This round of the URC feels like a bit of a dress rehearsal for the Wales vs. Ireland match with Ospreys playing Leinster, ...

I confess to being a big fan of the Netherlands. Their pragmatic nature appeals to me—things just seem to work there. You ...

Between 1969 and 2001 3,532 people died during the troubles. During the same period 7291 died on the roads. The Troubles are ...

An acrimonious debate at Belfast City Council which has been running for several weeks finally climaxed on Monday night as ...

Micheál Martin (a day later than scheduled because of some stormy weather in the Dáil) the man who many pundits once ...

I was on Nolan this morning discussing how the Secretary of State Hilary Benn had hit a few nerves yesterday on the first anniversary of the restart of Stormont when he laid out the abysmal Health ...

Last week on the same day I was involved in two very interesting conversations about the way forward for this island. I had lunch with a young Belfast-born, Dublin-resident solicitor called Ross Neill ...

This week’s Infrastructure debate in the Assembly was described to me as truly depressing. It was yet another lost ...

News that Belfast City Council has approved a planning application for a private hospital comes at a time when delays ...

On Monday (3 February) Sinn Féin President Mary Lou McDonald TD was in Parliament Buildings to announce a significant reshuffle of the party’s front bench at Stormont. The move followed confirmation ...

For five years, the Independent Financial Review Panel (IFRP) set wages and expenses for politicians in the assembly. But the ...

Scotland vs. Ireland Sunday 15.00 RTE Head Coach Simon Easterby has made three changes to the team for the Scotland match. Peter O’Mahony replaces Ryan Baird at 6, with Baird displacing |Iain ...