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Managing Editor of Slugger O’Toole. I help to manage Slugger by taking care of the site as well as running our live events. My background is in business, marketing and IT. My politics tend towards ...

The Sinn Féin President, Mary Lou McDonald, addressed party members in Belfast tonight, covering the cost of living, Irish unity and foreign policy. On a United Ireland, she said; Ireland’s future ...

‘Will you finish off the hoovering of that room of yours? I haven’t any more time. I’m away to work’. It must have been a rhetorical question as my wife Carole didn’t wait for an answer. I had ...

A day spent exploring Rathlin on foot made me want to share the simple joys of a place that takes me back to a time when we were kinder to nature. I’m a great believer in a well-executed day trip.

Former Deputy Mayor and Councillor for Black Mountain has quit the SDLP. A gain for the party in a bad election in 2023 and the best prospect for a gain next year, this is a big loss for the SDLP. I ...

The crisis in Northern Ireland’s public service seems to regularly top the local news here in one form or another, usually when one of those services experiences a failure that brings them into the ...

My brother (Pat) Patrick Mc Cabe’s writing is heavily influenced by music with many of his book titles taken from songs. His novel Breakfast on Pluto (named after the Don Partridge hit song) was ...

David McNarry, former advisor to FM David Trimble and a former Strangford MLA for UUP/UKIP argues Unionism’s fractured ...

David McCann holds a PhD in North-South relations from University of Ulster. You can follow him on twitter @dmcbfs ...

The Sinn Féin President, Mary Lou McDonald, addressed party members in Belfast tonight, covering the cost of living, Irish unity and foreign policy. On a United Ireland, she said; Ireland’s future ...