An acrimonious debate at Belfast City Council which has been running for several weeks finally climaxed on Monday night as the Council rejected adopting the Armed Forces Covenant. The DUP brought a ...

Between 1969 and 2001 3,532 people died during the troubles. During the same period 7291 died on the roads. The Troubles are ...

Conor Murphy resigned as Economy Minister and from Stormont yesterday following his election to Seanad Éireann. As the BBC ...

Micheál Martin (a day later than scheduled because of some stormy weather in the Dáil) the man who many pundits once ...

News that Belfast City Council has approved a planning application for a private hospital comes at a time when delays ...

A Reflection on Nicola Mallon’s Comments In a recent episode of The View, with interviewer Mark Carruthers, Ms Nicola Mallon, ...

This week’s Infrastructure debate in the Assembly was described to me as truly depressing. It was yet another lost ...

Were you taught about the Spartans in school history? Sparta was a small Greek state in 500BCE, situated in the south of ...

According to this article from the BBC… “Northern Ireland’s population is projected to peak at 1.95m in 2033 before starting ...

For many of us who are over 50, the idea of a career change comes with mixed emotions—excitement about new opportunities, ...

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The decision made by Secretary of State Hilary Benn MP with regard to the Stormont Brake can be added to the litany of ...