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The current pandemic has seen Northern Ireland’s political parties come together like never before. The five main parties have in recent...

I have tried to remain alert to the fact that the people, events, and forces described … carry in them the seeds of other, perhaps less...

Three weeks into UK Lockdown and no exit strategy is in place. The economic and mental health effects are beginning to surface with an...

To the women and men longing for hope. A message for fighters and survivors. As the world is fighting to embrace and fight the global...

BT63 5XX, three numbers and four letters can’t really decide your future; or can they? That series of characters are a postcode and that...

We may well have a new Executive that is barely three months old yet already it has been proven once again why our system of government...

Over the last few weeks, the government has announced spending commitments worth tens of billions of pounds in order to counteract the...

In political terms, Hungary was already immunocompromised. A decade under the leadership of the self-proclaimed ‘illiberal nationalist’...

“I honestly feel let down by the University” A final year Fine Art student's response to the news that her University is cancelling, as...

I’m an unapologetic unionist, who if cut, may possibly bleed red, white and blue. However, I am fundamentally against an idea which has...

The 1st of April 2020. A day that was expected to be historic, freeing and equal for the women of Northern Ireland. Instead it appears to...

Dear anyone suffering with mental illness during this pandemic, this is for you. To the people suffering with depression, I see you. I am...

A few weeks ago, the thought of supermarket workers being the holy grail of society would be madness. Now, these are the key workers on...

Quick, time to grab a glass of wine and hop on FaceTime with my girl pals! This is something that has had to become a normality since the...

At the start of 2020, NI had the pleasure (some may disagree) to witness our Executive return to government, just three years after...

As the Coronavirus pandemic continues to spread across the globe, many of us find ourselves having to work from home for the first time....

Coronavirus does not discriminate. Both in terms of who it infects and who it impacts. Aside from the public health risk, the virus has...

In times of global panic, it can almost seem that instead of news on the television and radio, all we hear is white noise. The...

In these trying times, social solidarity is what will hold the fabric of our communities intact. That’s why I’ll be thinking of our...

I’m sure that many, if not all of you are aware that as of the 23rd of March, the UK is essentially on lockdown. This is a stressful and...

For the first time in my life I cannot travel freely throughout the European Union. This is a sobering thought, an inherent right I have...

We have now entered “Coronavirus Capitalism”. Or so says noted author and activist Naomi Klein. Quoting famous economist Milton Freidman,...

Long-distance relationships are nothing new. A relationship where you are physically separated, but still committed to each other. Maybe...

Women’s issues are at the forefront of our political society. Women hold up half the sky, after all. From the decriminalisation of...

When the house is on fire, the occupants rush to save what is most important. Likewise, a global pandemic has revealed the weaknesses of...