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Whether in Kingsmill or Clonoe, there is no cause or flag which justifies murder

yesterday 7

Tom Kelly

Autism, science, the universe and everything in between

yesterday 8

Anne Hailes

There is a special needs crisis in our schools and children are suffering

yesterday 7

Chris Donnelly

Mindful Martin may yet have decisive say in unity debate

yesterday 8

Noel Doran

Harmony reigns at the Stormont executive after Hilary Benn hits a nerve on public service reform

Secretary of state Hilary Benn has brought fresh harmony to Stormont by uniting Sinn Féin and the DUP against him. In a keynote speech to mark one...

saturday 10

Newton Emerson

Live-action Disney films lack the escapist magic of the originals

WHEN I was younger I was enthralled with Belfast’s Disney Store (which sadly closed in 2021). Everything from the sparkly blue floor tiles, shelves...

saturday 10

Sophie Clarke

That ‘golden era’ when sins of the flesh dominated our lives

I had a good friend at secondary school who was an academic high-flyer. Brilliant at maths, English, Latin, physics, chemistry... the lot. I was...

saturday 10

Pat Mcart

No Stopping, Picking Up or Dropping Off at Belfast City Airport – not even for ‘free spirits’

So the storm came and went and left our playhouse smashed to smithereens. At least we had electricity, so we were warm as we watched the carpenter...

saturday 10

Fabien Mcquillan

Stormont fails because it has no need to succeed

It has taken 27 years for many to realise that Stormont isn’t working. For decades, politicians, commentators and much of the media, especially in...

saturday 20

Patrick Murphy

We’re in the end game for Irish unity – it’s just that Dublin won’t play its part

A constitutional imperative is a legal term identifying a requirement or a principle which a government must honour and uphold in its legislation...

07.02.2025 10

Brian Feeney

The truth is the vast majority of Irish people don’t see unity as a priority

In Brian Feeney’s column last Friday, he was criticising Simon Harris and Micheál Martin for failing to plan for what he described as the ‘...

07.02.2025 10

Alex Kane

A kaleidoscope of images one strange Derry weekend

My favourite Christmas toy, given to me as a child, was a kaleidoscope. Apart from it being the first big word I could say, I was fascinated by the...

07.02.2025 1

Denis Bradley

St Brigid was my kind of woman – but how far have we really travelled towards equality?

I love that St Brigid’s Day is now being celebrated with vigour and energy reflective of the woman and her legend, and of this time of year. Each...

06.02.2025 20

Lynette Fay

Tricolours, the Triple Crown and a terrible tragedy

As a new Six Nations rugby championship is underway, today I look back at what was then the Five Nations championship 75 years ago and one of the...

05.02.2025 1

Cormac Moore

GAA clubs were there for the community but inaction elsewhere was beyond the Pale

In the 15th century, the areas of Dublin, Kildare, Meath, and Louth became known as ‘the Pale’. This was a time when the English were looking to...

05.02.2025 3

Gráinne Mcelwain

People who argue for making Stormont work are in denial: It can’t

Last November Infrastructure Minister John O’Dowd said he didn’t “recognise” figures from industry bodies citing the huge backlog in house...

05.02.2025 20

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Whether in Kingsmill or Clonoe, there is no cause or flag which justifies murder

Tom Kelly

Autism, science, the universe and everything in between

Anne Hailes

There is a special needs crisis in our schools and children are suffering

Chris Donnelly

Mindful Martin may yet have decisive say in unity debate

Noel Doran

Harmony reigns at the Stormont executive after Hilary Benn hits a nerve on public service reform

Newton Emerson

Live-action Disney films lack the escapist magic of the originals

Sophie Clarke

That ‘golden era’ when sins of the flesh dominated our lives

Pat Mcart

No Stopping, Picking Up or Dropping Off at Belfast City Airport – not even for ‘free spirits’

Fabien Mcquillan

Stormont fails because it has no need to succeed

Patrick Murphy

We’re in the end game for Irish unity – it’s just that Dublin won’t play its part

Brian Feeney

The truth is the vast majority of Irish people don’t see unity as a priority

Alex Kane

A kaleidoscope of images one strange Derry weekend

Denis Bradley

St Brigid was my kind of woman – but how far have we really travelled towards equality?

Lynette Fay

Tricolours, the Triple Crown and a terrible tragedy

Cormac Moore

GAA clubs were there for the community but inaction elsewhere was beyond the Pale

Gráinne Mcelwain

People who argue for making Stormont work are in denial: It can’t

Brian Feeney