I try to be fair, even to such irritating people as Michael D Higgins, Ireland’s president since 2011. Published: 27 June 2023 But his self-importance, silliness, vanity and sanctimony grate on me, as well as his arrogance and self-aggrandisement in trampling on the...
As much as any Pope, President Michael D Higgins believes himself infallible. Published: 4 October 2021 Yet his recent behaviour has had an utterly toxic effect on relationships between nationalists and unionists in this centenary year. It has forced hidden hatreds...
With no Assembly, City Hall largest democratic forum here, and it’s not easy to watch, says Ruth Dudley Edwards Published: 14 January 2019 Last week I watched about an hour of the Belfast City Council webcast, which at various times made me laugh, fume, plunged...
