The Windsor Framework is so badly designed the whole of Europe could tighten its immigration laws and Northern Ireland might still be blocked from doing likewise

Ruling on religion in schools has handed unionists a whole new culture war playground

If this is how the Left chooses to present a united front, there will be wider ramifications

Staunch unionists are pinning their hopes on her presidency damaging US-Irish relations but it’s easier to imagine her falling out with Sinn Féin than Trump

An Irish language commissioner, an Ulster Scots commissioner and an Office of Identity and Cultural Expression have just been appointed, a classic three legged stool

Presidential election: Never again should Fine Gael send a Protestant candidate out, unprepared, into a sectarian storm

One team of 134 people at Stormont has spent €123 million on a strategy that reduced carbon emissions by just one per cent

A row over Irish language signs in a leafy part of east Belfast taps into deeper divisions

If Alliance, SDLP and UUP cannot offer alternative to Sinn Féin-DUP, it is hard to see what they are for

The Republic has built 91km of greenways in the past two years; Northern Ireland has built 4km, while claiming to have built many more

Bailey’s story has highlighted an odd feature of Northern Ireland politics: prison issues are normally a dog that does not bark

Most Protestants in North have genuine and understandable indifference about Irish presidency

The visible decline of the lough this summer shocked people living around it, including in several heartland Sinn Féin constituencies

Northern Ireland's parties must put agendas aside and have an open discussion based on evidence

Unionism still faces a hard new political reality if Northern Ireland comes to be seen in Britain as an obstacle to controlling immigration