If you're in London on 15 May, I'll be in conversation with the superb @markhennessy.bsky.social and Simon Kingston, discussing the arguments for and against a united Ireland. We're in Kings College London's Maughan Library as part of the Fleet Street Quarter Festival of Words at 1.30pm.

Irish unity must let Protestants stay British if they want, says GAA president www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...

“There’s not one f**king oil truck moving in this country until we get what we want,” he said. “We have the country by the balls. You know who’s in control’ - How the fuel protests brought Ireland to a standstill www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026...

15 women were willing to come to testify in court on behalf of the FT. That included 3 whose allegations had not previously been reported.

#USA: Trump has escalated his attacks on the press, threatening to jail a journalist who reported on the downing of a US jet in #Iran in order to reveal their source. This is the latest move in a wider campaign against the media. Journalists and their sources must be protected.

Old tensions, new ties - conversation on where some elements of the Anglo-Irish relations are today x.com/bbctheview/s...

“A broadcaster has become the media arm of a political party, and nobody is doing anything about it.” Really good to speak to @arusbridger.bsky.social about GB News, Reform and regulatory failure on Democracy for Sale today democracyforsale.substack.com/p/gb-news-is...

Find the time, please, this is a gem to savour - the art of saying goodbye to a friend, beautifully Michael Lyster: A ‘safe pair of hands’ who could not be rushed or panicked www.irishtimes.com/sport/2026/0...

Find the time, please, this is a gem to savour - the art of saying goodbye to a friend, beautifully - Michael Lyster: A ‘safe pair of hands’ who could not be rushed or panicked www.irishtimes.com/sport/2026/0...

Is this social media’s ‘big tobacco’ moment?

Shared Ireland programme cannot be used to push cause of Irish unity, Irish minister, Jack Chambers says www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...

Hours of jousting at court as Gerry Adams insists he was never IRA member www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026...

‘Sinn Féin and the IRA are separate,’ Gerry Adams tells UK court in rejection of charges www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026...

IRA members ‘astonished’ at Gerry Adams’s ‘brazen’ denial of role in organisation, court hears www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/co...

Voice from the grave fills courtroom at Gerry Adams civil action in London www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/co...

Joe Drennan would have gone far in journalism, but, instead, the University of Limerick student was killed cruelly by a hit-and-run driver in Limerick in 2023.

The views of some of the most senior officers in the British Army - ‘We ran the British army. In Northern Ireland, let the past be the past’ www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026...

Priceless….

The teaching of history, and why it matters in dark times- in Cambridge University, and everywhere else - Remember the past, or repeat its mistakes, says academic Embracing Anglo-Irish history will never oblige us to think better of Cromwell, says Martin www.irishtimes.com/ireland/educ...

An Irish reunification story, but not one that people might expect - Once divided, the Castle Leslie estate in Monaghan has been brought back together again, and now plays a critical part in the local Border economy www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...

The idea that these people are in charge of AI should frighten everyone.

Stop banging on about Irish unity polls. Instead, let’s have a respectful conversation about the island’s future, says Graham Spencer www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026...

Oligarchs seeking to destroy the free Press, says Fergal Keane, veteran Irish foreign correspondent, as he leaves BBC after 37 years www.irishtimes.com/media/2026/0...

In Boston ICE randomly pulled over this huge white Irish guy with a Mass drivers license, 20 years in the states, legal status, pending green card and have held him for 5 months, his citizen wife paid a $4k bond that was ignored(!) ICE forged his signature on deportation agreement, no appeal

The Irish Constitution: Leading Irish Supreme Court judge on how it could impact the drive for a united Ireland www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...

No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition. Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Ex-SAS commander in Northern Ireland: ‘The idea that we played hard and fast with the law is nonsense’ www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...

Melania Trump is not Rapunzel in the tower, pining to be saved from the ogre imprisoning her www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

Wouldn’t that be nice - rather than the Wild West from which all of the social networks have grossly profited for years / Social networks could be treated as publishers if they host illegal content, says Irish Minister of State says www.irishtimes.com/politics/oir...

Walz: "To Americans who are watching this, I've got a question for you: What side do you want to be on? The side of an all powerful federal govt that can kill, injury, menace, & kidnap its citizens off the streets? Or on the side of a nurse at the VA hospital who died bearing witness to such govt?"

More right than he knows, probably. The Titanic’s captain needed to slow down, to watch where he was going, to listen to wiser counsel, and to have turned left, or right in time to miss disaster

File describing Sinn Féin’s Gerry Kelly as IRA leader returned to National Archives www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...

File describing Sinn Féin’s Gerry Kelly as IRA leader returned to National Archives after being pulled the week before, and being reported on www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...

Trade INCREASES four-fold between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland since Brexit - ‘We haven’t had one bad experience’: Why cross-Border trade has leapt fourfold since Brexit www.irishtimes.com/business/eco...

Irish Government withdraws file alleging Gerry Kelly IRA leadership role from National Archives www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026...

The future of the film industry is being made in Belfast - the single most impressive place I visited anywhere in 2025….https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2025/12/27/belfasts-field-of-dreams-by-the-lagan/

The Christmas story of the year 😀Spanish villagers devastated by forest fire win €468m in lottery prizes www.irishtimes.com/world/europe...

The reluctant showman ….. a fine piece, this on the life of Chris Rea Reluctant pop star Chris Rea felt ‘Monty Python-silly’ in Slane but was beloved in Ireland www.irishtimes.com/culture/musi...

Always entertaining to start Saturday with Anton Savage on Newstalk link.goloudplayer.com/s/pN77bjedu4tf

Billionaire, John Magnier gave ‘entirely false’ evidence in Tipperary land dispute, judge finds www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/co...

It’s the neediness that gets you, really

It takes hard work to be this dumb….

Drones spotted near Zelenskiy’s flight path to Dublin, triggering major security alert www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...

The most incredible letter I have ever read.

“Never drive a better car than your customer”- Northern Ireland’s manufacturing firms, the community that rarely speaks of its success Manufacturing in North Ireland definitely not a thing of the past www.irishtimes.com/business/eco...

A shameful act that will disgrace Dublin if the full council supports it - Dublin’s Herzog Park set to be ‘denamed’ by city councillors over Israel connections Dublin’s Herzog Park set to be ‘denamed’ by city councillors over Israel connections www.irishtimes.com/ireland/dubl...

This will end well…

Perhaps make a “favourite” of this? - let’s not complain this year about the challenges facing small Irish businesses. There are alternatives, and they are online - 100 Irish websites for all your Christmas presents: Shopping guide for the festive season www.irishtimes.com/your-money/2...