Opinion

Not for the first time has a British prime minister put his foot in it when Northern Ireland is under the foot. Andy Burnham, visiting the North, i...

THIS Sunday the National Hunger Strike Commemoration will commence at 2.30pm in Ballina, County Mayo. The event will mark 45 years since the 1981 h...

Not for the first time has a British prime minister put his foot in it when Northern Ireland is under the foot. Andy Burnham, visiting the North, i...

It has been one of those summers in Ireland, the kind of season that people will be referring back to years from now. Many in Ireland still talk of...

MONDAY’S Irish Times has an editorial dealing with the possibility of the collapse of the Northern Assembly at Stormont. This is the latest media-d...

FOLLOWING on from Tradfest – well done Dónal and everyone involved – Féile and the Fleadh were mighty. Sixteen days of Féile An Phobail, separate b...

The Village Pub was a temple of tolerance that perched precariously near the top of Bainbridge Avenue. It was owned by John Flynn, who welcomed eve...

In a world on fire every bit of green counts. Elizabeth Street Garden in Lower Manhattan is a tiny sliver of green in the mostly asphalt and concre...

Roseanne Mallon was a lovely person. She was a retiree, unmarried, who lived with her sister-in-law Bridget Mallon. Brigid’s adult children, Paula,...

ON Saturday a packed St Mary’s gave a huge welcome to Martina Anderson, who was launching her personal and hugely important autobiography – ‘Choosi...

THERE are moments in the life of a city when history quietly turns a corner and you know instinctively that you are witnessing something that futur...

Living in the bustle of New York City you sometimes forget that there’s so much beautiful beachfront mere miles from your door. I’ve often written ...