The GAA’s boring football, confused identity and promotion of professional soccer need tackled - Patrick Murphy
The GAA is killing hurling and allowing football to kill itself
Lough Neagh and the politics of pollution - Patrick Murphy
Stormont must look at a new approach to agriculture, but with both Sinn Féin and the DUP relying heavily on rural votes, that is unlikely to happen
Patrick Murphy: Welcome to New Labour and its New English vocabulary
You get a better class of adjective from Starmer than Sunak, but beyond that it is hard to find significant differences in their policies
Patrick Murphy: The more things change, the more they stay the same
The party which imposed austerity in Britain was kicked out, but the parties which implemented that austerity in Stormont were largely returned
Michelle O’Neill says she’ll ask Downing Street for more money for Casement Park. Why isn’t she promising the same for our health service? - Patrick Murphy
If the Tories had a system of politics and government like ours, they would be in power for ever
Patrick Murphy: Ireland’s future appears more important than Ireland’s present
A united Ireland is a noble ideal. It is somewhat less noble as a fig leaf to cover Stormont’s failure to deliver
Patrick Murphy: If Sinn Féin wants change, it must start by changing itself
Party was found out in council election in Republic and requires change in leadership
Pro-union Starmer won’t do nationalists any favours - Patrick Murphy
Whoever wins the British election, we will have little to celebrate
Patrick Murphy: Welcome to Strictly Come Voting – a celebration of sectarianism
Will it matter who wins East Belfast, Fermanagh or Lagan Valley? Will the result lead to one more house being built, one more child being removed from poverty, or one more school having more money?
Patrick Murphy: If we really want to unite Ireland, Narrow Water is a bridge too far
While the Dublin government is building the £50 million Narrow Water Bridge linking counties Down and Louth, Stormont is planning another bridge just four miles away as part of a £130m road scheme
Horrible histories - Just like the British, Sinn Féin and the DUP want to hide the truth of the past from us - Patrick Murphy
Britain’s attempt to write an ‘official’ history is rightly criticised, but the Covid Inquiry shows Stormont behaves in the same way
Patrick Murphy: Covid was another shameful episode in Stormont’s long and shameful history
Until we abandon the Good Friday Agreement, nothing will change
Patrick Murphy: ‘Up the border, keep the border’ is now some nationalists’ cry
Emigration was one factor which persuaded Ireland to join the EU. Immigration is now causing some to question that membership
Patrick Murphy: The Assembly may be ‘back to work’, but it’s not working
What do we get for all the money spent on Stormont? The answer is bad government
Patrick Murphy: Everyone should be on the same page with calls for truth and justice
Recent inquests have seen both the British state accused of covering up its role in murder and republicans criticised for not helping IRA victims achieve truth and justice