I firmly believe that Northern Ireland doesn’t work, Northern Ireland has never worked and Northern Ireland is never going to ...

The latest occasional poll from Liverpool University’s Institute of Irish Studies has been picked up by the Belfast Telegraph ...

The Slugger Cato Project is an inquiry hosted by Mick Fealty, and is dedicated to exploring the less-visible aspects of governance and political action in Northern Ireland. It aims to investigate the ...

A senior Russian politician has warned that a Co Tyrone town is on a ‘strike list’ should war break out between Russia and European states. Former Deputy Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin named 23 ...

I should begin this blog with a declaration of interest. My father was a Czech Jew, a political refugee who arrived in Ireland in 1948, and my mother was an Ulster Presbyterian. So I am not a typical ...

The world is on fire. There are wars in Africa. There are conflicts in Asia. There is the ongoing, grinding bloodbath in Ukraine. And of course, there is Israel versus everyone seemingly within ...

Sir Iain Livingstone and Chief Constable Jon Boutcher yesterday delivered the findings of Operation Kenova and its off-shoot, Operation Denton. As per the wikipedia article “Operation Kenova is an ...

The Secretary of State, Hilary Benn joined the Stormont Sources podcast during the week to discuss the budget, Stormont Reform and a border poll. “It’s a long way off because no one who is calling for ...

Constitutional change to a united Ireland is high stakes– it would change almost every aspect of life for almost everyone on the island. Even discussion of it provokes anger among unionists and ...

Rising anger over the various Middle East conflicts involving Israel in the past two years, particularly the war in Gaza (which has been determined to be genocidal by a UN commission) led RTÉ, as well ...

According to Auryn Cox of the BBC (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj4q5g2ww55o) we are heading for a difficult flu season. Auryn reports, “Flu cases among ...

Watching the events of this week, I can’t help but be struck by the performative nature of it all. Everything is gesture, everything is theatre. Everyone hits their mark, delivers their line, waits ...