In search of Hobson’s paradise
THE Republic’s hospitality trade is opening slowly, with some restrictions, and at long last we were able to enjoy a...
Maurice's Blogs
Shining a light on the Protestant spectrum
IT is a lazy stereotype to depict all northern Protestants as flag-waving, Orange bigots with a siege mentality and bonfires...
God, guns and government
IT is exactly 100 years since Northern Ireland first had its own government. In 2007, just before he left for...
The Riddle of Sands
ON the way home our school bus passed the high walls of the Convent of Mercy at Whiteabbey. Some sat...
War of the sharpened tongues
AS part of the Good Friday Agreement in 1998 Northern Ireland’s Irish language enthusiasts were promised legislation and a commissioner...
Fear and loathing in Carson Villas
UNIONISTS in Northern Ireland have retreated to the political ditch, again. The shades of Carson and Craig are abroad and...