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Garvaghy Road raises questions Scotland’s politicians

Jim SlavenSeptember 28, 2026

The images from Garvaghy Road are thoroughly depressing. It is near impossible not to look at the footage and not be taken back to the 1990’s and all that played out in and around that small community. That they are having to go through this in 2026 (and for many families relive the darkest period...

Westminster’s Time is Coming to an End

Seán Óg Ó MurchúSeptember 14, 2026

As the saying goes, there are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen. Today’s Celtic Summit has the potential to drive us through the latter and into what for now remains the unknown.

The Cardiff Monster Meeting

Ádhamh Ó DubhghaillSeptember 14, 2026

Between 1843 and 1845, Daniel O’Connell presided over a series of “Monster Meetings”, dubbed such by a worried English press over their massive size, with attendance at some allegedly close to a million.

Trump’s a Lundy!

Ádhamh Ó DubhghaillSeptember 10, 2026

Unionism’s fetish for obstinately supporting foreign right-wing grifters has, for the umpteenth time, ended in humiliation.

Government are doing everything in their power to break tomorrow’s public sector strike

October 13, 2026

Tomorrow, Wednesday 14th October, over 300,000 public-sector workers across the 26 counties will go on strike. Set to be the largest work stoppage in the history of the state, unions are demanding the Government put cost-of-living measures and wage increases first on the agenda for any public sector pay deal negotiations. The last public sector...

Paying to Leave Home

October 7, 2026

Lama Obeid is taking money from her wallet so she can pay to leave home. A few weeks earlier, she was handed every travel writer’s dream: a commission from Lonely Planet to write a guidebook on Egypt. She should be ecstatic. Instead, she is dreading it. To get to Cairo, Lama, 36, must cross the...

Budget 2027: It’s No Country For Young Men

October 7, 2026

As usual for our Schrödinger’s Government, the lead-up to this budget had many a Minister crying out that there wasn’t enough to go around to do what they wanted. But it appears Minister for Public Expenditure Jack Chambers has a pocketful of orange peels, and austerity-lite is back on the menu. Here’s a run-through of...

On stopping the game and uniting the island

October 4, 2026

Like a lot of people, my first introduction to Mick Lynch came through a woman named Kay Burley. She was presenting for Sky News at the time, and one particular morning, her show featured an interview with the then General Secretary of the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT). Mick was live-streamed...

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