Opinion

It was a great pleasure to represent the UK Government on a visit to the United States last month. I was delighted to catch up with many friends an...

Blessed are the peacemakers. If you can find them. And finding them in the world right now, especially in the Middle East and in the context of the...

On Oct 3, 1992 Sinéad O’Connor did the world a big favor and tore up the picture of the pope on “Saturday Night Live.” This show is supposed to be ...

Last week I attended an event in Parliament Buildings at Stormont, hosted by U.S. Special Economic Envoy Joe Kennedy III. There was a panel discuss...

If you don’t know Belfast, you don’t really know Ireland. That thought always strikes me as I’m departing from Ireland’s second largest city. Throu...

The above headline could refer to any number of places around the world, not least the Middle East right now. But it actually refers to Lewiston, a...

As I write this week’s column all of the scéal coming from the Israeli government and its international allies indicate that a ground invasion of G...

I entered the New York Metropolitan Correctional Center on June 18, 1983 pursuant to a British extradition warrant for political offenses committed...

So around and around we go, without inspiration, without end. As the House of Representatives plows through another exasperating week, as much of t...

Like many of you I have been shocked and distressed by the appalling events in the Middle East. The attack by Hamas fighters which targeted civilia...

"Up the Republic, they raise their battle cry, "Pearse and McDermott will pray for you on high" From “Legion of the Rearguard” – a Republican Civil...

It's hard not to feel down about the state of the world. It's hard not to worry that things might get even worse. War here, there and everywhere, c...