Fionnuala O Connor: Upcoming anniversaries on both sides of the border will not further reconciliation

Fionnuala O Connor

The deal that woke Stormont from its sleep didn’t promise a Rose Garden, but then the vast estate might have one of those already.

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Anita Robinson: Even devoted shoppers like me admit we need to buy less and help save the planet

Anita Robinson

Dragon lady Deborah Meaden has resolved not to buy any new clothes, shoes or handbags this year.

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15 Jan, 2020

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Executive's Spad reforms may not go far enough

Long before the RHI inquiry, there were concerns over the role and influence of special advisers (Spads) in the Stormont administration.

Opinion: Garda officer's drug warning should be heeded

Leading Article 20 Jan, 2020

A SENIOR gardai officer said some uncomfortable truths about people who use drugs 'recreationally' on Saturday following the horrific death of a young Drogheda boy.

Financial shortfall will mean tough decisions

17 Jan, 2020

News that nurses have suspended their strike action will be greeted with relief by patients and also the new health minister, who had made this issue his first priority on taking office.

Horrific murder puts crime in the election spotlight

16 Jan, 2020

At the start of the Republic's general election campaign, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar is placing his part in the Brexit negotiations at the heart of his party's pitch to remain in government.

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Siren calls for yet more cash handouts drown out alarm bells

And so, the Stormont gravy train is back on the rails, amidst much mutual back-slapping and self-congratulatory hype from all the usual suspects on the Hill.

Is Stormont deal a great new start or pie-in-the-sky parchment?

20 Jan, 2020

A new bold document for Northern Ireland or a recipe for disaster?

Any abortion decision should be for women not eminent men

17 Jan, 2020

Typical of anti-abortion advocates TJ Hardy bounces around discredited scare stories of consequential breast cancer, suicide, deliberate self-harm, future neo-natal harm and even disability (January 6).