Robin Livingstone

Robin has been with the Andersonstown News and subsequently the Belfast Media Group for over 30 years. He began his career in journalism with the company writing cinema and TV reviews as a freelance before becoming a staff reporter and going on to be appointed editor of the Andersonstown News in 1993. He became Group Editor of the Belfast Media Group with responsibility for all titles in 2016. He's the author of The Road, a memoir about growing up in Belfast.

Latest Stories

WE SAY: Teachers facing a massive job

THE trickle of schools starting back turned into a torrent this week as over 300,000 children across the north returned to the classroom for the first time since the middle of March on Tuesday.

EDITORIAL: School return will bring many challenges

MIXED feelings among parents this week as schoolchildren returned to the classroom five months after schools closed in response to Covid-19.

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WE SAY: Time for government to join ad boycott of social media giant Facebook

NO one can deny the huge positive differences which the internet, broadband connectivity and social media have made to our lives.

WE SAY: John Hume's legacy is the thousands who are alive today because of his tireless pursuit of peace

If, as that other great Northern leader vilfied by RTÉ and the mainstream press, former President Mary McAleese, contends, peace is a journey rather than a destination then John Hume was surely the beacon who led us through the nightmare of 30 years of violence to the promised land of peace.

WE SAY: John Hume's legacy is the thousands who are alive today because of his tireless pursuit of peace (copy)

WE SAY: Harsh words from a dark past belong to those whose time has gone

AT times it can be easy to forget the progress that has been made here in the north on that long and twisting road towards justice and equality.

EDITORIAL - WE SAY: British bungling over Brexit deadline may yet open up space to mitigate damage

A FINDING in the long-overdue Russia Report that the UK government “actively avoided” looking for evidence of Russian inferference in the 2016 EU referendum will come as no surprise to those of us who have been paying attention to the increasingly close and toxic relationship in recent years between senior Tories and obscenely wealthy, London-based oligarch friends of Vladimir Putin.

Cliftonville pair have no qualms with temporary break in action

Frampton set to challenge Herring for super-featherweight title in February

McAuley backs split season plan as Antrim gear up for a new campaign

Kennedy strikes late to rescue point for Crusaders at Cliftonville

REV KAREN: Leaving the comfort of the seashore requires Dr King’s ‘first step of faith’

JUDE COLLINS: 2021 is shaping up as one to watch

ELLY ODHIAMBO: Let music be the driver of your dreams

ANDRÉE MURPHY: Scrimping on vaccine and scrimping on sense