THE case of the Sinn Féin references (Agatha Christie could do better, I feel) has seen BBC Ulster pour its considerable resources into a working week-long dive under the Arctic swell to examine what lies beneath the iceberg’s tip. Culpability, we’re told, is to be apportioned way beyond the two press officers who retired to the library together with a bottle of whiskey and a revolver.
THE SDLP’s new leader Claire Hanna has told the party’s annual conference that the problems that the North of Ireland face “are a result of the fundamental structure of the UK”.
WITH nominations continuing for this year’s Aisling Awards the manager of the Kennedy Centre, John Jones, is urging readers to nominate educational establishments and school projects to be shortlisted for this year’s Education Award.
QUESTION: How the hell is Squinter supposed to make a living at this satire lark when Arlene Foster’s all over social media offering to give people advice on boilers for ten grand a day?
Joker: Folie à DeuxA runaway success both commercially and with hard-nosed critics the world over, Todd Phillips’ Joker gave us a dark and disturbing psycho-drama that captured the embryonic origins of the DC Comics supervillain.
THE weekend Sinn Féin Ard Fheis was full of enthusiasm and passion with great speeches covering every issue imaginable and the delegates voting through policy motions that will help shape Sinn Féin politics in the time ahead. The speeches, particularly from Michelle O’Neill and other national leaders, demonstrated the strength and relevance of the party across our island.
ST Bernard's Primary School in South Belfast have celebrated the launch of their new football kit – created from the imagination of the school's pupils.
THE intervention of Leo Varadkar calling for formal and robust planning for a border poll and indeed advocating for Irish unity was another acceleration of the constitutional debate.
AS a young boy of seven years of age, I experienced a moment of profound separation and reunion that would shape my lifelong connection to Glendalough in County Wicklow. It was during a family picnic amidst the tranquil greens and blues of the Wicklow Mountains that I unwittingly embarked on an adventure of my own.