11+ hour, 54+ min ago   (946+ words) Tom Kelly is an Irish News columnist with a background in politics and public relations. He is also a former member of the Policing Board. FOR 35 years, I’ve been attending party conferences, conventions and ard fheiseanna as a delegate, visitor,…...

11+ hour, 54+ min ago   (791+ words) MOURNERS gathered at Buckfast Abbey in Devon in southern England last month for the funeral of Ann Widdecombe. It was a brief report, easily overlooked amid the coverage that followed her death. Yet it was the one that stayed with…...

11+ hour, 54+ min ago   (743+ words) Noel Doran has been a journalist for over 40 years and was editor of The Irish News from 1999 to 2024. WE did not have to wait for long for Andy Burnham to confirm that he is the latest in a long line…...

11+ hour, 54+ min ago   (965+ words) Young mothers on the Garvaghy Road have spoken of their fears after the Orange Order revealed plans to reopen a bitter parade dispute that was settled almost 30 years ago. Tensions on the mainly nationalist area of Portadown have increased significantly…...

11+ hour, 54+ min ago   (778+ words) Today, Michelle O’Neill and I will travel to Cardiff to meet Scotland’s First Minister and SNP leader John Swinney, and Plaid Cymru leader Rhun ap Iorwerth. We will come from different political traditions and different constitutional circumstances, but we will…...

11+ hour, 54+ min ago   (592+ words) The Parades Commission must take account of the growing Catholic population across nationalist areas of Portadown when considering if the Orange Order is allowed to march through the Garvaghy Road area, a former MLA has said. The call comes after…...

17+ hour, 53+ min ago   (580+ words) More than 800 hospitality businesses have written to the Prime Minister urging him to set out how he will introduce a lower rate of VAT. The VAT’s The problem campaign has called for the hospitality VAT rate to be reduced from…...

17+ hour, 53+ min ago   (499+ words) Peers are to debate calls for a cap on political donations amid concern from campaigners over two £36 million donations from crypto-billionaires to Reform UK. The donations from Christopher Harborne and Ben Delo, disclosed over the weekend, together amount to three…...

19+ hour, 20+ min ago   (664+ words) US President Donald Trump has downplayed the risks of AI, saying “negative forces” were “bringing up things that won’t happen”, after calls by industry bosses to slow down development. Anthropic boss Dario Amodei said he was concerned that since this…...

21+ hour, 6+ min ago   (860+ words) Donald Trump made a surprise announcement that he was removing US tariffs on Irish whiskey as he brought his two-day visit to Ireland to a close. Crowds cheered the US President as he made the announcement on the 18th green during…...