I don’t like zoos. I think they’re cruel to animals, plain and simple. I remember visiting Belfast Zoo when I was a kid and watching an elephant bang his head repeatedly against the wall, clearly ...

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.

Late last week, we heard that the SDLP were putting a motion before the Assembly to call for a border poll. Looking at the order paper for Monday, I see the following motion tabled by the Leader of ...

Fionnuala FAGAN-THIÉBOT, Irene BOADA-MONTAGUT, Liam O'HARE, Fiona MAGOWAN, Louise HARRINGTON, David ROBINSON, Niall KERR, Hilary COPELAND, Stefanie LEHNER, and Nisha TANDON. Symposium: "Creativity in ...

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 middle-of-the-road pragmatism, I am not ...

The Difference Between Men and Boys…is the size of their shoes and the price of their toys”. So sang Billy Dean in a country music song about thirty years ago. It must be true because, to quote ...

I believe in democracy, in Powersharing, in letting everyone have their say, but in our house, when it comes to choosing a ...

What started as a policy disagreement has turned into a full-blown digital mudfight between two of the world’s most powerful ...

I am sure SDLP MLA Cara Hunter is delighted to be on the front page of today’s Irish News. The front page of today’s Irish ...

As the late, great Terry Pratchett once said ‘It’s not worth doing something unless someone, somewhere, would much rather you ...

The verdict isn’t the calamity which gloomier  searchers for truth and other investigators may fear. It will have a limited ...

El Cavador is a Slugger reader from Belfast  As the Supreme Court deliberates on the landmark JR87 case, which challenges the ...