Weather: Hi 12°C / Lo 7°C
Latest:
- 13:49 Henry: Replay is 'fairest solution'
- 07:39 House of straw and hemp withstands 1,000°C...
- 07:37 US customs seize 316,000 bongs shipped...
- 07:33 Jury backs police over clown's arrest
- 07:29 Iran may face fresh nuclear sanctions
- 07:26 Separated twins both doing well
- 07:24 John Kerry’s daughter faces drink...
- 05:00 Afghanistan president Hamid Karzai pledges...
Editors Viewpoint
Inside Editors Viewpoint
New chief faces formidable task
Tuesday, 22 September 2009
As new Chief Constable of the PSNI Matt Baggott takes up his post today he is faced with both tough challenges and great opportunities. His is a role that traditionally requires the wisdom of Solomon and the wiles of Machiavelli. Although he will jealously guard his operational independence, he will find his every decision coming under the most intense political scrutiny and there will be no shortage of mischief-makers among the scrutineers.
Comment on this article
Editor's Viewpoint: Who'll take the SDLP forward?
Monday, 21 September 2009
The announcement of the impending resignation of Mark Durkan as leader of the
Social Democratic and Labour Party is an important development in local
politics.
Comments: 3
TV heavyweights go toe to toe
Saturday, 19 September 2009
This weekend marks the clash of the television 'Titans' with the competition starting between the two iconic series, Strictly Come Dancing and The X Factor. Already the dancers have taken to the floor with last night's new Friday edition, but tonight the competition will be fierce and direct as the programmes overlap one another by around an hour.
Comment on this article
Editor's Viewpoint: Leaders must rise above division
Friday, 18 September 2009
This has not been a good week for the Stormont Executive and the latest
developments beggar belief.
Comment on this article
Time to resolve the 'shoot to kill' issue
Thursday, 17 September 2009
It is beyond comprehension that the office of the Chief Constable has been ordered by Northern Ireland's senior coroner to hand over a top secret report into six alleged "shoot to kill" incidents which occurred almost 30 years ago.
Comment: 1
Editor's Viewpoint: A delay that suits the dissidents
Wednesday, 16 September 2009
The latest revelation of a police warning to the two top Stormont politicians about sectarianism is extremely worrying, particularly as it comes only days after another PSNI warning about a "severe" threat from dissident paramilitaries.
Comment: 1
Editor's Viewpoint: Police cuts are fatally mistimed
Tuesday, 15 September 2009
We are all familiar with the proverb: 'For the want of a nail the shoe is
lost'; that small actions can result in large and undesirable consequences
Comment on this article
We are facing dangerous times
Monday, 14 September 2009
The latest PSNI warning about dissident republicans must be taken extremely
seriously and the Acting Chief Constable Judith Gillespie has underlined
that such a threat remains “severe”.
Comment: 1
Our brave new world of culture
Saturday, 12 September 2009
These are exciting days for the arts in Northern Ireland. While lovers of art in all its forms will still complain that our creative industries are grossly undervalued and under-resourced, more than £50m is to be invested in just three major projects over a relatively short period of time. Indeed, the fruits of some of that investment, £17m, will be seen very shortly with the re-opening of the extensively redeveloped Ulster Museum. It promises to be a spectacular showcase, with new galleries and a visually stunning Window on our World exhibition covering several stories.
Comment on this article
We can fight agonising tide of suicide
Friday, 11 September 2009
There was a very poignant comment during a walk in Belfast to mark World
Suicide Prevention Day.
Comment on this article
Serious side of our drink hangover
Wednesday, 9 September 2009
There is plenty of anecdotal evidence of the binge drinking culture in our society. Indeed, it is virtually impossible to walk the streets of the towns and cities of Northern Ireland without encountering people who are severely inebriated, often violently so.
Comment on this article
PM’s actions smack of appeasement
Tuesday, 8 September 2009
It is hardly surprising that Libya is resisting demands to pay compensation to
victims of IRA attacks carried out using arms and explosives supplied by the
country’s ruler, Colonel Gaddafi.
Comment on this article
What are Fianna Fail’s motives?
Thursday, 3 September 2009
There has been speculation for a considerable period of time that Fianna Fail
would enter the Northern Ireland political arena, making it, after Sinn
Fein, the second party to organise on an all-Ireland basis. So the news that
it is to formally launch in the province this weekend is no real surprise.
Comments: 9
Viewpoint: Short memories in Short Strand
Wednesday, 2 September 2009
The area around the Short Strand area in east Belfast is a notorious interface
with a long and inglorious history of inter-community violence.
Comment: 1
Viewpoint: Are docotrs' uniforms a healthy move?
Tuesday, 1 September 2009
Traditionally, the uniform worn by most hospital doctors has been a simple
white coat.
Comment on this article
Viewpoint: A crucial week in the shift to normality
Monday, 31 August 2009
This week will mark a decisive phase in the loyalist decommissioning process,
and the report by General de Chastelain and his colleagues will determine
whether or not this vexed issue will finally be settled.
Comment on this article
Viewpoint: Sport the arena of many dreams
Saturday, 29 August 2009
One week the England cricket team wins back the Ashes at the Oval in a
convincing display against Australia, and several days later it narrowly
avoids defeat at Stormont by a spirited Ireland team.
Comment on this article
Viewpoint: Can Matt rip up the paperwork?
Friday, 28 August 2009
New Chief Constable Matt Baggott will have some interesting reading to catch
up on when he takes up his post on September 22.
Comment: 1
Viewpoint: The last knight of America’s Camelot
Thursday, 27 August 2009
The death of Ted Kennedy severs the last direct link to the Camelot era of US
politics, that period in the early 1960s when his brother, John F, was
elected president and the nation was imbued with a sense of hope and
optimism.
Comment: 1
Viewpoint: You’re never too young to get hooked
Wednesday, 26 August 2009
No matter how shocking the statistics on drug abuse in Northern Ireland have
become, they can never have the same impact as the harrowing real life - and
death - stories behind the addiction figures.
Comment on this article
Viewpoint: Is Gareth Anderson a suitable case for a liver transplant?
Tuesday, 25 August 2009
The family of Gareth Anderson, the 19-year-old man who desperately needs a
liver transplant, intends to go to court to challenge the Health Service’s
transplantation policy.
Comments: 12
Viewpoint: Railway collapse a chilling vision of what might have been
Monday, 24 August 2009
The best that can be said about the collapse of the main North-South railway
line near Dublin is that no lives were lost, and no-one was injured. A
potential disaster was averted, but there will be great disruption to
commuters for a considerable time to come.
Comments: 2
Our students did their level best
Friday, 21 August 2009
Only the most churlish could refuse to offer heartiest congratulations to all
the young people who received their A-level results yesterday.
Comment on this article
Viewpoint: When limelight can be blinding
Thursday, 20 August 2009
News that Kerry Katona has been dropped by frozen food chain Iceland as the
face of its advertising campaign hardly comes as a surprise.
Comments: 2
Viewpoint: No more dithering on justice powers
Wednesday, 19 August 2009
There is one important, nay vital, part of the devolution jigsaw still to be
achieved. It is the transfer of policing and justice powers from Westminster
to Stormont. No administration, such as the power-sharing Executive here,
can truly argue that it is master of its own destiny if it cannot influence
or legislate how the justice system can work in its entirety.
Comment on this article
|
|
Most popular in Opinion
- TeleToons
- What I would say to the DUP
- Letters: La France tricheurs! -Thierry Henry brings shame on French
- Va va gloom for ‘cheat’ Thierry Henry as his reputation is left in tatters
- Matthew Norman: Queen may not be a genius but she's clever enough to know that she's parroting gibberish
- Why defining identities is more than Armalites and Ulster Scots
- Brian Rowan: Dissidents adopting IRA tactics
- Drumcree parade true test of political progress
- When politicians get theological we all lose faith
- Laughing all the way to bank
|
|
TeleToons
Fifa video technology
Should Fifa introduce video technology to help officials at games?
91%
9%
Video Spotlight
Video Spotlight
|
|
