I have not heard the word ‘ yearning’ used for some time. It usually means ‘a strong feeling of wishing for something, ...
Friedrich Merz looks like he will be the next German Chancellor. Where his predecessors were ambivalent about European defence, Mr. Merz has been far more clear. In fact, he has said it is his number ...
The Look North Festival is back this Friday and will run throughout the weekend, promoting the best of North Belfast. We are back with our event, which will examine some of the challenges and ...
It is unusual for NI to have a period of more than two years between elections. It has only happened twice before in the last 50 years. With last year’s Westminster election receding rapidly into the ...
Ah, Brexit, the biggest act of self-sabotage in UK history, continues to have its ripples. The FT reports that Irish passport applications from Britain are at their highest peak ever as people look ...
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 middle-of-the-road pragmatism, I am not ...
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.
Elon Musk type reforms are not needed to deliver wide-ranging transformation of our public services…
A new report written by Prof. Jodie Carson and Prof. Stephen Farry calls for a ‘multi-faceted policy approach to public sector transformation’ in Northern Ireland ...
Martin Dillon’s new book is ‘The Sorrow and the Loss—The Tragic Shadow Cast by the Troubles on the Lives of Women,’ and today’s papers are full of choice extracts. Here is a roundup: MI5 ‘tampered ...
More opinion poll data from LucidTalk in the Belfast Telegraph (February 24th 2025), suggesting that 48% of their NI sample wish to remain in the UK (“Remain”) and 41% wish for a reunified Ireland ...
On Wednesday (19 February), the Executive Office confirmed that its “flagship project”, a new £671 million children’s hospital development on the grounds of the Royal Victoria Hospital, had received ...
Whether or not the individual had been listening to the politicians or reading social media comments which flowed from the reports of funding for a sports pitch at Lisneal College, the sentiments ...
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