Finley is a Slugger reader from Belfast War is like weather. It emerges when conditions align. This is not a metaphor. It is ...

Speech by John Gray, Convenor of the Assembly Rooms Alliance, at a ‘Manifestation’ held on 14 June 2025 Thank you for coming ...

Clowntown. An ugly undercurrent surrounding this week’s court case which struck down the DoFI plans for the A5 road, was a sense amongst some of the road’s supporters that this was a Catholic v ...

Which maybe one of the few times he has actually accurately analysed a geopolitical situation. However, if this truly is the conclusion of the Iran-Israel War, this is a good time to stop and reflect ...

When he heard about the massacre, Patrick Casey, a member of the IRA in South Armagh said “I remember my feeling was one of horror when I heard the details. Nothing could justify this holocaust of ...

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. Comments will close at 12 pm on Monday. Brian O'Neill I ...

Forget the notion that Reform UK is merely “gauging interest” for organising in Northern Ireland. The Belfast Telegraph quotes a Reform officer as saying, “we’re simply trying to identify individuals ...

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 Strategy ...

With President Higgins term in office drawing to a close, people have been looking ahead to the election for his successor which must take place by the 11th of November of this year. After months of ...

When our society discusses Irish unity – as it increasingly does – we need to focus more on the realities of what a united Ireland will be. At present, too much conversation considers the question of ...

When I was a child, I used to go walking with my father. He was a religious man and taught me a simple lesson…never pass a church. It is a habit, I still have. In Belfast, I won’t pass St Mary’s, St ...

Even after sixty-years, it was not difficult to find. The house at the bottom of the lane had been replaced by a modern bungalow but this was certainly the lane; overgrown and now, one hundred meters ...