Politics
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By Anton McCabe The UK General Election in the North saw the stalling of the Sinn Féin juggernaut. Its share of the vote fell by 1% compared to the last election – despite fighting an extra seat, South Belfast. This was the party’s first electoral setback in the North since 1992, when Gerry Adams lost […]
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By Frank Connolly Rumours and predictions of an Autumn election have been spreading like summer gorse fire over recent weeks with reports that Fine Gael is preparing its national advertising campaign for a run to the country soon after the October budget. A number of factors could point to a November campaign including the opinion […]
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Anatomy of an eviction
The Grangegorman eviction was unnecessary until redevelopment was imminent. By Roger Yates
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It is absolute precisely to avoid the media being cautious. By Eoin O’Malley
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Dunnes beats them all
The war for employment security starts here. By Ronan Burtenshaw
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Inadequate accountability, personalisations, over-broad remit, lack of focus on excellence and on artists, quango-promotion, bureaucracy and jargon. By Mannix Flynn
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Arising from Ashers
Democracy depends on stringent prohibition of discrimination on specific, stated grounds. By Niall Crowley