I was on Nolan this morning discussing how the Secretary of State Hilary Benn had hit a few nerves yesterday on the first ...

Grand Poobah Hilary Benn has hurt the feelings of some of our local politicians by pointing out that it’s up to them to make ...

An acrimonious debate at Belfast City Council which has been running for several weeks finally climaxed on Monday night as the Council rejected adopting the Armed Forces Covenant. The DUP brought a ...

Between 1969 and 2001 3,532 people died during the troubles. During the same period 7291 died on the roads. The Troubles are ...

Conor Murphy resigned as Economy Minister and from Stormont yesterday following his election to Seanad Éireann. As the BBC ...

Micheál Martin (a day later than scheduled because of some stormy weather in the Dáil) the man who many pundits once ...

News that Belfast City Council has approved a planning application for a private hospital comes at a time when delays ...

This week’s Infrastructure debate in the Assembly was described to me as truly depressing. It was yet another lost ...

Were you taught about the Spartans in school history? Sparta was a small Greek state in 500BCE, situated in the south of ...

According to this article from the BBC… “Northern Ireland’s population is projected to peak at 1.95m in 2033 before starting ...

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On Monday (27 January) the First Minister and deputy First Ministers made a lengthy statement in the Assembly regarding the Executive’s response to Storm Éowyn. First Minister Michelle O’Neil MLA told ...