Last July saw the Tories emphatically ejected from government in Britain. The Labour Party was returned with a large majority promising a break from a decade and a half of Tory misrule. It didn’t take long for that façade to drop. Almost immediat...

I started thinking about this article on the 44th anniversary of Bobby Sands’ death on hunger strike in the H-Blocks of Long Kesh.  The day before Bobby’s anniversary on 5 May, 2025, a spectacular statue in his honour was unveiled in his home n...

As the childcare crisis deepens, Claire Kerrane TD sets out how government inaction, broken promises, and failure to invest in a publicly led system is pushing families, providers, and staff to breaking point.

‘Burn Them Out! A History of Fascism and the Far Right in Ireland’ by Pádraig Óg Ó Ruairc, published by Head of Zeus.

5 May 1981 was one of the most defining days in Irish history. It was the day that Bobby Sands, the 27-year-old Member of Parliament for Fermanagh/South Tyrone, died on hunger strike in the H-Blocks of Long Kesh as part of the republican prisoners’...

A JUDGE has criticised the lack of progress in the case of a Ballygawley man accused of attempted child sexual communication offences following detection through an online protection group.

THE number of charges against a County Tyrone man accused of indecent child sexual images has soared from five to 31.

A CONVICTED sex-offender previously jailed for raping a child breached a Sexual Offences Prevention Order (SOPO) by having a relationship with the mother of two female children whom he met through a ‘Swingers’ website.

ROAD users are advised to exercise caution and to avoid the A4 dual carriageway outside Dungannon due to a cow on the road.

THE owners of Erneside Shopping Centre have said that a new Lidl store at the Lakeland Retail and Leisure Park could have "irreversible consequences" for Enniskillen town centre.