Articles published in 2019
With so much to be cheerful about in recent elections, my deportations list is very short
This is the time to learn from mistakes and...
Like the Omagh victims, Hyde Park bereaved defied the odds to get justice for loved ones
Many ex-terrorists will be feeling uneasy after...
My euphoria at seeing the UK rescued from extremists who would have destroyed it
Northern Ireland is rejecting tribalism: now is...
Dissent against the ‘accepted’ norms crucial to free speech, yet Left always shouts it down
The views of so-called contrarians are as valid...
Kevin Myers has been vindicated
Published: 29 November 2019 Two pieces of good...
How RTE joined Twitter mob in tearing down a writer who was simply calling for free speech
It has taken two years for state broadcaster to...
Lyra’s legacy is love, Saoradh’s is hate
Their sick festive message in the city where my...
Simple reality is 16-year-olds are not mature or intelligent enough to be given the vote
Considering brain is not fully developed until...
Remorseless portrayal of RUC as villains by republicans dehumanising and a blatant lie
We should stand up to the haters and extol the...
Cops On The Frontline, the 1,000 pious letter-writers and the IRC’s odd behaviour
The RUC are consistently betrayed, but they have...
DUP SHOULD SAY YES
Labour and the call for a general election from...
Devolution has been an abject failure, not just in Northern Ireland, but also in Edinburgh and Cardiff
New Act of Union needed that guarantees rights...
Riveting exposé of RHI shows us Stormont needs radical reform before return of devolution
Tribal politics at very heart of scandal over...
Three inspiring Orangemen who fought the good fight for their Christian faith and for fairness
The late Brian Kennaway, Michael Phelan and Ian...
Unionists should embrace deal and recover confidence of bygone days
Published: 19 October 2019 “Sod the United...
DUP must see sense or it risks spectre of Corbyn in No.10
Published: 19 October 2019 Having begun as a...
I see Arlene Foster’s fears and suspicions – but here’s why she MUST back Boris Johnson’s deal
Published: 18 October 2019 Before the 2016...
The New IRA will be thrilled with its Channel 4 interview
Published: 17 October 2019 Twitter is a useful...
Willie Frazer was a product of the Troubles, his life littered with loved ones slain by the IRA
Loyalist activist drew strong, often hostile,...
Uncomfortable truths cannot simply be wished away by totalitarian intolerance
‘Heresy-hunting’ now at a level where contrary...
For someone serious about reconciliation, the Lord Mayor keeps decidedly odd company
Shouldn't Sinn Fein's poster boy echo Nigel...
Textbook error by Republic of Ireland will just encourage more hatred of Israelis among Palestinian kids
Ireland’s role in ‘radicalising’ curriculum in...
Why has no one been charged with the brutal murders of 11 musicians three decades ago?
They lived only to make music but the IRA killed...
In such times of great turmoil, it is reassuring there remains one constant we can rely on…the Queen
Published: 9 September 2019 Well, it's a good...
Johnson and Smith have to now transform the culture of appeasement pervading NIO
The Government's job is to stand up for law and...
My friend Lyra McKee: Ruth Dudley Edwards remembers the young journalist murdered by the New IRA
McKee bravely shone a light on sectarian...
Why it’s time for liberals to stop criticising anyone who holds different views to them
Brexiteers are one group who've been dismissed...
In contrast to terrorists in the Troubles, soldiers, like police, did not set out to kill
Without Operation Banner, there could have been...
The more Sinn Fein bellows on subject of Irish unity, the more right-thinking people call for a reality check
Published: 12 August 2019 The news I bring from...
This is about a lot more than pictures of the Queen… it is time for NIO to get a shake-up
Published: 5 August 2019 He's only been in the...
Boris is Just William – Gove and Cummings are the Outlaws
Published: 19 July 2019 Like so many others,...
By remaining resolutely pro-Union, Boris Johnson may yet unravel the torturous Irish backstop conundrum
If our new PM remains resolute, he may yet...
If you can stand up for morality, free speech and Brexit you’ll be a real success in your new job
Julian Smith has already hit the ground running...
Forget what the merchants of doom say and enjoy ride with Prime Minister in waiting Boris
I'm cautiously optimistic Johnson will be...
Out of her depth Bradley is to blame for vote foisting gay marriage and abortion on NI
Bungling Secretary of State should have known...
Early Day Motion: LIBEL LAW (NORTHERN IRELAND)
Tabled 08 July 2019 2017-19 Session That this...
Ignore whining of liberals, Vice President Mike Pence deserves warm welcome to the Republic
Christian beliefs of Trump's number two should...
Isn’t it about time we paid tribute to the contrarians among us who won’t be cowed?
It takes bravery to put your head above the...
We tried safe pair of hands and look where that got us. It’s time to take a risk with Boris Johnson
Published: 24 June 2019 Well, I finally made up...
How Boris could unlock the backstop and confound Dublin’s Anglophobic elite
Published: 21 June 2019 With charm, diplomacy...
Alliance Party success has weakened both moderate nationalism and unionism
For the sake of Ireland, Naomi Long needs to...
As we remember D-Day, let us not forget the sacrifices made by the security forces in Northern Ireland
We must challenge cynical attempts to make...
The electoral performance of Sinn Fein in Republic has laid bare its predicament
The party is used to riding two horses but it is...
Why Thatcher’s tenure as Prime Minister proved women have all right qualities to lead a nation
Published: 27 May 2019 Once I realised that...
Virtue-signallers of modern times deserve just as much contempt as yesterday’s craw-thumpers
The Left flaunts its utter hypocrisy with its...
John Lippitt, combative civil servant who dominated industrial policy in the 1970s and later formed a swashbuckling partnership with Sir Arnold Weinstock at GEC – obituary
Published: 19 May 2019 John Lippitt, who has...
Groomers of the New IRA following long tradition…as are those who support them
Romanticising those who murdered in the name of...
The fearless young woman who made fools of Saoradh by asking them questions they were too scared to answer
Published: 6 May 2019 Inevitably, the hopes that...
Lyra McKee ignored religion, Mike was a Calvinist, Adam is a Jew, but they shared key messages
Published: 29 AprilI was at services in two...
New IRA killers using the same old excuses
Published: 23 April 2019When the IRA commits a...