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“Nothing is off the table” to address the “epidemic” of road fatalities, chief constable Jon Boucher has said. That would require a reversal...
Rishi Sunak must have bought his electoral sat nav from Del Boy Trotter. There is, in fact, no possible route from last Thursday’s polling meltdown...
People are getting antsy about lack of delivery from Stormont, with particular emphasis on the lack of a programme for government. The delay is...
This column would like to apologise for being too polite about the Stormont Executive during the Covid pandemic. Although highly critical of the...
When I came across Hilary Bradt, the 82-year-old hitchhiker, she made me smile. But she did not make me want to grab a piece of cardboard, scrawl a...
As I’ve mentioned before, I’m not a soccer fan. I will, on occasion, watch big set pieces such as the early stages of the World Cup if only to...
THE leg I ran in the Belfast marathon was seven miles (well, 7.1 to be exact) and that was plenty. Grainne McCoy ran the first four in our relay...
AS a kid, I absolutely adored Emilio Butragueno. Everything about the Real Madrid and Spanish international striker I loved: his poaching...
Initial hearings at the Covid inquiry in Belfast make it clear the Northern Ireland Civil Service (NICS) is incapable of reforming itself. The...
There was a revealing spat last week between the NIO and academic historians about the British government’s plans to bowdlerise the original...
‘It’s all over bar the voting’. That famous headline from 2002 in the Irish Republic is now being used by analysts and commentators in the...
I have never been much of a fan of holy relics, and the mumbo-jumbo end of Catholicism didn’t much appeal to the Victorian convert John Henry...
If it’s pure, primal rock and roll thrills you’re looking for in a live performer, Bruce Springsteen is your man. It just seems to be what the...
It’s probably strange, and possibly even a bit tasteless, to say you enjoyed someone’s funeral. But that was the widespread sentiment among...
“Hug the teapot” was Gerard’s advice. How right he was, on a cold and blustery day, what better way to warm yourself inside and out. Beside me...
I never tire of watching the BBC series Yes Minister and Yes, Prime Minister. Like the House of Cards drama, it’s staggeringly accurate. Take for...
In just over a week’s time, on Wednesday May 15, Palestinians across the globe will mark the Nakba, the ‘Catastrophe’. The date is important as...
Ulster Unionist leader Doug Beattie has defended Colonel Tim Collins, his candidate for North Down in the upcoming general election, after a...