When you think about it Count Binface is the perfect intergalactic space warrior to puncture the pomposity of Nigel Farage.

Last night Sinn Féin brought a Private Member’s bill before the Dáil that would have established a Citizen’s Assembly on Irish Unity. From the RTÉ report The party has tabled legislation which, if ...

Having advocated for Farrell to rotate his squad entirely against Japan in order to give his front-liners a rest and improve ...

I don’t know what caused me to fall in love with America: Old Glory, the bunting, the cowboy hats or the country music sung by Mel Tarner. But I do know where and when it was: early 90s, aged eight or ...

Much has been made of the phrase toxic masculinity in recent years. Examples abound in the news, the streets, behind closed doors. In Northern Ireland, at the time of writing, two Spotlight episodes ...

Terraformer is a commenter on Slugger. He works as a learning designer from Offaly and currently lives and works in Dublin. Here he argues that the story of Scots-Irish frontiersmen conceals a messier ...

An inquiry into white working-class underachievement in England published its report this week. Northern Ireland will be tempted to read it as a study of its own working-class Protestant boys. The ...

The Ukraine war has now lasted longer than the First World War. What was intended as a three-day Blitzkreig to seize Kiyiv and the regions bordering Russia, has turned into a stalemate reminiscent of ...

To counter allegations over his finances, Farage has decided to embrace populism. He has just announced that he is resigning as an MP but will put himself forward as a candidate in the by election, to ...

Just over two years ago, Jeffrey Donaldson was view by many as the embodiment of mild-mannered respectability. His reputation as a pragmatic operator had been reinforced by his role in brokering the ...

1990-1999: The Peace Process. On so many occasions since the atrocities of 7th Oct and Israel’s genocidal response in Gaza, I have argued that our Good Friday Agreement peace process offered an ...

It looks like we are a couple of weeks out from a new Prime Minister in the UK. There’s been plenty of commentary about Andy Burnham and what he may bring to the table when, as seems inevitable, he ...