I wish I could have been in Dublin, my native city, on Saturday afternoon, standing shoulder to shoulder with the...
September Articles
His latest TV series, ‘Jailed: Inside Maghaberry Prison’, is more evidence that Stephen Nolan is an outstanding journalist and a national treasure
At the weekend I watched with fascination every episode of Stephen Nolan’s “Jailed: Inside Maghaberry Prison”....
A border poll will not be decided by people’s religion
Excitedly greeting the census figures showing that people who were either Catholic or brought up as Catholic made up...
Britons turn queuing for the Queen into a pilgrimage
Queues, queues, queues! Published: 20 September 2022 The weirdness of British queues became a staple of conversation...
Ban HR jargon, but the Oxford comma deserves an exemption
Therese Coffey is right on many things. Her new grammatical diktat is not one of them Published: 15 September 2022...
Sinn Fein has learned lesson of its royal boycott in 2011
In the spirit of kindness engendered by all the wonderful stories of the late, great Queen Elizabeth, I’m sorry for –...
Ireland mourns a monarch who healed wounds with tact and courage
Apart from a few extreme Republican trolls, Queen Elizabeth is being mourned in Ireland, north and south Published: 9...
Truth is the weapon to use against the lies of the IRA
At the weekend, I was in Dublin, where I was born and brought up, mostly seeing old friends. Published: 6 September...
President Michael Higgins should say sorry for his Northern Ireland centenary snub or resign
The row over President Michael D. Higgins’s bizarre rejection of the invitation to the ecumenical church event in...
The new Northern Ireland Office minister is a Gay Catholic Tory who will listen to unionist fears
Before I get on to two subjects with which I hope to cheer up at least some of my readers, just a few words about...
Gove is learning to his cost that we’ve lost the art of debating
People don't say what they mean in debating societies. They speak to provoke, entertain and win arguments Published:...
Both Sinn Fein and the SNP fuel divisions and search for grievances
I always scan letters to newspapers. Published: 14 September 2021 Contributors know they have to be brief to be...