1+ day, 17+ hour ago   (1006+ words) Every week, Adam Gannon talks to people on the doorsteps in his Fermanagh council district, which stretches from Garrison in the west to Derrylin in the east. More of them are talking about a united Ireland than ever before “and…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago   (1669+ words) French toast is offered to visitors at Drumcree Community Centre in Portadown when they walk through its doors on a mild-September morning. Sunflowers grow outside the whitewashed building where children’s scooters are abandoned beside wooden swings on a grassy play…...

3+ day, 5+ hour ago   (245+ words) Sir, – I wish to concur with your correspondences (Letters, September 9th) and express the sadness I felt on reading Heather Humphreys’s article (“I don’t regret running for president. I do regret the sectarian undercurrent it exposed”, Opinion, September 5th). During her election…...

5+ day, 5+ hour ago   (677+ words) It is all too easy to succumb to despair as warnings from climate scientists become ever more stark and while governments are increasingly unwilling to act. Some are even reversing what they previously agreed to do. There were two further…...

6+ day, 5+ hour ago   (311+ words) Sir, – Being of the same broad demographic as Rory J Whelan, “those of us in our 40s and 50s”, I see the point he makes, but would respectfully disagree (“Those in their 40s and 50s are the forgotten generation when it comes to the…...

6+ day, 5+ hour ago   (190+ words) The Irish Times Ireland shares many of these governance problems with the UK. Andy Burnham has spent the first month of his prime ministership setting his domestic agenda and putting devolution of power from London to English regions, mayors and…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (359+ words) Politics is inching its way back to business after the summer break. The Cabinet had its first meeting in a month, even if the agenda was less than jammers. Ministers are back at their desks, although Leinster House will remain…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (205+ words) The Irish Times At least Patrick Collison is trying to help in whatever way he can He isn’t just patching it with plaster and praying it won’t go pear-shaped Sir, – Sinéad O’Sullivan queries Patrick Collison’s…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (1167+ words) One of the big questions of our time is how a new Ireland can deepen its core values while genuinely accommodating northern unionists. True integration means we can’t expect northern unionists – or new migrant communities – to simply blend into the…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (771+ words) Sir, – UK prime minister Andy Burnham’s recent pronouncement on the constitutional future of Ireland reveals the core deficiency and imbalance at the heart of the Belfast Agreement. In 1998, as Irish citizens across the island, in good faith, voted for the…...