I AM not a big watcher of television. When I have my way – which is usually when everyone else is out – the TV goes on only when there is something...

TED Howell was 77 when he died last Friday. On Tuesday we buried him in Milltown Cemetery in the grave of the love of his life, Eileen Duffy. The t...

From Andersonstown News, 2 January 2025 I HAVE the flu. It’s a sign of my loyalty to you, dear reader, that I write this column in my sick bed. Bat...

WELL done to all of those – 1,600 at the last count – who last week participated in the Hunger for Justice Fast/Troscadh ar son na Córa in support ...

THE Northern Executive has taken welcome and decisive action to protect our environment, our health and jobs by committing to a ban on all forms of...

IT'S three weeks to Christmas. The decorations, inside and outside of the houses and shops and the Christmas trees in all their finery are everywhe...

DURING the general election campaign I have been in several constituencies. In Dublin, in Drogheda, Dundalk, and Donegal and some other places in b...

I HAVE been doing a wee bit of canvassing in the General Election in the South. The response has been positive. There are clearly some who see elec...

THE southern general election was called last Friday. In just over two weeks’ time 174 Teachtaí Dála (TDs) will be elected to the Dáil – an increas...

IN a recent interview Christy Moore remarked that the death of Bobby Sands robbed us of a great writing talent. Christy was praising the quality of...

I REMEMBER Father Des Wilson many moons ago lamenting the narrowness of streets in Turf Lodge and Ballymurphy. “The City Planners don’t think the w...

ON Saturday night I was privileged to attend the oíche mhór Ghlór na Móna in Belfast’s City Hall. The event was to celebrate twenty years of this a...