Brian Feeney: Micheál Martin has assembled the most right-wing Irish government in decades
Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael have also watered down manifesto promises on the north and constitutional change
Brian Feeney on Friday: Claire Hanna interview shows her SDLP is stuck in a time warp
Leader’s concept of the party remains the one that people’s parents and grandparents voted for a generation ago
Brian Feeney: The north can never be ‘a nation once again’
Trying to make this place into a nation or a country similar to Scotland or Wales is just putting lipstick on a pig
Brian Feeney on Friday: Jim Allister and Gavin Robinson need to be clear: Do they support Donald Trump?
We need to know where TUV and DUP stand on policies endorsed by Reform and in US by Elon Musk and Donald Trump
Brian Feeney: Britain will do anything to cover up the illegal actions of its security forces
Timing of appeal in Sean Brown case was typical of attitude of NIO
Brian Feeney: ‘Ted Howell was the most important republican figure in the peace process you’ve never heard of'
Belfast man was one of Gerry Adams’s closes ‘Kitchen Cabinet’ confidants for more than half a century
Brian Feeney: Why can no unionist say where they want to be in five years?
Unionist leaders are unable to be straight with their supporters and lay out the facts
Brian Feeney: Devolution is a charade – Let me tell you who really runs the north
The truth is that the NIO takes all the decisions that matter because Sinn Féin and the DUP can’t take any decisions that matter
Brian Feeney on Friday: After a tumultuous year, time for DUP and Sinn Féin to get their houses in order
The north’s two big parties had contrasting fortunes in 2024 but now have two election-free years to regroup
Brian Feeney on Friday: The malign consequences of Britain’s obsession with secrecy
As recent cases demonstrate, the tradition of secrecy leads to a culture of impunity, to dirty tricks, denial, cover-up and rule-breaking
Brian Feeney: Hypocrisy and double standards from Micheál Martin and Simon Harris over Sinn Féin
Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael will happily engage with Colum Eastwood and independent TDs but not Sinn Féin
Brian Feeney on Friday: The DUP are just displaying their ignorance about Europe
Brexit continues to be a never-ending disaster, but incredibly the DUP still support it
Brian Feeney: From traffic chaos to the state of Lough Neagh, the evidence of Stormont’s dysfunction is all around us
Nothing works because there’s no collective action, no-one in charge.
Brian Feeney: A border poll is coming – but planning must come first
When the planning is done, a poll will be presented to the people. First things first
Brian Feeney: Sinn Féin out of government, but must press new Dublin coalition on reunification
A costed timetable of reunification proposals needs to be in programme for government