I THINK there might be more merit in supporting Maíria Cahill than in attacking Gerry Adams. I’ve two reasons for saying that, and I realise that people who read that sentence might see it as the beginning of an apologia for Adams or Sinn Féin. I don’t mean it that way, and hope to make that clear.

Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams will deliver a speech in Belfast this morning.

More than 100 redheads have taken part in the UK’s first Ginger Pride march.

Commemorations to mark the 25th anniversary of the IRA hunger strike are continuing across the North today.

Pop diva Beyonce brought Edinburgh to a halt today as she prepared for the MTV Music Awards.