When you think about it Count Binface is the perfect intergalactic space warrior to puncture the pomposity of Nigel Farage.

Last night Sinn Féin brought a Private Member’s bill before the Dáil that would have established a Citizen’s Assembly on Irish Unity. From the RTÉ report The party has tabled legislation which, if ...

Having advocated for Farrell to rotate his squad entirely against Japan in order to give his front-liners a rest and improve ...

“When people begin to work together it’s a habit that will grow.” During a week which has been understandably dominated by the conviction of Jeffrey Donaldson, one important piece of news slipped ...

It must be twenty years ago now. My parents were in their mid-seventies so I took them holiday to France for a week while they were still healthy and mobile enough to do so. I rented a gite in St ...

The economic cost of failing to invest in Northern Ireland’s future is becoming increasingly apparent. A new Ulster University Strategic Policy Unit report, Unlocking NI’s Potential: A Framework for ...

Last time I met Garret FitzGerald was in Dublin airport. He was on his way to London, but when I asked him what for, his guard came up and he deftly waved the conversation onto other things. A ...

In addition to our normal open Sunday, we have a politics-free post to give you all a break. So discuss what you like here, but no politics.

Croatia. I was 20 minutes late, having popped into Lidl for cat litter on the way to the pub; meanwhile, Harry Kane was purring for England, having put his country 1-0 up. My heart sank upon entering ...

In a few weeks the United States will be celebrating its 250 th birthday. By any standards, its existence has been nothing short of remarkable. What was a quarter of a millennium ago a backwards, ...

It’s not often we can accuse our legislators of being efficient but on Monday night they actually managed it when the rejection of an amendment designed to raise the age of criminal responsibility ...

“Intelligence is quickness to apprehend as distinct from ability, which is capacity to act wisely on the thing apprehended.” Margaret Mead’s maxim comes to mind, “never doubt that a small group of ...