The older I get, the more my inner Presbyterian asserts itself — and nowhere more so than in my loathing of gambling.Of all ...

Belfast and Glenariff is a Slugger reader from Belfast The recent BBC Panorama programme “Special Forces – I Saw War Crimes” ...

The idea for Open Sunday is to let you discuss what you like. Just two rules. Keep it civil and no man/woman playing.

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was elected as Pope Leo XIV, succeeding Pope Francis. This election marks a significant ...

The Education Reform Group of Reclaim the Enlightenment has commissioned an opinion poll by Lucid Talk on the Transfer Test.

Sam McBride had an excellently thought-provoking article this week arguing for a new flag for Northern Ireland in the Belfast ...

One of the more famous political terms is that of the Potemkin Village. A Potemkin Village is ‘… in its original meaning, any ...

I write this piece as a gentle challenge. A few years ago, I wrote on Slugger, “As I’ve got older, I’ve realised that as a ...

The UK has secured its first trade agreement with the United States since the Trump-era tariffs shook up global commerce.

Here we go again. Two nuclear-armed neighbours, one disputed region, and yet another burst of airstrikes to keep the cycle ...

Veteran journalist Chris Moore has a new book out on Kincora – Kincora: Britain’s Shame, Mountbatten, MI5, the Belfast Boys’ Home Sex Abuse Scandal and the British Cover-Up. From Suzanne Breen in the ...

The local environment may have taken a blow yesterday when mineral prospecting licenses were awarded to four companies by the Department of the Economy (fronted by Sinn Féin’s Caoimhe Archibald). As ...