Máirtín Ó Muilleoir

Opinion: Dublin had its something from Irish America, so what about that small something that was promised in return?

Quid pro Quo is all the rage in America at the minute.

OPINION: Ignorant and damaging billboards demonise the greatest community in Ireland

SATURDAY lunchtime at the Kennedy Way/Andersonstown Road junction provided a snapshot of a bustling West Belfast.

WATCH: Ahead of West Biz Roundtable, 'artistic accountant' tells how 1976 shaped his life

Former Chartered Accountants of Ireland President John Hannaway has recorded a Lagan Stream podcast ahead of his presentation at the West Belfast Small Business Roundtable in An Chultúrlann on 28 January.

OPINION: Praise the Lord, after half-century of decline, Castle St/Queen St is on way back

There are a lot of ways to invest £8-£9m nowadays. Indeed, probably the safest bet for the fortunate few with that amount of money is to let it lie in a bank account.

OPINION: Binding fortunes of Belfast and Birmingham is a case of being where puck is going to be

In Birmingham, Alabama last week for the inaugural Irish Roundtable in the Magic City hosted by Aisling Events, I thought back 16 years to the initial New York-New Belfast annual conference. At that time, Belfast's links to the powerful American diaspora were in the doldrums.

Yes, I do know Birmingham, Alabama is 4,000 miles away but it's about time Belfast bridged that gap

In most American cities I go to they do a pretty respectable breakfast but in Birmingham, daybreak is their speciality - as you can see from the pic above.

New item on podcast menu for Irish Stew à la Máirtín

On stepping down from frontline politics in January 2020, I took a conscious decision not to become a talking head or political commentator. Seems to me there are plenty of people doing that job with aplomb - and it means I don't have to go down to broadcasting house for a TV show at 10am of a Sunday morning. (Who watches current affairs on a Sunday morning and has anything ever made going back to mass more attractive?)

OPINION: Buffalo still rising despite pain to the power of Ten

On Wednesday past, I had the great good fortune to meet in Dublin the Boston architect Michael Murphy who designed the six-acre Lynching Memorial site in Montgomery, Alabama - a place that once heralded itself as the premier slave trading site in the Heart of Dixie.

Meet the news veteran dispatching a daily update from Belfast to Italy's Slovenian minority

For veteran reporter Bojan Brezigar reporting from Belfast on vying constitutional claims over the North of Ireland is a bit of a busman's holiday.

BOOKS: How the sun came down on Hill – a benevolent landlord's last stand in Donegal

The late, great people's poet and rebellious bard Brian Moore had a famously sardonic ballad in praise of the 'Good Old Black and Tan', which was a tongue-in-cheek dig at the revisionists.

OPINION: With 'Black Ridge' Apex Housing is reversing century-long street name policy

This summer, we had the uplifting visit to West Belfast of Willard Carlson (below, right, with Gerry Adams and film-maker Kevin McKiernan), an elder of the Yurok Tribe of Northern California who had fought at the Wounded Knee siege in 1973.

TUAIRIM: Seo an t-am lenár gcártaí a imirt go cliste

Tá amhras ann anois an gceapfar choíche Coimisinéir Teanga ó thuaidh. Tá mise den bharúil go gceapfar ach an t-amscála, sin scéal eile.

50 Years On, veteran of Wounded Knee uprising to attend Féile movie premiere

Looking back on the seventies, the greatest divide, I suspect, between the Irish of the North of Ireland and the Irish of America was in their attitude to the 'underdog'.

As long as there’s a Black Mountain above West Belfast, there'll be an Andersonstown News

PRESIDENT Michael D. Higgins said it best in his Gaeilge letter of congratulations to the Andersonstown News on reaching the half-century milestone: newspapers are the cornerstone of our democracy and vital building blocks of community.

We have lift-off - celebrating St Patrick's Day in Rocket City, Alabama

St Patrick's Day in Alabama has it all - and then some.

NIFL Premiership: Reds boost playoff hopes with comeback win at Carrick

NIFL Premiership: Magilton excited for Cup final build-up as Reds return to league action

Gaelic Games: Rossa fend off Ballycastle rally to claim opening win

Gaelic Games: Carryduff win cross-city clash at Sarsfield's

TUV want Casement renamed after a British royal – and Andytown doesn't rule it out

ROBIN LIVINGSTONE: David Trimble’s Catholic problem was well hidden

SQUINTER: Loyalist Human Resources departments thrive

WE SAY: Irish language signage victory was inevitable

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