Oh my god.

Sitting about two feet from the core of the Ireland Rugby team in Nando’s, Dundrum. Sort of starstruck, but too respectful of the team’s downtime after their win against Scotland, just one week away from Irish sporting history, to even make it clear I know...

Standing firm against terrorism

Northern Ireland is, to put it mildly, having a bad week. The murder, apparently by the Real IRA of two soldiers, in which four other people were seriously injured (deliberately, mind) shocked the governments and media at home and overseas (France24 had the best...

Things to remember come election day

“We will reject the boom and bust policies which caused the collapse of the housing market” – Labour Manifesto, 1997 “By 2010, we want Britain to break away from the decades of boom and bust, as we stick to clear rules for spending and...