No, the Irish language does not ‘belong to us all’. Stop insisting that it does
A row over Irish language signs in a leafy part of east Belfast taps into deeper divisions
Why are the parties of Northern Ireland’s centre at each other’s throats?
If Alliance, SDLP and UUP cannot offer alternative to Sinn Féin-DUP, it is hard to see what they are for
What’s behind Northern Ireland’s fake greenways controversy?
The Republic has built 91km of greenways in the past two years; Northern Ireland has built 4km, while claiming to have built many more
The campaign to free Bailey the support dog from prison sparks a useful debate
Bailey’s story has highlighted an odd feature of Northern Ireland politics: prison issues are normally a dog that does not bark
Here in Northern Ireland, the Irish presidential election seems a lot like Eurovision
Most Protestants in North have genuine and understandable indifference about Irish presidency
An orange-green split is looming over Lough Neagh
The visible decline of the lough this summer shocked people living around it, including in several heartland Sinn Féin constituencies
Lack of transparency over immigration fuels toxic atmosphere in Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland's parties must put agendas aside and have an open discussion based on evidence
Nigel Farage’s immigration bombshell raises nationalist hopes and unionist fears
Unionism still faces a hard new political reality if Northern Ireland comes to be seen in Britain as an obstacle to controlling immigration
Lack of tax powers renders Stormont a spectator in UK public spending debate
Patience of English taxpayers with Northern Ireland will be tested as Britain runs out of money
Scotland shows how an apparently unstoppable national cause can stall when mishandled by one party
Northern unionists might dare to dream of a similar outcome but SNP's legacy offers a mixed lesson
Why is Sinn Féin so reluctant to amend climate legislation to improve the A5?
Importance of road upgrade for constituents makes party’s tolerance of any political pain on it a genuine mystery
Who do you call if you want to speak to the leader of unionism? It’s complicated
The DUP has accepted second place at Stormont. But it doesn’t know how to lead unionism from there
Don’t expect votes for 16-year-olds to change the world. It’s the 25-35s who are the rebels
As the Scottish independence referendum showed, young first-time voters can be surprisingly conservative
A tricky question on Good Morning Britain for Mary Lou McDonald
Sinn Féin’s message to the British public is ‘let us take this expensive burden off your hands’, while to the Republic it’s that reunification will be almost painless
A GP strike could be the beginning of the end of free primary care in Northern Ireland
Minister for Health Mike Nesbitt’s negotiating tactics are remarkably aggressive. Has he overplayed his hand?