As the late, great Terry Pratchett once said ‘It’s not worth doing something unless someone, somewhere, would much rather you ...

I don’t like zoos. I think they’re cruel to animals, plain and simple. I remember visiting Belfast Zoo when I was a kid and watching an elephant bang his head repeatedly against the wall, clearly ...

I am sure SDLP MLA Cara Hunter is delighted to be on the front page of today’s Irish News. The front page of today’s Irish ...

El Cavador is a Slugger reader from Belfast  As the Supreme Court deliberates on the landmark JR87 case, which challenges the ...

Late last week, we heard that the SDLP were putting a motion before the Assembly to call for a border poll. Looking at the order paper for Monday, I see the following motion tabled by the Leader of ...

The verdict isn’t the calamity which gloomier searchers for truth and other investigators may fear. It will have a limited effect. Media managers and their journalists must hold their nerve. In an ...

I help to manage Slugger by taking care of the site as well as running our live events. My background is in business, marketing and IT. My politics tend towards middle-of-the-road pragmatism, I am not ...

In addition to our normal open Sunday, we have a politics-free post to give you all a break. So discuss what you like here, but no politics.

An Fear Ciúin lives and works in the Irish midlands. He has a keen interest in medieval and early modern history. He’s ...