Opinion

A great crowd turned out on Monday morning in Lombard Street in Belfast City Centre for the unveiling by Belfast City Ard Mheara (Lord Mayor) Ryan ...

Most historians agree that two Revolutions at the end of the 18th century ushered in the modern era. The Americans sent the British home and put th...

“The era of global warming has ended; the era of global boiling has arrived. The air is unbreathable. The heat is unbearable. And the level of foss...

One night, while departing the stage in the late, lamented Village Pub in The Bronx, I was approached by a gentleman who remarked: “When all is sai...

Monaghan and Derry had nearly all the support of unconnected football followers in their recent semi-final clashes with Dublin and Kerry. Outsiders...

I am a longtime fan of Tony Bennett. News of his death at the fine age of ninety six brings an end to an amazing life and a wonderful singing caree...

It was comforting reading. Ireland came out as the third most peaceful country in the world in a recent survey. Cold comfort for the American touri...

Two weeks ago Niall O’Dowd, founder of the Irish American newspaper The Irish Voice, announced that it was to close after 36 years. The New York-ba...

People in southern Spain and Italy are being advised to stay indoors this week. Fires and floods are wreaking havoc across the globe. And we had th...

The Christian Brothers in Wexford were not fans of the Normans. They regarded these conquerors who arrived from Wales in 1169 as some subspecies of...

Internment was introduced 52 years ago next month on August 9, 1971. In the early hours of that morning 342 men and boys from nationalist homes acr...

There is no better time than now to invite our global family home to enjoy the fruits of the peace they helped create in Belfast - and nowhere bett...