Seamus Leheny is the Chief Executive of the Northern Ireland Federation of Housing Associations.  I can still just about remember learning about Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs back in school. It’s a ...

Vienna found itself separated from its larger neighbour, Germany, in the years leading up to World War ll, despite being both culturally and geographically close. It also shared its most infamous son, ...

After a brief reprieve resulting from stabilisation funding, internal NICS efficiency drives and a fairly generous recent UK Budget allocation, Northern Ireland’s public finances are once again on an ...

Conor Shiels with the Irish News reports that Education Minister Paul Givan has stepped in to save an Irish Language scheme that was under threat of being axed. “The Irish language schools scheme was ...

Jodie Carson is a Professor of Strategic Policy in Practice at Ulster University After a brief reprieve resulting from stabilisation funding, internal NICS efficiency drives and a fairly generous ...

Back in June, when it was revealed that Reform UK were actively considering the possibility of setting up branches in Northern Ireland in order to contest elections, many scoffed. On Monday the ...

Andrew Mountbatten Windsor, formerly Prince Andrew, finally lost what little vestiges of his former royal life he had kept up until this point last night. According to the BBC news report “Prince ...

At a recent Assembly Committee Sinn Féin’s Pat Sheehan, asked ‘if one of the major parties were to walk — if they were to leave the Executive and the Assembly — could the institutions survive with any ...

Education Minister Paul Givan sparked a political furore when he visited a school in the Holy Land. The problem? We aren’t talking about a school in South Belfast, but a school in East Jerusalem.

Helen Armstrong lives in the North West and is a psychotherapist, executive coach and trainer. I have made several written attempts to call out the problems in our current education system and how ...

In recent weeks, health and social care workers in Northern Ireland have again been warned by union leaders that they will soon be voting on whether to take industrial action. After years of pay ...

In the wake of Catherine Connolly being elected as Uachtarán na hÉireann, there’s been a fair bit of discussion regarding ‘reconciliation’ again. As I write this, I also note that it’s mentioned a ...