One of the recurring themes of this blog is that the people and politicians of the Republic are utterly unprepared for the ...

I’ve written before about moving away from the conservative Christianity and unionism of my upbringing, a gradual, personal shift that took shape during the decade I spent living and working in Dublin ...

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On the mainland, Reform UK’s Rupert Lowe and Darren Grimes were fingering their screens furiously in irate response, while the usual suspects here were chiming in too. Singer Bobby Vylan and Drummer ...

The Parades Commission has once again ruled that the Orange Institution will be banned from parading along Garvaghy Road in 2025. This decision is hardly surprising—it marks the thirtieth consecutive ...

As Wimbledon is on, it’s fitting that it’s also report tennis time again! We haven’t had a good reunification cost report in a while, but fear not, the latest volley is here. A brand new analysis from ...

FiFi Garrett is a politically savvy Essex native now rooted in rural Northern Ireland, living just outside Derry-Londonderry. Visit her site. Over the last five years twenty seven women have lost ...

Originally from Fermanagh, Eoghan Kelly is a postdoc on University of Edinburgh’s Scottish Election Study and has lectured in Irish politics at Queen’s. Here he introduces a new election projection ...