One reason that I, originally from the southern nationalist tribe, became extremely fond of Ulster Protestants, was...
2020 Articles
Brian Stanley’s tweet points to a heart of darkness in Sinn Fein
Today, Laois-Offaly TD Brian Stanley makes a statement to the Dáil about the recent embarrassment he has caused his...
Sinn Fein glorifying the IRA is a peril to the Republic
Published: 8 November 2020 “In current politics,” wrote respected political commentator Stephen Collins in the Irish...
To spend millions more on murder of Pat Finucane would be insult to many other victims who have had little attention
I’m very relieved that Secretary of State Brandon Lewis did not cave into the pressure from politicians at home and...
Boris Johnson would be mad to sanction a public inquiry into the murder of Pat Finucane
Published: 26 november 2020 Four of Northern Ireland’s political parties (Sinn Fein, the equally nationalist but...
No, Joe Biden’s sentimental attachment to Ireland doesn’t imperil Brexit or the special relationship
Published: 16 November 2020 Is the US-UK relationship imperiled by Joe Biden’s deep affection for Ireland, which is...
President Higgins struck right note on the centenary of Bloody Sunday
I’m not a great fan of Michael D. Higgins, mainly because he sometimes lets his ego and his socialist ideology obtrude...
Brave new book examines what really happened in the Troubles
Liam Kennedy’s astonishing book Who Was Responsible For the Troubles? begins with his attendance at a play at the West...
Donald Trump understood the plight of poor white Americans
Trump may be on his way out, which I find hard to regret, but Trumpism, fortunately, is alive and well Published: 10...
Official Ireland will hate this wonderful memoir by Kevin Myers
In 2019 I was a guest speaker — the warm-up act for Kevin Myers, a great journalist who had been professionally...
Edwin Poots was right to raise behavioural factors in the spread of Covid-19
‘At today’s press briefing,” tweeted Sam Taylor, chief executive of the think tank These Islands, last week, “Sturgeon...
The south of Ireland should be ashamed of its response to IRA terrorism
The Irish Republic has much to be ashamed about in its attitude to the hell the Provisional IRA unleashed on Northern...