Anita Robinson: Cocooned in a blank-faced, earphoned world of mobile technology

Anita Robinson

MY elderly Nokia mobile is in the geriatric ward of the phone hospital and I don't expect it to `do'.

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Fionnuala O Connor: Brexit and Arlene Foster have revived the united Ireland dream

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Tom Kelly: Brexit stupidity knows no limits

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Deaglán de Bréadún: Derry Civil Rights 'Festival' shows how far we have come

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Patrick Murphy: When politicians get drunk on power we all get a hangover

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Newton Emerson: Still time to de-dramatise a Brexit sea border

22 Sep, 2018

AS Brexit brinkmanship enters what is hopefully its final stage, finding ways to describe a sea border that will not cause a unionist freak-out has become the most important semantic puzzle in the EU's 24 official languages.

Bimpe Archer: Watching Primark burn, we didn't know just how bad it would be for Belfast

Bimpe Archer 21 Sep, 2018

I WATCHED Primark burn.

Alex Kane: Sinn Féin know there is nothing certain about a united Ireland

Alex Kane 21 Sep, 2018

I was a panellist at last Saturday's Sinn Féin-organised United Ireland conference in Letterkenny, addressing the theme of whether a 'new' Ireland was possible.

Newton Emerson: The petition of concern needs to be abolished, the question is how?

Newton Emerson 20 Sep, 2018

A consensus has emerged among centre parties and political observers that the key to restoring Stormont is reform or abolition of the petition of concern.

Allison Morris: It takes bravery to confront the uncomfortable truths of our past

Allison Morris 20 Sep, 2018

A week ago, in an unprecedented move, Emmanuel Macron officially acknowledged that France had carried out systematic torture during Algeria’s independence war.

Brian Feeney: Encouraged by the DUP, the British government has been dismantling the Good Friday Agreement

Brian Feeney 19 Sep, 2018

You might not think so but the RHI inquiry is a sideshow.

Jarlath Kearney: Our relationships with the earth, and each other, demand deeper perspective

Jarlath Kearney 19 Sep, 2018

Christ Church cathedral in Dublin isn’t the sort of place you’d normally hear a public profanity; especially not an African Union official proclaiming that we’re now “in deep sh*t” (environmentally speaking).

Anita Robinson: Seeking the body beautiful is an exhasting business

Anita Robinson 18 Sep, 2018

Widespread concern has been voiced recently over the subliminal, covert and downright blatant messages we feed to our young people through the media and advertising about body image.

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