Did you know that Northern Ireland experienced its wettest January in a century and half in 2026? If you live here, of course you do, you endured that particular misery. And February and March offered little respite from the wind …

My brother (Pat) Patrick Mc Cabe’s writing is heavily influenced by music with many of his book titles taken from songs. His novel Breakfast on Pluto (named after the Don Partridge hit song) was brought to the screen by Neil …

The idea for Open Sunday is to let you discuss what you like. Just two rules. Keep it civil and no man/woman playing. Comments will close at 12 pm on Monday.

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. Comments will close at 12 pm on Monday.

By this time next year the candidates for 90 Assembly and 462 Council seats will have been nominated, posters will be up and the first leaflets on their way. This will be the first time since 2011 when both elections …

Originally from County Down, Rosie Donnelly is a student in Liverpool. Contemporary British writer and pertinent voice for Gen Z, Freya India, has recently released her book GIRLS: Generation Z and the commodification of everything. From the beginning of this …

Caoimhin O’Gallchobhair is rom Belfast, he is a digital native, social media alien. He is currently making another game about the Irish fighting. The Irish invented Chess – its a boast that arises because there are descriptions of a board …

There’s something slightly odd about the reaction to plans to pedestrianise parts of Belfast city centre during the Fleadh. On the face of it, the proposal is fairly simple. For a period in August, parts of the city centre will …

The UK higher education sector is, to put it mildly, in a bit of a mess. Current projections show that 45% of UK universities are facing a financial deficit for the 2025–26 academic year. Even more alarming, nearly 1 in …

It hasn’t been an easy few days for the Fianna Fáil-Fine Gael coalition in Dublin, particularly on the Fianna Fáil component and maybe particularly on the Taoiseach. The aftermath of the fuel protests, which saw the Irish Government deploy both …