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Fionola Meredith

Sex games: there are no winners in the battle of the sexes

Women don’t make men suffer, macho society does

I don't hate men. Honestly. I don't harbour any twisted castration fantasies Neither am I envious, resentful or afraid of men. In fact, you know what? I really like some of them.

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Inside Fionola Meredith

Calling foul on council culture and barking mad bureaucracy

Wednesday, 16 May 2012

Well, I've been nicked. I was out for a walk with my Mum's daffy dalmatian dog. Soon, the inevitable happened and he squatted down to do his business.
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Adult life isn’t difficult, it just takes a bit of common sense

Wednesday, 9 May 2012

Well, who'd have thunk it? It's just been reported that a hand-washing campaign in British hospitals, aimed at curbing the spread of superbugs, has saved an estimated 10,000 lives over four years.
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Students can benefit greatly by having a foot in both camps

Wednesday, 2 May 2012

What price political identity? How much is it worth to you? And could you ever put a monetary value on it?
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How can Belfast be a cool city when we can’t have any fun?

Wednesday, 25 April 2012

Isn't this supposed to be our big year? Our time, our place? 2012 is to be one exuberant, year-long party where the whole world is invited to come and see the new Northern Ireland, up off our knees at last and ready to shine.
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A rant from ‘the talent’ will not mar my love of Titanic

Wednesday, 18 April 2012

Just who does Andrew Marr think he is? There's always been something about the cocky BBC television presenter that makes me want to flick one of his famously prominent ears.
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Cashing in? So what? That was always Titanic’s role

Wednesday, 11 April 2012

Are you Titanic-ed out yet? With only a few days to go to the centenary itself, the focus on the doomed liner has never been more intense.
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Why it is their real talent, not fake tan, we want to see

Wednesday, 4 April 2012

My friend gasped as we stopped at a pelican crossing in Belfast city centre yesterday: “Oh, my God, will you look at that”. There, strutting across the road with the haughty, confident walk of a miniature beauty queen, was a girl who couldn't have been more than eight years old.
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I’m inspired by man who truly loves his neighbour

Wednesday, 28 March 2012

Peter Tatchell, the veteran human rights activist, is an extraordinary man. Listening to him speak at a question-and-answer session in Belfast last weekend, I was deeply impressed by his compassion, his grace, his bravery and his selfless commitment to challenging injustice wherever he finds it.
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There are old people who should learn new manners

Wednesday, 21 March 2012

We hear a lot about the arrogance of youth, but what about the arrogance of age? Let's not make the mistake of thinking that all older people are apple-cheeked angels, always ready with a twinkly smile and a bag of Werther's Originals.
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How did Church’s moral compass avoid this issue?

Wednesday, 14 March 2012

Just what is it with churchmen and sex? Does it never strike them that there is something absurd about a bunch of grey-beards in fancy robes tearing themselves apart over the spiritual legitimacy — or otherwise — of gay partnerships?
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We need more women in politics... but only on merit

Wednesday, 7 March 2012

I believe in getting more women into politics. Always have. In fact, that was once my job. I worked for an organisation that encouraged women to find their political feet and run for public office.
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Rory will never drive a wedge between us

Tuesday, 6 March 2012

He is not just the world’s No 1 golfer. He’s the poster boy of the post Troubles generation, says Fionola Meredith
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Time to get into the swing of letting go of the Troubles

Wednesday, 29 February 2012

You can't turn a corner in Northern Ireland without bumping into the past. There it is, lurking like some dark, blood-stained and malevolent presence in a horror film, ready to jump out at the worst possible moment.
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I feel embarrassed to come from this nation of ‘culchies’

Wednesday, 22 February 2012

Sometimes I feel embarrassed to come from Northern Ireland. Usually it happens when we're shown up on the international stage in some way or other.
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It’s time to cut out hysteria in debate on abortion here

Wednesday, 15 February 2012

Can we talk about abortion? Really talk? Too often, the only voices we hear on this issue are the strident, hyper-moralistic ones of the anti-abortion lobby.
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Those who enjoy Paisley’s ill health must be sick people

Wednesday, 8 February 2012

No sooner than Ian Paisley had been rushed to hospital with a serious heart condition than the hatred started bubbling up.
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The final whistle has blown on Paisley’s brand of politics

Wednesday, 1 February 2012

Last Friday night, the Free Presbyterian faithful gathered from all over the country to bid farewell to the Rev Ian Paisley, marking the end of his 65-year ministry on Belfast’s Ravenhill Road.
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I tolerate everyone, except politically correct Leftists

Wednesday, 18 January 2012

Can you ‘pray away the gay'? More than that, should you try? I'd argue that the answer to both of those questions is ‘No’.

Forget implants, get it into your heads: we’re all faulty

Wednesday, 11 January 2012

The most shocking thing, for me, about the recent scandal over faulty silicone breast implants from France was not the fact that they had gone wrong.
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It’s time to realise that there is no gain without some pain

Wednesday, 4 January 2012

Early January is a time of sober, sluggish reflection. Mentally burdened by lavish Christmas spending, and physically burdened by an excess of rich food, you gaze down sadly at your expanded tummy, undo the top button of your jeans and resolve to make a new start.
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