Viewpoint Opinion Translink service a slap in the face for GAA fans

Translink’s plans for bringing fans to the Derry versus Galway tie at Croke Park this weekend via Belfast highlight how the north west is not treated equally when it comes to public transport.

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Viewpoint Opinion Vaccines vital in our fight against Covid

Rising Covid infections across Northern Ireland are a reminder to us all that we are living in a very different world than we were before the first case of the virus was confirmed here back in February 2020.

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Viewpoint Opinion Artistic event at the Giant’s Causeway was a bit of all light

Visitors to Northern Ireland say it’s a magical place. It’s one of the first locations on the bucket list that has to be seen.

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Viewpoint Opinion Giving people a city to be proud of has to be the first step back towards reclaiming the streets as a rubbish free zone

It takes a certain disdain for the people who live around you to simply throw rubbish into the street, in front of the house or into an alleyway. But across south Belfast the only thing bigger than the piles of rubbish being left behind is the disrespect it is showing the community.

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Viewpoint Opinion Race attack victim right to stand up

In the space of 24 hours we have seen how so much can be right with modern life in Northern Ireland then how so much can still be wrong.

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Viewpoint Opinion YouTuber Eric’s really tuned in at age of 104

It’s a long way from the linen mills of the 1930s to the technical age of the internet, but Eric Cull is still weaving his magic all these years later.

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Viewpoint Opinion Take heed of brave Deborah’s words

There won’t be too many families around who haven’t been touched in some way by cancer.

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Viewpoint Opinion School isn’t always best option for some pupils

If Covid has taught parents one thing, it’s that many more of them like to teach.

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Viewpoint Opinion Compromise is key in moving forward

Politics in Northern Ireland has rarely been a benchmark for the art of compromise.

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Viewpoint Opinion Athletic trio finally over Commonwealth hurdle

In some quarters it will be hailed as a victory for common sense. But surely common sense would have been to make the correct decision in the first place?

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Viewpoint Opinion Safety paramount with these bonfires

For one section of the community, the burning of an Eleventh Night bonfire was, is and always will be an important part of their culture.

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Council’s red phone box project is a welcome call

In 2009 a disused red phone box in a Somerset village was given a new lease of life and converted into a successful mini library.

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Viewpoint Opinion Time for a rethink on Sunday trading

Readers of a certain age will remember the days past when activities permitted by councils on a Sunday were the height of political controversy in Northern Ireland.

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Viewpoint Opinion It’s time to step up for the victims

Northern Ireland has a long history of reports and reviews. Bengoa into health, Bain into education, the more recent Fair Start into educational underachievement, and the Patten Report into policing.

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Viewpoint Opinion It’s now or never to make the most of Elvis movie

In your local cinema this weekend they’ll ask for a ‘little less conversation’ rather than ‘quiet please’ as the lights dim. Elvis has entered the building.

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Viewpoint Opinion Make domestic abuse a thing of the past

The idea of being in a relationship with someone is that you care for each other, look out for each other, treat each other with respect.

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Viewpoint Opinion New restrictions are just the ticket to aid traffic wardens in Coalisland

It has been some time since a traffic warden was spotted in Coalisland. Tales of wardens being chased out of town have led to it being considered a no-go zone for red coats.

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Viewpoint Opinion Dublin city breaks proving too costly

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times... well if not quite the best, better at least in Belfast where you can get more bang for your buck.

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Viewpoint Opinion Viewpoint: The well has run dry to repair Belfast’s fountains

It may not have quite the glamour of the famous Trevi Fountain in Rome, but the ground-based water jets in front of Custom House Square have been a regular summer feature in Belfast since 2007.

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Viewpoint Opinion Viewpoint: Harsh truths from neurology inquiry

Here we go again: ‘Lessons will be learned’, we are told. The inevitable question that follows is will they? Or will the dust settle on folders containing all the details of the Dr Watt scandal. Will they be filed away to gather more dust, and in a year’s time a new one opened as it all happens again?

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Viewpoint Opinion Michael is the toast of the town in New York

Making a place for yourself in the bar business in Belfast is never an easy task, and making that name in the USA — well, you can imagine the competition.

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Viewpoint Opinion Stormont needs to catch up with times and be accessible for all

As a modern, progressive society, we expect all people to be part of it.

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Viewpoint Opinion Time for action on electric vehicles

Alongside our dire rail network, Northern Ireland can now add electric vehicles to the list of areas we’re falling short on compared to the rest of the UK.

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Viewpoint Opinion Halloween funds cut a blow to Derry

Double, double toil and trouble, the cauldron is simmering rather than bubbling.Disappointingly, when the price of everything goes up, the spending on everything must come down.

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Viewpoint Opinion Our mental health crisis is a priority

In simple economic terms, it’s better to spend more on better quality in the first place than have to paper over the cracks for years later.

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Viewpoint Opinion Trouble is brewing for coffee lovers as prices rise

The morning cup of coffee on the way to work, the coffee break at 11am, the lunchtime pick-me-up, the afternoon ‘get me to the end of the day’ and the one more to get home.

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Viewpoint Opinion Health service must be thrown a lifeline

Is there a doctor in the house? Well, chances are, if you live in the south west of Northern Ireland. the answer will be sorry, but no, not right now.

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Viewpoint Opinion Will Stormont artwork inspire our politicians?

What a spectacle. The grounds of Stormont looked very different yesterday when an impressive new piece of art spanning the width of Parliament Buildings — created using biodegradable pigments made of charcoal and chalk — was unveiled.

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Viewpoint Opinion Russia just trying to stifle the truth

Eyebrows have been raised by the inclusion of three DUP MPs on the latest ‘stop list’ of people sanctioned by the Russian government.

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Viewpoint Opinion Let’s make others go green with envy

If a job’s worth doing, it’s worth doing right. St Patrick’s Day in Belfast did draw crowds into the city centre, but looking back now it was a little bit of a wash out, and that’s not just because of the rain.