For those of us who have spent decades in the private sector, watching the financial mismanagement within the Northern ...

How persuadable people think seems to form a bit of a blind spot for those to whom it should matter most – people who are ...

The North and South series is a collaboration between The Irish Times and ARINS (Analysing and Researching Ireland North and ...

The idea for Open Sunday is to let you discuss what you like. Just two rules. Keep it civil and no man/woman playing.

I was enthusiastic about the new technology, but one person in my class who was employed as a typesetter in a local newspaper ...

Last week on the same day I was involved in two very interesting conversations about the way forward for this island. I had lunch with a young Belfast-born, Dublin-resident solicitor called Ross Neill ...

An acrimonious debate at Belfast City Council which has been running for several weeks finally climaxed on Monday night as ...

For five years, the Independent Financial Review Panel (IFRP) set wages and expenses for politicians in the assembly. But the ...

Scotland vs. Ireland Sunday 15.00 RTE Head Coach Simon Easterby has made three changes to the team for the Scotland match. Peter O’Mahony replaces Ryan Baird at 6, with Baird displacing |Iain ...

Grand Poobah Hilary Benn has hurt the feelings of some of our local politicians by pointing out that it’s up to them to make some, what do you call them? I think decisions?? From the BBC: In a speech ...

One of my former managers had a catchphrase “tolerance of ambiguity” to the effect that one of the qualities that characterised your potential to rise to senior management was the ability to tolerate ...

December 2024 saw the 25 th anniversary of powers being devolved to the Northern Ireland Assembly To mark this significant event, former Agriculture Committee Clerk Paul Moore has been recounting some ...