ARLENE, THERESA AND BORIS October 16, 2019 With the obvious exception of Garda Commissioner Drew Harris OBE (€200,000+ pa), a policeman’s lot is not a happy one. But being a... Read more »
UNIONIST ‘CONSENT’ October 3, 2019 Earlier this week, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar said, “The Irish government has always been open to a role for Stormont in any solution to... Read more »
ANTI-BREXIT (DIS)UNITY September 19, 2019 On September 12, Sinn Féin’s northern leader, Michelle O’Neill, issued a statement calling for co-operation between Remain supporting parties in the north to... Read more »
UNITED IRELAND ECONOMICS August 22, 2019 Brexit has changed the game in the north and people in the south have begun to notice. Taoiseach Leo Varadkar turned up at... Read more »
SEE THE QUEEN! August 8, 2019 Boris Johnson arrived at Stormont on 31 July all bluff, bluster and bonhomie, urging the north’s parties to “seal the deal on power-sharing”.... Read more »
‘TAKING ON’ THE UVF July 25, 2019 The north’s ‘culture wars’ continue, but at a manageable level. Fundamentally, the problem is that there is no overarching legislation about the display... Read more »
BORIS AND THE DUP July 11, 2019 There should have been a second election to a northern assembly in 2017 after the parties failed to establish an executive following the... Read more »
PSNI ‘NEW BROOM’ June 27, 2019 It seems that, despite all the criticism directed at Mary Lou McDonald for her remarks about selecting a new PSNI chief constable, in... Read more »
MUCH TALK ABOUT NO TALKS May 2, 2019 Last Thursday Seamus Mallon, former deputy first minister in the north and 20 years an SDLP MP, told RTÉ that Karen Bradley is... Read more »
