Opinion

After only a few days, this superficial veneer of reinstating the Assembly in Stormont has been exposed as the ludicrous shambles that it undoubtedly is.

Christians in Northern Ireland hold different opinions – for and against – the availability of civil marriage for same sex couples.

Once again the DUP expect our Unionist community to stand by them no matter what they do.

As the dust settles on the General Election and the ‘New Decade New Approach’ deal between the UK and Republic of Ireland Governments, three things are now clear.

There was an intriguing anecdote on BBC Radio Ulster Talkback yesterday.

The recent agreement is yet another cave in by the DUP to the aggression of Sinn Fein/IRA.

The beginning of the end of the Union, together with the systematic annihilation of the Protestant unionists of Ulster in their way of life, is now under way.

Conor Murphy last night issued a press release on the financial package promised from the UK government.

It is the precise wording of the Irish language legislation that matters.

The media is full of it: ‘Stormont is up and running again; what great news!’

It is expected when working as a news journalist that you will become, to some degree, inured from tragedy.

Irish language commentators that appear from time to time in the News Letter might be interested in the following excerpt from The Daily Telegraph.

In the 1970s, the Northern Ireland section of the Belfast to Dublin road was far better than the Republic of Ireland section.

The United Kingdom needs another layer of politicians and those that attend to them like a hole in the head.

Identity politics is all the rage these days.

I entirely agree with Ben Lowry’s view (‘Much of deal is OK for unionists but context is bad,’ January 11) that imposing the Irish language on communities who feel uncomfortable with its presence is counter productive. As a gaeilgeoir myself I am embarrassed by this.

New Decade, New Approach. Or is it?

Before New Decade New Approach agreement to go back into government, I was optimistic about progress.