In the print edition of the Newsletter, Mervyn Pauley dismisses the likelihood that any deal is possible between the UUP and the DUP: “…their mutual feelings of loathing, rooted in an unseemly history of interparty feuds, personality bashing and alegations …

It seems clear that paramilitary influence in Loyalist and Unionist areas is spreading quickly through the use of ‘youth wings’. Even in relatively prosperous areas there is a growing presence of all three major groupings. According to Alan Murray, Ulster …

Billy Hutchinson talks to the Boston Herald about the varieties of sectarianism, from North Belfast to North Belfast.

Despite a degree of ‘ham’ rhetoric, Eoghan Harris hits several nails squarely on the head in an ‘open letter‘ to David Trimble. He offer three points for Trimble (and all unionists) to consider: Firstly, get out and sell the agreement. …

Roderick Dunbar asks, “where have all the socialists gone?”, while Newton Emmerson rejoices in the tag of the middle class, declaring loudly that the class war is over! Billy Mitchell argues that the substance of British citizenship is more important …

James Murray Brown in the FT talks to John White, former spokesman for the now disbanded UDP, and close associate of Johnny Adair. In the course of his interview he says: “We understood that in a divided society there had …

With David Trimble on holiday, the local papers seem to be giving more space to other Unionist voices. On the front of today’s Irish News is Trevor Ringland, founding member of Unionist pressure group Re-Union, who said last night that …

Ray O’Hanlon reports on how serious the Ulster ‘silly season’ can get. It’s clear that this term always has grave connotations that don’t apply elsewhere. The US-based Irish Echo chooses to lead on the disturbances around Cluan Place, by the …

Having been out in the wilds of Donegal for the last week and a half, and far far away from even my laptop, I have missed out on a few things I will be trying to pull in over the …