To counter allegations over his finances, Farage has decided to embrace populism. He has just announced that he is resigning as an MP but will put himself forward as a candidate in the by election, to ...

On Thursday (2 July), Executive parties met NI Secretary Hilary Benn and Chief Secretary to the Treasury Lucy Rigby in a fresh attempt to agree a Stormont budget. Public services have been operating ...

Casement Park’s redevelopment may be reaching its endgame at last. On Friday it was reported that the GAA has decided that the Stadium will not be built to the hoped for 34,000 capacity due to a ...

I don’t know what caused me to fall in love with America: Old Glory, the bunting, the cowboy hats or the country music sung by Mel Tarner. But I do know where and when it was: early 90s, aged eight or ...

Managing Editor of Slugger O’Toole. I help to manage Slugger by taking care of the site as well as running our live events. My background is in business, marketing and IT. My politics tend towards ...

It’s now been ten days since former UDR member, member of the Orange Order, MP, Knight of the Real., Privy Councillor, prominent UUP member and DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson was found guilty of i8 ...

23. Bundee Aki (Galwegians/Connacht)(69). Ireland field the more experienced side with 636 caps in the starting 15 to Australia’s 428 – despite missing Porter ...

The Ukraine war has now lasted longer than the First World War. What was intended as a three-day Blitzkreig to seize Kiyiv and the regions bordering Russia, has turned into a stalemate reminiscent of ...

An inquiry into white working-class underachievement in England published its report this week. Northern Ireland will be tempted to read it as a study of its own working-class Protestant boys. The ...

It looks like we are a couple of weeks out from a new Prime Minister in the UK. There’s been plenty of commentary about Andy Burnham and what he may bring to the table when, as seems inevitable, he ...

Much has been made of the phrase toxic masculinity in recent years. Examples abound in the news, the streets, behind closed doors. In Northern Ireland, at the time of writing, two Spotlight episodes ...

Terraformer is a commenter on Slugger. He works as a learning designer from Offaly and currently lives and works in Dublin. Here he argues that the story of Scots-Irish frontiersmen conceals a messier ...