What you need to know this week Long-awaited Anti-Poverty Strategy met with widespread criticism On Tuesday (17 June), Communities Minister Gordon Lyons MLA published the draft Anti-Poverty ...

Forget the notion that Reform UK is merely “gauging interest” for organising in Northern Ireland. The Belfast Telegraph ...

With President Higgins term in office drawing to a close, people have been looking ahead to the election for his successor ...

Fr. William/Conswater is an Anglican Priest in England, but was born and educated in Belfast. In April (28th) of this year ...

We are living through a golden age of nonsense. Not in our music, or our fashion, or even our politics (though it tries). No, ...

The Department for Infrastructure produced their Bicycle Strategy 10 years ago. It promised a revolution in transport. It’s ...

Last week many unionists were genuinely horrified by the violence directed against immigrants living in Ballymena and other ...

More madness from across the water. From the New York Times: The Trump administration plans to reconsider a ban on the last type of asbestos still used in the United States, according to a court ...

Slogger is a North Antrim retiree and latecomer to political discourse. As I’m a total curmudgeon, this article could be part one of a series of Room 101 rants about the things that bug me the most.

From Suzanne Breen in the BelTel: Reform UK is exploring the possibility of organising in Northern Ireland, where it has more than 1,000 members. The party told the Belfast Telegraph it was “gauging ...