Sam Mcbride

Micheál Martin first crossed the border as a young man desperately curious about a place which, since his childhood, had been an erupting volcano of sectarian slaughter.

Dismayed by Gerry Adams’ libel victory in a Dublin court, BBC now considering geoblocking Republic

Norman Tebbit was divisive in life, and he divided in death. Having revelled in the deaths of some of his enemies, this key ally of Margaret Thatcher may well have accepted some of his enemies would rejoice in his demise.

A few weeks ago, I sat with my young son, high in the Compton Stand at Lord’s Cricket Ground, watching a compelling spectacle.

On the day that David Trimble died, he had no realisation of how close his life was to its end.

Late Northern Ireland first minister David Trimble ­believed he was probably ­autistic — and some of his closest aides agreed, according to a new biography of the former unionist leader published this week.

David Trimble was one of the most intelligent political leaders of his generation who became a senior law lecturer, First Minister of Northern Ireland and who went on to win the Nobel Peace Prize.

Despite standing in mud deep beneath the earth, in some ways it’s the most opulent place I’ve ever been.

Stormont has failed lamentably in meeting its own targets to encourage people out of cars, can’t prove it has spent public money properly — and is not even on course to be lawful, an Audit Office report has found.

In the uninspiring surroundings of Court 13 in Belfast’s Laganside courts complex, the outline of a legal thriller has been unfolding over recent days, replete with secret recordings, back-stabbing, claims of insatiable greed, alleged fraud and money laundering.