We are living through a golden age of nonsense. Not in our music, or our fashion, or even our politics (though it tries). No, ...

As the manager of the Lough Neagh Partnership, I attended the Nutrient Action Plan (NAP) debate in Stormont and what I ...

The Department for Infrastructure produced their Bicycle Strategy 10 years ago. It promised a revolution in transport. It’s ...

From Suzanne Breen in the BelTel: Reform UK is exploring the possibility of organising in Northern Ireland, where it has more than 1,000 members. The party told the Belfast Telegraph it was “gauging ...

In today’s BelTel, Suzanne Breen has an exclusive that DUP local councillors are not happy campers. From the article: DUP councillors are at loggerheads with the leadership whom they accuse of ...

Eliza McKEE, Caoili O'DOHERTY, Kate MANNING, Sam McBRIDE, Nicholas COLE, and Ruth MURRAY. Using Archives for Reconciliation: A Dialogue. Event hosted by Quill Project ...

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.

In 2023, satellite imagery confirmed what communities around Lough Neagh had long feared: the largest freshwater lake in these islands was being slowly choked by blue-green algae blooms. The cause?

From today’s Irish News: ‌Professor Peter Shirlow, the Director at the University of Liverpool’s Institute of Irish Studies told The Irish News that the one form of hate is now being replaced with ...

Ballymena is my home town. I left it as a small child when my parents took me to London, and I have lived for most of the past 50 years in Dublin. But, for better or worse, it still has a special ...

Politicians have condemned violent scenes across several towns in NI this week. As of Friday, 63 PSNI officers have been injured, according to the Police Federation for Northern Ireland. The disorder ...

Riots broke out in Ballymena last night following allegations of a serious sexual assault on a local teenage girl over the weekend. Two 14-year-old Romanian boys have since appeared in court in ...