Patrick Murphy: To clean up Lough Neagh, we need to clean up politics Columnists 22 Sep, 2023 Although most commentary compares Lough Neagh’s pollution to a disease, the real problem is that it is just a symptom of a much wider ailment.
Patrick Murphy: Unless nationalists start trying to understand unionism, Leo Varadkar will have to live forever if there's to be a united Ireland Columnists 15 Sep, 2023 How long do you think Leo Varadkar will live? I don't mean that he is looking unwell these days.
Patrick Murphy: Sack the Policing Board and start again Columnists 09 Sep, 2023 Sack the board. That’s the solution to the policing mess – and when the board has gone, we need a new system of governance to keep politics and politicians out of policing.
Patrick Murphy: Centenary stone illustrates that unionism's core value is self-preserving isolation Columnists 01 Sep, 2023 Before we begin, let's pause for this week's charity appeal.
Patrick Murphy: 'Up the Ra' chants are occupational therapy for the unthinking Columnists 25 Aug, 2023 It is a sad reflection on modern Ireland that there is significantly more interest in the Wolfe Tones than there is in Wolfe Tone himself.
Patrick Murphy: Politicians and the Policing Board have failed the PSNI and the public Columnists 18 Aug, 2023 Most people will regard the PSNI's unintended release of personnel data as somewhere between surprising and astounding.