In celebration (if that’s the right word) of the 25th anniversary (last month) of powers being devolved to the Northern Ireland Assembly, former Committee Clerk Paul Moore has been recounting some ...

More signs of the end times as a DUP MP defends the Latin Mass. Traditionally, the DUP have been no fans of the Catholic ...

A new article today from Sam McBride in ‘the Belfast Telegraph’ wherein he reveals that there have been ongoing talks ...

On the 2nd of December 2024, it was exactly 25 years since ‘the appointed day’ – the day when legislative powers and ...

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

If you were at the Slugger End of Year Review in December (and if you weren’t we hope you had a good excuse as you missed a ...

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, ...

One of very few advantages of getting older is that you can look back and see patterns developing over decades, patterns that ...

One of the bigger news stories last summer was the resignation of then UUP leader Doug Beattie. We learned in the tumultuous ...

Many of us will be glad to see the back of 2024 and let’s hope 2025 will be better for us all. I will leave you with the ...

Belfast. It was the best of times. The worst of times was just round the corner. Waiting for us like a mugger in a darkened alley. It is surprising to think back to those days, pre – troubles. Such a ...

As of 2022, NI’s Education Authority (EA) has an annual budget of £2.3 billion, employs around 44,000 staff, and delivers vital services to approximately 1,100 schools—from school meals and transport ...