Last week on the same day I was involved in two very interesting conversations about the way forward for this island. I had lunch with a young Belfast-born, Dublin-resident solicitor called Ross Neill ...

For five years, the Independent Financial Review Panel (IFRP) set wages and expenses for politicians in the assembly. But the ...

An acrimonious debate at Belfast City Council which has been running for several weeks finally climaxed on Monday night as ...

News that Belfast City Council has approved a planning application for a private hospital comes at a time when delays ...

Conor Murphy resigned as Economy Minister and from Stormont yesterday following his election to Seanad Éireann. As the BBC ...

Once again it seems we are facing a new controversy in the Education sector. The Belfast Telegraph reports that… “The Department of Education is facing calls for full transparency after £710,000 was ...

The idea for Open Sunday is to let you discuss what you like. Just two rules. Keep it civil and no man/woman playing. Comments will close at 12 pm on Monday. Brian O'Neill I help to manage Slugger by ...

Doctor Paisley and Mister Clerk In celebration of the recent 25th anniversary of the devolution of powers to the Northern Ireland Assembly, Paul Moore – former Clerk to the Assembly’s Agriculture ...

This week’s Infrastructure debate in the Assembly was described to me as truly depressing. It was yet another lost opportunity to try and solve the growing wastewater crisis which is engulfing both ...

In addition to our normal open Sunday, we have a politics-free post to give you all a break. So discuss what you like here, but no politics.

On Monday (27 January) the First Minister and deputy First Ministers made a lengthy statement in the Assembly regarding the Executive’s response to Storm Éowyn. First Minister Michelle O’Neil MLA told ...