Political chaos seems to have become more ubiquitous these past few years. Between the antics of the British Parliament ...

The decision made by Secretary of State Hilary Benn MP with regard to the Stormont Brake can be added to the litany of Unionist ‘tilting at the windmills’ strategies. Unionism has to understand that ...

In the United States Democratic Senator John Fetterman caused a brief stir on social media when he showed up at Donald’s ...

Note: the image above is from a Ukrainian newspaper in 1994 and was used as the cover of Jérôme’s PhD dissertation on the ...

Michelle O’Neill is saying turn that frown upside down. From the Irish News: Michelle O’Neill has defended the Stormont ...

In addition to our normal open Sunday, we have a politics-free post to give you all a break. So discuss what you like here, but no politics.

One of my former managers had a catchphrase “tolerance of ambiguity” to the effect that one of the qualities that characterised your potential to rise to senior management was the ability to tolerate ...

I help to manage Slugger by taking care of the site as well as running our live events. My background is in business, marketing and IT. My politics tend towards middle-of-the-road pragmatism, I am not ...

December 2024 saw the 25 th anniversary of powers being devolved to the Northern Ireland Assembly To mark this significant event, former Agriculture Committee Clerk Paul Moore has been recounting some ...

On Monday (13 January), First Minister Michelle O’Neill defended the NI Executive’s performance during its first year since restoration. Speaking alongside Sinn Féin Leader Mary Lou McDonald, Ms ...

President Donald Trump has just written to thank Irish Poet W. B. Yeats for his poem. The poem it appears was commissioned to mark President Trump’s second inauguration, January 20 th 2024.

The announcement on 15 January by World Monuments Fund (WMF) of its support for the rescue of the Assembly Rooms is a game changer! Amongst 25 heritage sites world-wide selected as part of the 2025 ...