A little over a month ago Unionist parties pulled the Stormont Brake to block new EU rules on the packaging and labeling of ...

Michelle O’Neill is saying turn that frown upside down. From the Irish News: Michelle O’Neill has defended the Stormont ...

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One of my former managers had a catchphrase “tolerance of ambiguity” to the effect that one of the qualities that characterised your potential to rise to senior management was the ability to tolerate ...

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On Monday (13 January), First Minister Michelle O’Neill defended the NI Executive’s performance during its first year since restoration. Speaking alongside Sinn Féin Leader Mary Lou McDonald, Ms ...

December 2024 saw the 25 th anniversary of powers being devolved to the Northern Ireland Assembly To mark this significant event, former Agriculture Committee Clerk Paul Moore has been recounting some ...

The announcement on 15 January by World Monuments Fund (WMF) of its support for the rescue of the Assembly Rooms is a game changer! Amongst 25 heritage sites world-wide selected as part of the 2025 ...

A good exclusive from Connla Young in from the Irish News: An English career criminal has claimed he was recruited to murder five people on behalf of MI5 in the early days of the Troubles. The ...

The Six nations squads have been announced and bar the usual injuries, not many surprises are contained therein. . Ireland seek to win the Six Nations for an unprecedented third time in a row without ...

President Donald Trump has just written to thank Irish Poet W. B. Yeats for his poem. The poem it appears was commissioned to mark President Trump’s second inauguration, January 20 th 2024.