Northern Ireland’s economic system is undergoing reform — again. The Lyons Review into Invest NI made headlines just two ...

After listening to the 45 minutes of complaint by Mervyn Gibson on BBC Talkback, I read the Orange Order statement in full and as someone who grew up in a firmly unionist family, attending ...

Today, Wednesday, Sean will be cremated at Roselawn Crematorium. You will not know this as he left strict instructions there would be; no death notices, no mass, no eulogy, no memorial cards. Sean is ...

Back in 2006, the case for devolving corporation tax powers to Northern Ireland was championed as an economic game-changer. Nearly 20 years later, the idea remains strong—but it’s been quietly shelved ...

Taoiseach Micheál Martin delivered the annual Seamus Mallon ‘Shared Home Place’ Lecture in the Navan Centre & Fort in Armagh this evening. You can watch back the full event which was chaired by Hume ...

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I wonder what our media would report during silly season if it were not for the Orange celebrations leading up to and following the 12th July. Sammy Morrison of the TUV calls it Twelfth Derangement ...

I was chatting with someone a while back whose daughter is a GP. She told me that her daughter and the other GP partners were on the verge of closing their practice due to an utterly unsustainable ...

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What you need to know Sinn Féin leader criticised by deputy First Minister fo “talking down” NI economy During an interview on Monday (14 July) on Good Morning Britain, Sinn Féin President Mary Lou ...