Patrick Murphy: Five hours, four buses and one sick health service
Extreme solutions need to be considered
Patrick Murphy: The IRA lost the war and now Sinn Féin is losing the peace
Party is sacrificing its long-term goal of Irish unity for short-term electoral success
Patrick Murphy: What about performance-related pay for MLAs?
What about performance-related pay for MLAs?
Patrick Murphy: Irish unity, but at what price?
If the price means staying silent on Gaza, engaging in internal British politics, or abandoning neutrality, are nationalists prepared to pay it?
Patrick Murphy: Trump is just a symptom of America’s addiction to war
The man visiting Dublin and Doonbeg this weekend is not an aberration of American society. He is just an inevitable product of it
Patrick Murphy: An open letter to the British Prime Minister
Patrick Murphy reflects on Andy Burnham’s controversial visit to Belfast
Michael Cusack would not have got past the Croke Park barricades
Patrick Murphy: The GAA cannot shut out those who helped make it great
Patrick Murphy: Lough Neagh is a victim of political pollution
Algae will remain as long as Stormont exists, because it does not have the political will to tackle it
Patrick Murphy: The Fleadh has done more to unite people than the IRA ever did
If it had not been for the violence of the IRA and the sectarian rantings of Ian Paisley, last week’s Belfast Fleadh could probably have been held in the city 50 years ago
Tony Meade: Former IRA man, journalist and deputy head of Trócaire praised as humanitarian at funeral
Tony Meade told his remarkable life story in interview with The Irish News
Patrick Murphy: Would it be better to just ignore Donald Trump next month?
Protest would be the normal response to Trump’s arrival, but his psychological condition means that he craves any attention
Patrick Murphy: Ireland’s foreign policy is now made in foreign countries
Ireland is now an anonymous sub-section of what might be termed the Western powers, which include Britain, the EU and the USA
From IRA man to journalist and humanitarian: The remarkable life of Tony Meade
He persuaded Sean South to join the IRA, was arrested hiding in a confession box in Armagh Cathedral, became an acclaimed journalist and was deputy head of Trócaire and a close friend of Bishop Eamon Casey. Patrick Murphy visited 88-year-old Tony Meade to discuss his remarkable life
Patrick Murphy: Broken Britain can’t be fixed with geographical gimmicks
Patrick Murphy assesses the first week in office for the new British prime minister Andy Burnham