I don’t like zoos. I think they’re cruel to animals, plain and simple. I remember visiting Belfast Zoo when I was a kid and watching an elephant bang his head repeatedly against the wall, clearly ...

The verdict isn’t the calamity which gloomier searchers for truth and other investigators may fear. It will have a limited effect. Media managers and their journalists must hold their nerve. In an ...

Late last week, we heard that the SDLP were putting a motion before the Assembly to call for a border poll. Looking at the order paper for Monday, I see the following motion tabled by the Leader of ...

Fionnuala FAGAN-THIÉBOT, Irene BOADA-MONTAGUT, Liam O'HARE, Fiona MAGOWAN, Louise HARRINGTON, David ROBINSON, Niall KERR, Hilary COPELAND, Stefanie LEHNER, and Nisha TANDON. Symposium: "Creativity in ...

A recent Slugger OP argued for increasing the number of elected political members on the boards of our public bodies. Instead, I propose abolishing this outdated aspect of post-conflict governance.

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Former Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams has won a defamation case against the BBC. Mr Adams claimed he was defamed in a 2016 Spotlight programme and a subsequent online article, which he said falsely ...

According to recent research, 80% of people without a disability in Northern Ireland are in work, compared to 36% of disabled people (Ulster University’s Economic Policy Centre, 2022). I experienced a ...

School may almost be out for summer, but I am learning, school is never really out forever. With the advances in technology and AI, and my job one of those tipped as near the top of the list to go, I ...

As the late, great Terry Pratchett once said ‘It’s not worth doing something unless someone, somewhere, would much rather you ...

I am sure SDLP MLA Cara Hunter is delighted to be on the front page of today’s Irish News. The front page of today’s Irish ...