties -…
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These words currently sit high above Belfast laid out on the side of a mountain, aptly reflecting what some of us are thinking. One wonders if…
Jamie Bryson adores the Union but advocates everything against which the modern Union stands. The man from Donaghadee can call for Union Flags on every lampost,…
It did not take long for the pacts, pop-up policies and promises of the General Election to fall off the agenda as the Assembly slips into…
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…
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,…
The problem now for DUP leader Peter Robinson is finding a Health Minister from within his own party ranks who would disagree with Jim Wells’s views on same…
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…
We are all going to have to live with the consequences as the immediate financial crisis at Stormont is apparently resolved but is it just…
Room 21 – The inside talk – Brian Rowan on the first day of all-party negotiation at Stormont They talked about a photograph…
The latest revelation that the Police Ombudsman is taking the Chief Constable to court over the release of information linked to past killings, coming…
After the local and European elections, is Northern Ireland any better off? Nearly 50% of the electorate who opted out of the process probably…
As Naomi Long said scathingly on BBC the other day, managing to sound simultaneously polite and caustic, nobody ever accused Peter Robinson of displaying…
There are at least two ways to get rid of an ice cube. Hit it with a hammer or melt it. You can do…
Six years ago the writing was on the wall. With his son Ian’s resignation as junior minister at Stormont, the counting of the days began.…