This week’s column is dedicated to women. It includes a guest piece by Bairbre de Brún, former MLA and Minister. Wednesday, March 1, was Internatio...

As this column goes to press it appears that the British PM Rishi Sunak and Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, have reache...

As I write this column the rumors are rife that the European Commission and the British government are close to an agreement – maybe – on the Proto...

Republicans don’t say thank you often enough to each other. Fra McCann and Alex Maskey are fifty year activists. That is they have both been involv...

The importance of the Moore Street 1916 Battlefield site was best summed up by Uachtarán na hÉireann Michael D Higgins who said: “This area belongs...

The recent cold snap and the sniffles of many of my associates reminded me of when I was a young curate in The Duke of York pub in Commercial Court...

I want to recommend that you make friends with a tree. Any tree. Pick one in your local park or glen or up on a mountain. Get up close and friendly...

I considered ignoring the British government’s exclusion of the Sinn Féin President from the recent talks. Then I thought why should I? Stupidity l...

I have been at a lot of funerals recently. It seems someone from my circle of friends, comrades, associates or neighbors, is dying every week this ...

2022 was an interesting year politically, particularly around the changing attitudes about the relationship between the different parts of the "Uni...

When I arrived at Glór Na Móna last week for the launch of The Black Mountain Rewilding Project the place was packed. Tommy Morgan started the even...

Beannachtaí daoibhse go leir. Have a great Christmas dear readers. Thanks and benedictions also to the Belfast Media Group team. Christmas can be a...