The restoration last Saturday of the political institutions and the election of Michelle O'Neill as First Minister marks an extraordinary turning p...

Comhghairdeas Kneecap as an rath a bhí ar bhur scannán ag féile scannán Sundance. Last August I travelled over to a studio close to Queen’s Univers...

The question – will he or won’t he – has yet to be answered. Will Jeffrey Donaldson provide the leadership needed to persuade his party to go back ...

Israel’s genocide against the Palestinian people in Gaza and the west Bank passed the one hundred day mark at the weekend. By the time this column ...

Just before Christmas my colleague Greg O'Loughlin, the Executive Director of Friends of Sinn Féin in the USA , gave me the sad news that veteran A...

I am a long time fan of Woody Guthrie. He is one of the world's great songwriters in the English language and many of his words are as relevant tod...

I did a book signing for Christmas at An Fhuiseog’s stand in the Kennedy Centre. It was a pleasant hour of banter and craic, meeting old friends an...

I am recommending this new book, "Togáil Croí. Seán Mac Goill," by Seán Mitchell as a great Christmas present for you dear reader and for someone y...

Last Friday I travelled to Nenagh for the funeral of Shane MacGowan. It was a sad and yet joyous event with family and friends lifting their voices...

Shane MacGowan was a friend of West Belfast. Back in 1988, in the wake of the killings of IRA Volunteers Mairead Farrell, Dan McCann and Sean Savag...

I have met many loyalists over a very long time. In prison. Out of prison. In secret or in private talks going back to the 1970s. And many times si...

Regular readers will know that Ionad Eileen Howell/St. Comgall’s was formally opened in June by the U.S. Economic Envoy Joe Kennedy. It came after ...