For three of the four Executive parties the misery continues – with the UUP the only one escaping the consequence of ...

I have always had an immense reverence for the role of President, seeing in it the triumph of the Irish system of government ...

Seán Patrick Donlan  is a Professor of Law at Thompson Rivers University (Canada). He formerly taught Irish law at the ...

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We’re two thirds of the way into Series Three and as with previous reviews, there will inevitably be spoilers about this and other episodes. So if you haven’t watched Episode Four of Series Three, ...

We’re two thirds of the way into Series Three and as with previous reviews, there will inevitably be spoilers about this and other episodes. So if you haven’t watched Episode Four of Series Three, ...

Sorry to hear of the death of Ed Moloney. I was a regular reader of his Broken Elbow blog, but I had noticed updates had been slow the past year. Edmund “Ed” Moloney passed away on October 17, 2025 at ...

Halloween may be on the horizon but there is not much more frightening, it seems, than the state of the health service here in the region. Last week, in opening NICON, Northern Ireland’s annual health ...

What if? is a powerful question. In a time of myriad health, climate, ecological and social crises it can provide hope, facilitate collaboration, provide the foundations of a new story that we can ...

The UK’s biggest celebration of social science research returns this October for its 23rd year. The aim of the festival is to show how social science is key to understanding the world around us. The ...