There’s a new play park in a Ballymena housing estate. It’s a modest but meaningful development for local families — the kind of infrastructure that, though small in the grand scheme of government, ...

The idea for Open Sunday is to let you discuss what you like. Just two rules. Keep it civil and no man/woman playing.

Northern Ireland’s deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly has told how she has been left living in fear after receiving a death threat.Ms Little-Pengelly told the Stormont Assembly she had ...

The estimated costs of accommodation for asylum seekers in Northern Ireland has risen to £400m, four times the original estimate. That is according to a report by the UK Spending watchdog, the ...

A bit of nostalgia for you all. I help to manage Slugger by taking care of the site as well as running our live events. My background is in business, marketing and IT. My politics tend towards ...

As a Northerner living in Dublin, I sometimes I get weary with the way that the great bulk of news from Northern Ireland is negative: the continuing sectarianism; the logjam over legacy; the ...

On Tuesday (6 May) Finance Minister John O’Dowd announced the publication of the ‘Cost of Doing Business Impact Report’, produced by the Ulster University Economic Policy Centre. The report found that ...

In addition to our normal open Sunday, we have a politics-free post to give you all a break. So discuss what you like here, but no politics.

Today, Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was elected as Pope Leo XIV, succeeding Pope Francis. This election marks a significant moment in the history of the Catholic Church, as Prevost becomes the ...

The UK has secured its first trade agreement with the United States since the Trump-era tariffs shook up global commerce. While the deal brings some relief—particularly in the form of reduced tariffs ...

I write this piece as a gentle challenge. A few years ago, I wrote on Slugger, “As I’ve got older, I’ve realised that as a general rule, the people I like & gravitate towards are left-leaning. They ...