Irish border defies Brexit planners

In the course of the increasingly chaotic Brexit negotiations, various claims have been put forward about the number of public roads which actually cross the Irish border.

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Dr Watt's patients must be given adequate support

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Donald Trump's cruel child separation policy profoundly disturbing

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Time for clarity from Michael D Higgins

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Anger over blocking of GAA broadcast

20 Jun, 2018

A considerable debate has taken place over the difficulties surrounding some cross-border broadcasting arrangements involving RTÉ, particularly when major sporting events are under way.

Arlene Foster's charm offensive

19 Jun, 2018

When Arlene Foster lets it be known that, in quick succession, she is attending a Muslim celebration, accepting an invitation to an LGBT event and considering a trip to the Ulster GAA final, it is fairly clear that something is stirring beneath the DUP’s normally austere surface.

New legislation needed after Billy Caldwell's trauma

18 Jun, 2018

THERE will be huge relief that the 12-year-old Tyrone boy Billy Caldwell has at last been allowed access to the use of essential medication involving the controlled use of cannabis oil which may save his life but there will be equally enormous concern that the child and his family were left in such an agonising position in the first place.

Sensible approach to Brexit urgently needed

16 Jun, 2018

FROM the moment the referendum result was declared, disarray has been the dominant and dispiriting feature of the British government’s handling of Brexit.

Novosco jobs boost is a welcome development

16 Jun, 2018

News that a Belfast-based IT firm is to create 150 new jobs is a welcome announcement at a time of wider economic uncertainty.

Failings in elderly care at Dunmurry Manor are an absolute scandal

15 Jun, 2018

When families make the difficult decision to move a loved one into residential care, they trust that the home's staff will look after them properly, keep them safe, feed them, wash them and attend to their medical needs.

Damning assessment of Universal Credit

15 Jun, 2018

Universal Credit was lauded by the Conservative government as its flagship welfare reform which would ensure people were better off in work than on benefits.

Time for Orange Order to meet Sinn Féin

14 Jun, 2018

It is a measure of the changes which have swept over our society that Prince Charles could shake hands with Gerry Kelly, the senior Sinn Féin representative and former prominent IRA figure, without a single protest of any description.

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