It’s as if Northern Ireland has stopped mattering, even to the people who live there. Never mind what are they fighting about — what are they fighting for?

'I love to hate my opponents. Or maybe I’m just fashioned by years of bitter experience to believe that all campaigns have to be about fighting.'

Now I have the dilemma that I can sleep normally again, but there’s a Democratic Convention to watch all this week

The generation that is experiencing dementia now is the generation that built this independent little country and left a legacy to be proud of

Far-right agitators stir up hate on social media such as Twitter/X. Governments should instruct internet service providers to shut them off until there is an independent audit of their algorithms

This presidential election will be like no other, not least because of the dramatic twists and turns we’ve already seen

There are families and children in real trouble and they simply have nowhere to turn

Despite the assassination attempt on Donald Trump, the questions around Joe Biden’s decline haven’t gone away

I’ve seldom felt such a surge of quiet confidence as I did in the small hours of Friday morning, watching Keir Starmer rack up a thoroughly deserved majority

Over the next few days, there will be immense focus on the latest polls — it’s hard to see anything but impending disaster