Opinion

When all the votes were counted the view of the past gave way to a view into the future. Voters in Northern Ireland have made history with an Assem...

I first published this article in 2005 and again, slightly amended in 2016. It is dedicated to all candidates from all parties and none, and their ...

She was known as “the most dangerous woman in the world” and she reveled in the title. The poor and the dispossessed adored her. The rich and the p...

Politics in Northern Ireland could be turned on its head this week. And that's just the politics. Add in the Good Friday Agreement, Brexit and the ...

Just a couple of weeks ago, on April 14, media outlets were showing dramatic images of the USS The Sullivans, a World War II destroyer that was on ...

It's the final countdown to polling day and the pundits and pollsters are filling the airways and column inches with their take on who will be the ...

By far the biggest difference between the two main political parties in America resides in their differing approaches to the threat of global warmi...

In a few days voters in Northern Ireland will go to the polls and elect a new Assembly. That Assembly will, in turn, pave the way for a new Executi...

My recent tales of singsongs in the H Blocks have triggered more reminiscences of other such events. Two in particular stand out. Both were after L...

It was a strange town but everywhere in Ireland was a bit strange in those days. I’m talking about the 1960s and 70s when I knew Wexford best. Then...

Many have voiced the same expression of disbelief. How can this be happening in 2022, in the 21st Century? We humans like to take comfort in the fa...

For the first time in history the number of people in the United States who identify as belonging to a church, mosque or synagogue is less than tho...