My wife and I are married almost 43 years. Discounting Ireland, England, Scotland and Wales, we have never been on a holiday ...

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Alan Meban. Tweets as @alaninbelfast. Blogs about cinema and theatre over at Alan in Belfast. A freelancer who writes about, reports from, live-tweets and live-streams civic, academic and political ...

During his radio show on Monday 6th October, Stephen Nolan was in familiar territory — challenging SDLP leader Claire Hanna about her speech at the party’s weekend conference. When talk turned to the ...

Mike Nesbitt MLA is the Leader of the Ulster Unionist Party, ahead of the party conference he writes for Slugger On the week of the 2025 Ulster Unionist Party Conference, I offer some thoughts to ...

Mike Nesbitt MLA is the Leader of the Ulster Unionist Party, ahead of the party conference he writes for Slugger On the week of the 2025 Ulster Unionist Party Conference, I offer some thoughts to ...

According to the ONS data, the north’s net population increased by 7,467 between mid-2023 and mid-2024, representing a net growth of 0.39%. Across the north’s 11 council areas, Newry, Mourne and Down ...

In East Belfast, Catholic Maintained schools are losing their old identity even faster than Controlled schools – and the system isn’t ready for it. A follow-up analysis to “If the education system ...

Gavin dropped out of the race after the Irish Independent reported on Saturday that he owed €3,300 to a former tenant. Challenged about the allegation during RTÉ’s presidential debate on Sunday, he ...