I have some sympathy for Australian golfer Jason Day. After battling the conditions at The Open in Portrush, he remarked: The weather here … it’s the craziest weather pattern I’ve ever experienced in ...

As a reluctant and begrudging, Lions fan, I felt my reluctance and begrudgery giving way when 15 Irish players were included ...

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Sinn Féin President Mary Lou McDonald popped up on ‘Good Morning Britain’ to make her case to the English, Scottish and Welsh ...

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I served as an elected representative — the sole SDLP councillor in a chamber dominated by Unionism. I stood firm in my ...

PillinPillin are Slugger readers living in Spain My Grandfather was a Private in the Royal Irish Fusiliers. He fought at ...

Finley is a Slugger reader from Belfast Every year on July 12th, parts of Northern Ireland erupt into bonfires, parades, and ...

The Twelfth is a big deal around these parts, as you know. But it hit me the other day, I actually know very little about the actual Battle of the Boyne. In moments like this, I turn to a higher power ...

One of the recurring themes of this blog is that the people and politicians of the Republic are utterly unprepared for the ...

After the IRA ceasefire of 1994 the then leader of unionism, James Molyneaux described this as one of the most “destabilising ...

I’ve written before about moving away from the conservative Christianity and unionism of my upbringing, a gradual, personal shift that took shape during the decade I spent living and working in Dublin ...