Finley is a Slugger reader from Belfast Every year on July 12th, parts of Northern Ireland erupt into bonfires, parades, and ...

The Twelfth is a big deal around these parts, as you know. But it hit me the other day, I actually know very little about the actual Battle of the Boyne. In moments like this, I turn to a higher power ...

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

After the IRA ceasefire of 1994 the then leader of unionism, James Molyneaux described this as one of the most “destabilising ...

I’ve written before about moving away from the conservative Christianity and unionism of my upbringing, a gradual, personal ...

As regular readers might know, I’m on an online news and social media break over the summer. I’ve found that reading a paper ...

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The efforts to expunge punk-rap duo Bob Vylan entirely from the public record are remarkable, disturbing, and appalling in ...

The Parades Commission has once again ruled that the Orange Institution will be banned from parading along Garvaghy Road in ...

What you need to know Infrastructure Minister still committed to A5 after judge rules that upgrade plans breach Climate ...

Sir Keir Starmer has thrown his full support behind Rachel Reeves, saying she will remain Chancellor “into the next election ...

A £100 increase in the average household rates bill could largely solve Northern Ireland’s water infrastructure crisis, a new report has suggested. The study was commissioned by the bodies ...