August Articles

​I saw a documentary the other day that brought the late Brian Keenan vividly back to the forefront of my memory. Published: 22 August 2023 He’s not talked about much these days, for — as the driving force for decades of the IRA —he’s now an embarrassment to the Sinn...

​The anniversary of the Omagh bombing of August 1998 weighs heavily on me every year. My sadness does not begin to compare to that suffered by family, friends and neighbours of the dead and the injured, but I spent a decade closely involved with that small, brave...

​The latest bank scandal didn’t come as a surprise to me. I knew that — like the majority of our national institutions — the banks were going woke and taking what they called “progressive” positions on socially contentious issues. Published: 1 August 2023 Even walking...

My late friend David Trimble saved unionists from having joint authority imposed on them because he fought nationalism, constitutional and violent, intelligently and imaginatively — despite the attacks from his own side. Published: 30 August 2022 He also benefited...