Late last week, we heard that the SDLP were putting a motion before the Assembly to call for a border poll. Looking at the ...

The verdict isn’t the calamity which gloomier  searchers for truth and other investigators may fear. It will have a limited ...

An Fear Ciúin lives and works in the Irish midlands. He has a keen interest in medieval and early modern history. He’s ...

The idea for Open Sunday is to let you discuss what you like. Just two rules. Keep it civil and no man/woman playing.

Fionnuala FAGAN-THIÉBOT, Irene BOADA-MONTAGUT, Liam O'HARE, Fiona MAGOWAN, Louise HARRINGTON, David ROBINSON, Niall KERR, Hilary COPELAND, Stefanie LEHNER, and Nisha TANDON. Symposium: "Creativity in ...

According to recent research, 80% of people without a disability in Northern Ireland are in work, compared to 36% of disabled people (Ulster University’s Economic Policy Centre, 2022). I experienced a ...

A recent Slugger OP argued for increasing the number of elected political members on the boards of our public bodies. Instead, I propose abolishing this outdated aspect of post-conflict governance.

Former Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams has won a defamation case against the BBC. Mr Adams claimed he was defamed in a 2016 Spotlight programme and a subsequent online article, which he said falsely ...

A return-to-office policy for the civil service would not be possible because there is no longer enough space to accommodate everyone, Stormont assembly members have been told. Many civil servants ...

School may almost be out for summer, but I am learning, school is never really out forever. With the advances in technology and AI, and my job one of those tipped as near the top of the list to go, I ...

A total reset of the healthcare system in Northern Ireland is needed to avoid a year-on-year funding deficit of hundreds of millions of pounds, the new permanent secretary of the Department of Health ...

All three Executive parties took a hit in the latest Lucid Talk poll in yesterday’s Belfast Telegraph. For Sinn Féin it will be concerning, but not yet alarming. But for the DUP it could prompt some ...