John Laverty

Hillary Clinton should relinquish her role at Queen’s, challenge Kneecap on stage over Gaza... and see how far that gets her
After purge on Palestine Action, let’s see how meticulously the Terrorism Act is enacted on the streets of NI

It’ll be sweet music for the GAA if they end up investing a paltry £15m in ‘NI’s premier outdoor concert arena’
Why hometown hero Liam Neeson's silence is understandable, no matter how tempting it is to criticise rioters
Joey Dunlop was King of the Roads... but his sad, final journey home was blocked by protesters. Welcome to Northern Ireland...
Karen Reilly was shot dead by a soldier later acquitted of her murder... thanks to a young barrister called Keir Starmer
A unified Ireland is indefensible... unless we rely on the Forces of the Crown already protecting the entire island. Ah, the irony...
NI universities are facing financial peril and technological armageddon... well, at least that’s what my chatbot is telling me
When it comes to legal abortion services, NI is regarded as the UK benchmark. Seriously? Heaven help us...
There’s no way I’d allow my child to get into a car being driven by a 17-year-old… I remember being one of those idiots
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John Laverty

Hillary Clinton should relinquish her role at Queen’s, challenge Kneecap on stage over Gaza... and see how far that gets her

After purge on Palestine Action, let’s see how meticulously the Terrorism Act is enacted on the streets of NI

It’ll be sweet music for the GAA if they end up investing a paltry £15m in ‘NI’s premier outdoor concert arena’

Why hometown hero Liam Neeson's silence is understandable, no matter how tempting it is to criticise rioters

Joey Dunlop was King of the Roads... but his sad, final journey home was blocked by protesters. Welcome to Northern Ireland...

Karen Reilly was shot dead by a soldier later acquitted of her murder... thanks to a young barrister called Keir Starmer

A unified Ireland is indefensible... unless we rely on the Forces of the Crown already protecting the entire island. Ah, the irony...

NI universities are facing financial peril and technological armageddon... well, at least that’s what my chatbot is telling me

When it comes to legal abortion services, NI is regarded as the UK benchmark. Seriously? Heaven help us...

There’s no way I’d allow my child to get into a car being driven by a 17-year-old… I remember being one of those idiots

From proud Billy Boy to devout Catholic... so, is Northern Ireland ready to accept JD Vance as one of its own?

Nervous unionists needn’t worry; the ‘Catholic surge’ won’t bring us any closer to a united Ireland

The way things are going, it won’t be long before not watching Adolescence is a criminal offence

Arlene Foster seems aggrieved at a road being, in her words, ‘sectarianised’... what country has she been living in?

NI kids are having less underage sex... so why are their parents more concerned than ever?

Northern Ireland’s Motability fraudsters are taking our taxpayers for a ride

An NI ‘fleg’ for all? Nah, because what value is there in something no one would want to burn?

Our dirty little secret… how NI became the porn capital of the UK

Stormont replacing consultants, spads (and that Programme for Government) with AI robots would clean up the mess

The one thing NI people won’t be giving up for Lent... social media

Welcome to Northern Ireland... where the sex is free but people are still unhappy

Northern Ireland had the best of both worlds... until that big orange man turned up

Coffee shop owners have finally lost patience with ‘table hoggers’ like me

What goes around doesn’t always come around... even in the Ballymena bible belt

Still dreaming of Celtic and Rangers in the Premier League? Dream on...

‘Terraced house tax’ is unplugging NI from electric car revolution

If you’re silly enough to get wound up by Jamie Bryson’s comical observations on social media, then the joke is on you

Ireland’s big love affair with the United States is about to hit the buffers

Marcus Rashford is beginning to emulate George Best at Man United… but not in the way he had hoped

All I want for Christmas is ... ‘the new Viagra’. But not before my big dinner

James McClean is no longer football’s only rebel — and that’s a good thing

We’ll all be long dead (without any assistance) before Stormont makes a Really Big Decision

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