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Sadly, trying to see our politics from another person's perspective is probably a waste of time

I've spent most of what passes for my writing/commentating career trying to see both sides of the debate in Northern Ireland.

Alex Kane

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A strong woman returns home

THE idiosyncrasies of deadlines and publishing schedules mean columns like this are inevitably read out of their time of writing.

William Scholes

3 latest

The student fees argument is not about saving Stormont money but growing our universities

University funding is so complicated it is hard to have a straightforward debate about any aspect of the system, as the Stormont executive will...

Newton Emerson

4 yesterday

Media needs to understand why boys like Keane Mulready-Woods shun school for life of crime

The murder of Keane Mulready-Woods has caused shock and revulsion across Ireland and rightly so.

Allison Morris

3 yesterday

Revised code on Spads has been published too soon

On Monday Conor Murphy, our new minister of finance, published a revised code for special advisers, Spads for short.

Brian Feeney

4 previous day

Upcoming anniversaries on both sides of the border will not further reconciliation

The deal that woke Stormont from its sleep didn’t promise a Rose Garden, but then the vast estate might have one of those already.

Fionnuala O Connor

2 tuesday

Even devoted shoppers like me admit we need to buy less and help save the planet

Dragon lady Deborah Meaden has resolved not to buy any new clothes, shoes or handbags this year.

Anita Robinson

1 tuesday

With money tight, it's time for tough love from the politicians

Whatever one thinks of local politicians they were certainly not bought and sold for English gold - they never even got a sniff.

Tom Kelly

1 20.01.2020

Southern election could still see Sinn Fein return in kingmaker role

In a few weeks’ time, the south will go to the polls to elect a new government.

Chris Donnelly