7+ hour, 9+ min ago   (407+ words) One has to imagine that somewhere in the basement of the Department of Finance there’s a large, industrial-sized recycling centre for public policies. How else can we explain the re-emergence of a proposal to abolish stamp duty for first-time buyers…...

19+ hour, 47+ min ago   (525+ words) It was, as one senior SDLP figure put it, “quite a moment, to have the American president saying that.” The “that” in question was Donald Trump’s endorsement of Irish unity, delivered when answering questions from the media after his arrival…...

1+ day, 19+ hour ago   (1006+ words) Every week, Adam Gannon talks to people on the doorsteps in his Fermanagh council district, which stretches from Garrison in the west to Derrylin in the east. More of them are talking about a united Ireland than ever before “and…...

2+ day, 20+ hour ago   (375+ words) The power to call a unity referendum in Northern Ireland cannot be left entirely in the hands of the North’s Secretary of State, even though it is laid down in the 1998 Belfast Agreement, Taoiseach Michael Martin has said. Emphasising that…...

3+ day, 1+ hour ago   (533+ words) The Ladies Gaelic Football Association (LGFA) and the Camogie Association would be “very silly” to propose motions that would abolish them without certain guarantees about their future, Minister for Sport Patrick O’Donovan has said. Efforts to merge the two women’s…...