Andrew McQuillan

An Orange march and the hollow promise of Irish unification

29 September 2026 12:04 am

Once again events on an otherwise nondescript stretch of road in Portadown are likely to have an outsized impact on…

Has paedophile Jeffrey Donaldson destroyed the DUP?

21 September 2026 10:30 pm

The embattled members of the Democratic Unionist party gathered at a hotel on the outskirts of Belfast this weekend for…

Ireland’s embarrassing fawning over Donald Trump

15 September 2026 12:00 pm

Usually, when an American politician makes some pronouncement about the inevitability of a united Ireland, it is invariably some Democrat…

Are the days of disorder about to return to Drumcree?

8 September 2026 3:30 pm

Drumcree Parish Church on the outskirts of Portadown in County Armagh is what comes to mind when thinking of Winston…

Northern Ireland has been the biggest loser from Brexit

23 June 2026 8:08 pm

In the decade since the vote to leave the European Union, arguably no issue has consumed more energy, column inches,…

Why is it mainly loyalists rioting in Belfast?

11 June 2026 12:00 pm

Monday’s alleged attempted beheading in North Belfast was not the first time an act of brutality has taken place in…

Bloody Sunday and the battle for Northern Ireland’s past

24 October 2025 9:57 pm

Soldier F, a former paratrooper accused of shooting dead two unarmed protestors on Bloody Sunday in 1972, has been found…

The hypocrisy of those attacking Moygashel’s migrant bonfire

11 July 2025 11:55 pm

The marching season – when a section of Northern Ireland’s unionist community take to the streets to commemorate the triumph…

The triumph of Sinn Fein

5 July 2024 9:46 pm

Sinn Fein has consolidated its position as the biggest political party in Northern Ireland. It retained its seven seats and,…

Are Sinn Fein heading for an election triumph?

26 May 2024 4:30 pm

Bankrupt councils, the imminent collapse of Thames Water, prison overcrowding and a row with unions over public sector pay are…