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Chris DonnellyThe Irish News |
The British government has failed to live up to its promise to deliver a new Casement Park as part of the Euro 2028 tournament, and everyone here is a...
The education minister’s decision to promote mobile phone-free schools is to be welcomed and chimes with the sentiment of many educationalists and...
After Americans had voted in the war hero, General Eisenhower, to be his successor in the White House in 1952, Harry Truman famously remarked, “Poor...
A 35 minute drive south of the city of Chicago can be found the town of Chicago Heights. The town was once heavily Italian due to the waves of...
That the butcher of Gaza was even invited to speak before the United States Congress nine months into his murderous campaign waged on the wretched...
The extent of the remarkable and irreversible changes taking place in our society can sometimes be hard to fully appreciate. Last week, the Equality...
We go to vote in three days and few will disagree with the sentiment this has been a particularly pedestrian campaign here, with most interest...
As the Westminster election beckons, 14 years of Conservative rule looks almost certain to come to an end in a few weeks’ time. Keir Starmer has...
A friend of mine, a lifelong republican, made the trip halfway across the world to Australia a few years ago to see his child graduate as a police...
In just over a week’s time, on Wednesday May 15, Palestinians across the globe will mark the Nakba, the ‘Catastrophe’. The date is important as...
This Sunday, April 28, many Iranians will quietly mark the 73rd anniversary of the election of Mohammed Mossadegh in 1951 as prime minister, the last...
“This was an absolute bombshell, no-one saw it coming. Jeffrey Donaldson was deemed to be at the height of his political success, having led the...
In case you missed the memo, reconciliation is the new supermajority. Just as 50 per cent-plus-one is not enough for Irish unity, and in fact would be...
What do William James Pirrie, Sir James Horner Haslett, Sir Daniel Dixon, Robert James McMordie, Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood and Sir Edward...
Exactly five months ago, the deputy leader of the DUP, Gavin Robinson, issued a press release welcoming £63 million of public money being spent on...
‘What else do you expect?’ The north of Ireland has witnessed tremendous change taking place over the recent past, transforming attitudes,...
Over-egged by some as his David Trimble moment, Jeffrey Donaldson’s speech delivered to a sparsely populated House of Commons last Wednesday...
This Thursday will see the biggest strike in the history of the Northern Irish state. At least 15 trade unions, representing workers from across the...
A New Year begins today, but an old and very familiar problem continues to plague our politics. In an interview last week, the Sinn Féin leader, Mary...
We are living in times of great stress and despondency for many families. I had occasion to visit Foodstock in the Andersonstown area of west Belfast...
There is nothing quite like Christmas in a primary school.
There is nothing quite like Christmas in a primary school.