For unionist politicians, paedophile and domestic abuser David Tweed was just ‘larger than life’ – not a danger to womenWhen David Tweed died in a crash in County Antrim at the end of October, Ian Paisley Jr, Tweed’s MP, spoke of his sadness: “David wa…
On the far side of borders, a new Ireland is taking shape | Susan McKay
Evidence is mounting that Northern Ireland is failing. A different constitutional future seems increasingly likelyA powerful new play has just opened at Belfast’s Lyric theatre. The Border Game, by Michael Patrick and Oisín Kearney, is a fractured love…
The Irish language can give us all a sense of home – if we save it from sectarianism | Susan McKay
A campaign to stop Belfast’s first Irish-language preschool shows how dysfunctional unionist politics has becomeThe hard men of Ulster loyalism are adept at spotting Trojan horses. Belfast’s first Irish-language preschool, planned to open in September,…