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...

IRISH Unity is the big idea that will positively transform society on this island. Its popularity is growing and the economic, political and social...

THE weekend Sinn Féin Ard Fheis was full of enthusiasm and passion with great speeches covering every issue imaginable and the delegates voting thr...

THE battle to save the iconic 1916 Moore Street battlefield site has been ongoing for over 20 years. During that time there has been a series of pl...

BRITISH government policy toward Ireland has long been dictated by Britain’s strategic self-interests. From the conquest of Ireland nine centuries ...