Slogger is a North Antrim retiree and latecomer to political discourse. I need to preface this wee article by stating that ...

For the past fortnight I have been ashamed to be Irish. The savage beating and humiliation of an Indian IT worker – only ...

Lib Dem leader Ed Davey recently wrote an opinion piece in the Guardian arguing that Britain should strengthen its ties with ...

El Cavador is a Slugger reader from Belfast With the nights already drawing in (sorry about that!), it won’t be long before the minds of parents and Primary School children returning to P7 turn to ...

It has been nearly two hundred years since the Great Famine which saw one million people die, one million emigrate and which haunted the survivors in one form or another for decades after. Whilst ...

Need a break from the political noise? This thread is for anything *but* politics — books, hobbies, film recs, you name it. Slugger O'TooleA general account used for the daily threads and other things ...

Andrew McClean is the Northern Ireland Advocacy Lead at Cycling UK All this week, both the media and social media have hailed the huge success of the Open Golf tournament, held in Northern Ireland for ...

Féile an Phobail is Ireland’s Biggest Community Arts Festival. This year, it is back with umpteen events from music to debates. I enjoy the debates and talks at St Mary’s. Yes, they do tend to have a ...

True, it’s an Executive dominated by the DUP and Sinn Féin. Yet Alliance is now the third largest party in government, and with that position comes accountability. As the SF/DUP farce continues to ...