So finally, after at least one false start last Monday when the Alliance Agriculture minister noted that none of the ...

I was in West Belfast last Wednesday.. The Falls Road. The main arterial road heading west out of the city centre. There are other intersections, Albert/Northumberland Street. Grosvenor/Springfield, ...

At a recent meeting – one of those now commonplace “hybrid” affairs where half the participants were in the room and the other half dialled in from home – I was reminded of something that many people ...

Recent polls have shown that sixty percent of voters in both the North, and the Republic believe it is important for governments to be for the reunification of Ireland.There are two points that most ...

There’s been a lot of rugby news in the media in the past week following on from the somewhat fraught win over Wales, Ireland’s injury blighted performance against England ‘A’, and the red card for ...

I have not heard the word ‘yearning’ used for some time. It usually means ‘a strong feeling of wishing for something, especially something that you cannot have or get easily’. This word cropped up in ...

I’m just back from another visit to the lads at Modern Tyres—another puncture! This is my third in less than six months, everyone of them a screw or nail. I was wondering if I am particularly unlucky ...

About six months ago I was at a business event. Tesla had a stall there, and being a geek, I wandered over to look at the cars. The salesguy glided over to me and asked if I was interested in buying ...

Friedrich Merz looks like he will be the next German Chancellor. Where his predecessors were ambivalent about European defence, Mr. Merz has been far more clear. In fact, he has said it is his number ...

More opinion poll data from LucidTalk in the Belfast Telegraph (February 24th 2025), suggesting that 48% of their NI sample wish to remain in the UK (“Remain”) and 41% wish for a reunified Ireland ...

The nearly 300 year old law (the Administration of Justice (Language) Act (Ireland) 1737 to be specific) which bans the use of the Irish language in British courts is to be repealed according to this ...

Ah, Brexit, the biggest act of self-sabotage in UK history, continues to have its ripples. The FT reports that Irish passport applications from Britain are at their highest peak ever as people look ...