THERE can scarcely be a more overworked cliché about the North than Churchill’s words during the House of Commons debate in 1922 on the Irish Free State Bill.

SMUGGLED, secretive and frequently soaked in tears, the hidden history of one of the country’s longest human rights struggles finally has a home.

A bakery in the North found to have discriminated against a gay man has been vandalised and critical letters sent to its owner.

The Christian owners of a bakery in the North found to have discriminated against a gay man are to appeal.

Donal Hickey on protecting wildlife on the Blaskets.

Christian bakers found to have discriminated against a gay man by refusing to make a cake bearing a pro-gay marriage slogan have lost their appeal against the ruling.

The series will address the topic of LGBT culture.

The Christian owners of a bakery who refused to make a cake with a pro-gay marriage message were not being forced to do anything against their beliefs, an Equality Commission lawyer has said.

Christian bakers found guilty of discrimination for refusing to make a cake with a pro-gay marriage slogan have insisted their appeal has implications for freedom of expression across the UK.

Christian bakers who refused to make a cake with a pro-gay marriage slogan are expected to return to court in Belfast today for an appeal.

Christian bakers at the centre of the so-called "gay cake" discrimination battle have said they are praying for justice ahead of next week's appeal hearing.

Ireland manager Martin O’Neill has apologised for making an inappropriate remark last week at the Cork Opera House.

All sorts of verbal blunders swim through our sentences like bubbles in champagne.

In the ‘show me’ State, actions speak louder than words, reports John Breslin in St Louis, Missouri.

BILLY O’MAHONY has lost all faith in the Irish health service.

LISTENING to some of the teachers and the union representatives moaning during the week one could be tempted to suggest that what we need is to bring back corporal punishment and flog those teachers.

Inflatable paddling pool? Check. Free event? Check!

The judge said that Eamonn Heery made unpleasant and potentially homophobic remarks that did him no credit - but his behaviour it did not amount to assault.

The UK's highest court will this autumn consider a judgment against a Christian-owned bakers in the North found to have breached equality laws by refusing to make a pro-gay marriage cake.

A Leitrim man who sexually abused a boy in his community while calling him "a dirty little queer" has been jailed for eight years.