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A feuding DUP; in a very sluggish summer would that be one of those modern yokes, a ‘psychodrama’? Let us guess the outcome swiftly,...
A feuding DUP; in a very sluggish summer would that be one of those modern yokes, a ‘psychodrama’? Let us guess the outcome swiftly,...
Desperate prayer, drink, drugs, or television cookery shows 24/7? Locked together in the mind’s eye, immovable northern politics and a burning...
Desperate prayer, drink, drugs, or television cookery shows 24/7? Locked together in the mind’s eye, immovable northern politics and a burning...
The baddies are bad, the comparatively good lack all conviction.
The baddies are bad, the comparatively good lack all conviction.
The bottom of Belfast’s Botanic Avenue turned briefly into a cultural melting pot last Wednesday.
Fadó fadó fadó (the ‘long, long ago’ of Irish storytelling) I wrote about daring to walk through a Twelfth parade.
Fadó fadó fadó (the ‘long, long ago’ of Irish storytelling) I wrote about daring to walk through a Twelfth parade.
The north-eastern corner of the island has neither functioning politics nor anything remotely as lively as RTÉ, fallen as the station is...
The north-eastern corner of the island has neither functioning politics nor anything remotely as lively as RTÉ, fallen as the station is...
What happens next is the question, after the first visible post-Soviet mutiny.
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On a fine day a month or so ago I passed a man sitting outside a south Belfast cafe, saw him look, said I know your face but your name is gone.
On a fine day a month or so ago I passed a man sitting outside a south Belfast cafe, saw him look, said I know your face but your name is gone.
Those who’ve never liked him anyway – riled, for example, by his snipes at those on benefits as against praise for ‘people who get...
Those who’ve never liked him anyway – riled, for example, by his snipes at those on benefits as against praise for ‘people who get...
Even if for preference you look to the big world, you cannot ignore the childishness of current British politics, Johnson the worst show-off, Sunak as...
What, I wondered, did I miss about the north’s election by being out of the country? The first person I asked was far more exercised by Irish...
What, I wondered, did I miss about the north’s election by being out of the country? The first person I asked was far more exercised by Irish...
The age of widely accessible artificial intelligence has scarcely begun and ‘AI’ has already caught some out but cheered others.
The age of widely accessible artificial intelligence has scarcely begun and ‘AI’ has already caught some out but cheered others.
Hang on to those hackles until I make the argument.
Hang on to those hackles until I make the argument.
Now the clearing up is done, it seems civil enough to focus on one weird element of that London ceremony as originally proposed.
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"During a remand hearing, the accused man wept.
"During a remand hearing, the accused man wept.
Not so much a visit or anniversary celebration, was it, more like one of those promenade plays that take an audience around some disused building...
Not so much a visit or anniversary celebration, was it, more like one of those promenade plays that take an audience around some disused building...
Perhaps a memorial without names could work – a tree for every death, a shared space where people could bring their own thoughts: respect,...
Perhaps a memorial without names could work – a tree for every death, a shared space where people could bring their own thoughts: respect,...
Political unionism struggling with its most stupid instincts and losing is a wearisome sight.
Big anniversaries provoke disobliging thoughts, some so contrary to the mood of celebration that they bring on indignant spluttering during speeches.
Big anniversaries provoke disobliging thoughts, some so contrary to the mood of celebration that they bring on indignant spluttering during speeches.
It’s a giddy green bath, American St Patrick’s Day; what’s a mis-speak among friends? Taoiseach Leo Varadkar distinguished himself...
The DUP and Sinn Féin, centre of attention in different ways, have faithful voters and steadfast loathers.
NICOLA Sturgeon resigned with style, as she led Scotland.
THE world has been watching desperate survivors for over a week now, the effort in Turkey and Syria to save lives, while anger grows against the...
ANTI-immigrant agitation in the Republic is watched through closed fingers by some, by others with fingers crossed.
APPARENTLY northerners and southerners hardly know each other.
Fionnuala O Connor: Donaldson is polite unionism’s ambivalence made flesh SINCE the cherry on top is Stormont, the wonder is that anyone goes...
SHE'S a rock star, said the broadcaster asking skilled and self-effacing questions, and Louise Kennedy indeed has charisma.
The Irish News lost two fine writers this year, both big favourites with readers, Anita Robinson in February, Éamon Phoenix only last month.