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There can be few who haven't heard of the sign once displayed in the window of an English B&B which read: 'No Irish, no blacks, no dogs.
I lost an hour of my life – a lot of time for someone my age – whilst sitting in gridlocked traffic in central Belfast during the week.
I lost an hour of my life – a lot of time for someone my age – whilst sitting in gridlocked traffic in central Belfast during the week.
If you look up Lough Neagh on Wikipedia – the font of all knowledge since we stopped buying encyclopaedias – it’s described as...
If you look up Lough Neagh on Wikipedia – the font of all knowledge since we stopped buying encyclopaedias – it’s described as...
When Simon Byrne and his deputy Mark Hamilton left last week’s Policing Board meeting following a six-hour grilling, I joked I’d known...
When Simon Byrne and his deputy Mark Hamilton left last week’s Policing Board meeting following a six-hour grilling, I joked I’d known...
THUGS who I like to refer to as 'lamppost monkeys' erected Nazi flags outside a mosque in Belfast last week.
THUGS who I like to refer to as 'lamppost monkeys' erected Nazi flags outside a mosque in Belfast last week.
OVER 30 years ago, I was in Bewley's Café on Grafton Street in Dublin when I noticed Sinéad O'Connor sitting in a booth.
My granny's house sat high up in the Sperrin Mountains, between two hills.
My granny's house sat high up in the Sperrin Mountains, between two hills.
Belfast councillor Séamas de Faoite got more than he bargained for last week when he cornered secretary of state Chris Heaton-Harris at an...
On more than one occasion I've triumphantly risen from my chair, convinced I have finally conquered this writing lark, after finishing this...
When the going got tough, the perennial public schoolboy, Boris Johnson, got running.
ARE you OK? I'm asking because just like This Morning host Holly Willoughby, I lie awake at night worrying about you; no, honest, I do.
ARE you OK? I'm asking because just like This Morning host Holly Willoughby, I lie awake at night worrying about you; no, honest, I do.
I was having my lunch with the BBC news on in the background, only half listening as I happily chomped through my gluten-free sandwich.
I was having my lunch with the BBC news on in the background, only half listening as I happily chomped through my gluten-free sandwich.
I suspect the only real surprise of last week’s council elections was that the DUP weren’t completely wiped out, although their continuing...
Thank God coronations don't happen that often – I'm still recovering after the street party on New Lodge Road and I've spent a...
Thank God coronations don't happen that often – I'm still recovering after the street party on New Lodge Road and I've spent a...
It will come as no shock to discover I’ve never been, nor ever will be, a fan of any monarchy, especially an English one
It will come as no shock to discover I’ve never been, nor ever will be, a fan of any monarchy, especially an English one
Heaton-Harris cares nothing that the real victims of his budget will be the very young, the elderly and the sick and poor
Heaton-Harris cares nothing that the real victims of his budget will be the very young, the elderly and the sick and poor
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When it comes to American presidents, I thought I’d seen it all. Yet Donald Trump's indictment on Tuesday trumps all that went before
When it comes to American presidents, I thought I’d seen it all. Yet Donald Trump's indictment on Tuesday trumps all that went before
I wasn't alone in having a recent trip to Paris cancelled at the last minute, as King Charles had his postponed last week due to ongoing protests...
I wasn't alone in having a recent trip to Paris cancelled at the last minute, as King Charles had his postponed last week due to ongoing protests...
I hope someday our children will feel as comfortable attending the Twelfth as they do St Patrick’s Day celebrations
I hope someday our children will feel as comfortable attending the Twelfth as they do St Patrick’s Day celebrations
I’ve always loved airports. Indeed, on many occasions, my time at the airport has trumped whatever trip I happened to have been going on
I’m at an age that when I experience déjà vu, it’s more likely to be my poor memory. Aged 61, apart from space travel or...
Unionism's solitary lifeboat has always been the NI Assembly, something they now seem intent on sinking. I wonder what tune the band will play on...
Patricia O'Lynn's principled departure from Stormont poses a stark question for MLAs on the Assembly payroll: why do you remain?