Will you finish off the hoovering of that room of yours? I haven’t any more time. I’m away to work’. It must have been a ...

I never expected to find myself offering a defence of the appointment of Peter Mandelson as the UK Ambassador to the US. For most, watching his downfall feels less like a political event and more like ...

My brother (Pat) Patrick Mc Cabe’s writing is heavily influenced by music with many of his book titles taken from songs. His novel Breakfast on Pluto (named after the Don Partridge hit song) was ...

I was talking with a local school principal recently about the epidemic of teacher stress, and he explained that schools are no longer just places of education; they have become the front line for ...

In addition to our normal open Sunday, we have a politics-free post to give you all a break. So discuss what you like here, but no politics.

All change in Hungary following the defeat of Viktor Orbán, but this particular story caught my attention. Peter Magyar, during his international press conference, confirmed that Szijjarto, Orbán’s ...

The Sinn Féin President, Mary Lou McDonald, addressed party members in Belfast tonight, covering the cost of living, Irish ...

Former Deputy Mayor and Councillor for Black Mountain has quit the SDLP. A gain for the party in a bad election in 2023 and ...

Mick looks at Claire Hanna’s direct if deliberately modest assault on the St Andrews settlement with three targeted institutional reforms — and she has done so at precisely the moment Sinn Féin can ...

Originally from Clones Co. Monaghan, Houdi McCabe is a legend in his own mind. He worked as a Branch Manager with Dunnes Stores all over Northern Ireland for 42 years. Retired, he now writes and acts ...

There’s something slightly odd about the reaction to plans to pedestrianise parts of Belfast city centre during the Fleadh. On the face of it, the proposal is fairly simple. For a period in August, ...

More than 700 delegates filled the ICC hall tonight to hear the First Minister, Michelle O’Neill. In what can only be ...