A fortnight ago in Belfast’s Shankill Road I met four impressive young people who were deeply involved in their working-class, loyalist community: Stacey Graham, Adam Watters, Ryan McFarlane and Mark ...

The origins of this story go back to last week when the Irish language advocacy group Conradh na Gaelige decided to move to a position of supporting a united Ireland. The organisation’s President ...

Last week my parents were talking about ordering oil, so when the news hit about the American attacks on Iran, my first ...

The DUP Education Minister, Mr Paul Givan, has announced changes to our examination system at GCSE and A-Level with first teaching in September 2029.  The main details are as follows: GCSE The two ...

There is something deeply irritating about replacing something you already own. A bike lost or stolen and bought again. A carton of milk picked up at the shop, only to come home and find another ...

Many people think that Keir Starmer blocked Andy Burnham from running in the by-election because he did not want to face a ...

The Department of Education has opened a Call for Evidence as part of its Review of Religious Education in Northern Ireland, with a closing date of 20 March 2026. The review is not a routine piece of ...

Plans to establish an independent environmental protection agency in Northern Ireland have fallen through after the DUP opposed the measure. As John Manley writes in the Irish News Andrew Muir has ...

Order 2006 requires that any core religious education (RE) syllabus be prepared by a drafting group of ‘persons having an interest in the teaching of religious education in grant-aided schools.’ In ...

Jim Allister MP argues that the "Stormont Brake" and "Applicability Motions" have failed to protect Northern Ireland’s ...

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, ...

This morning, the United States of America effectively declared war on the Islamic Republic of Iran (technically only Congress can declare war but bypassing Congress is something Trump has no ...