The money demands of nationalist parties in Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland could backfire
There is temptation for nationalist parties to blame their shortcomings on lack of money from London. But, this approach may suffer diminishing returns
Compulsory Irish in a united Ireland? Unionists won’t like that
Calls to strengthen the language to correct the wrongs of colonialism may seem like a parody to them
Sinn Féin condemns dissident violence, but does it truly back the police?
Part of the aim of dissident violence is to embarrass the party by forcing it to condemn what it once supported
Unionists and Sinn Féin are like Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael – desperate to be loved
Populist giveaways and overstaffing are costing Northern Ireland a shocking €3.3bn a year
Devolution isn’t proving a motorway to independence. It’s a dual-carriageway to nowhere
Three nationalist first ministers in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales may not prove the triumph for nationalism they seem
One in five desks stands empty in Northern Ireland’s classrooms: Pragmatism is needed
An extraordinary 40 per cent of all schools in Northern Ireland will be unviable by 2033, up from a quarter today
Sinn Féin swaps cynical populism for pragmatism on Northern Ireland property tax rises
Some thought has gone into the psychology of carefully boiling the fiscal frog
Absence of religious fervour in debate about Sunday shopping in North is suspicious
The classic image of Sunday closure in Northern Ireland is of unionist councils chaining up playground swing in the 1960s – the non-swinging '60s
We need to understand the financial cost of a divided society. It might surprise us
Having this number to hand would be transformative
How the right to plonk a bungalow in your dad’s field caused all hell to break loose
Twenty years ago, NI officials tried to put restrictions on one-off rural house-building, and faced blowback from all sides
Potholes say a lot about the similarities between the two parts of Ireland
We have become fascinating island study of how bureaucracies work in their own interest
Visitors to Britain must now pay £16. This hasn’t had the predicted results
Yesterday marked the start of strict enforcement when boarding transport to the UK, hence Aer Lingus requiring passports on all flights to Britain
Call for Ireland to apologise for the Troubles is a desperate stretch
Jon Burrows’s comparison between Bloody Sunday and Ireland’s failure to extradite terrorists will have offended nationalists and left unionists bemused
DUP’s crackdown on welfare fraud in Northern Ireland should be just a first step
Stormont could take proper control of large parts of the benefits system, as Scotland did a decade ago
‘John O’Dowd pints’ proved the final straw for Sinn Féin in pub and hotel rates row
Why does the party govern in Northern Ireland as if it is afraid of its own shadow?