Arlene Foster: Effective politician, but with a fierce temperThe prospective First Minister of Northern Ireland evokes a divided responseMon Nov 23 2015 - 01:00
Susan McKay: Deeper debates on Ireland should follow RTÉ-BBC surveysPolls do not capture ‘cut off your nose to spite your face’ reality of North’s politicsMon Nov 09 2015 - 01:00
Robert Howard’s death reminds victim of painful pastPriscilla Gahan’s report of abduction and rape was dismissed by police at the timeMon Oct 12 2015 - 01:00
Susan McKay: Trailblazing activist has stooped to folly and must expect a harsh responseSusan Brownmiller seems to have reverted to denial in comments on campus rapeTue Sept 29 2015 - 09:13
‘Dark Chapter’: my rape, regrowth and recoveryWinnie M Li was violently assaulted in a Belfast park in 2008. Writing about it, she says, has helped her healSat Sept 26 2015 - 08:45
Susan McKay: A college reaching out to most disadvantagedHead of Belfast’s Metropolitan College says North must fight cuts if it is to build on its progressTue Sept 15 2015 - 01:00
Susan McKay: Homophobia and racism chime with sectarianismPart two of series on social issues highlights the rise of hate crimes in the divided societyMon Sept 14 2015 - 01:00
‘I fear we haven’t seen the worst of it yet’ Welfare reforms squeeze one of the UK’s poorest regionsSat Sept 12 2015 - 02:00
'The Troubles were bad. Life is worse now.'Political issues dominate the news in Northern Ireland, but in west Belfast people are more concerned with cuts, rampant poverty and unemploymentSat Sept 12 2015 - 02:00
In the North we have learned to live and stagger on in crisis modePeople seem not unduly concerned about prospect of the fall of the house of StormontWed Aug 26 2015 - 01:00
An Irishwoman’s Diary on the kitschification of YeatsClunky bumper sticker bonhomie at odds with the magnificent, haughty YeatsTue Aug 04 2015 - 01:01
The torture centre: Northern Ireland’s ‘hooded men’In 1971 the British army took 14 men to a secret location in rural Co Derry and subjected them to a horrific interrogation from which they have never recovered. Nine of the surviving ‘hooded men’ are still seeking justice for what they say was torture – and they have the human-rights lawyer Amal Clooney on their sideSat Jul 25 2015 - 00:30
The Third Daughter: A Retrospective, by Eileen O’Mara Walsh review: Bohemian businesswomanFascinating both as a social history and as a portrait of a talented woman with a generous soul, says Susan McKaySat Jun 27 2015 - 01:15
PSNI ‘making up’ for earlier inquiry, says victim’s fatherPaul McCauley’s murder being investigated following his death after nine years in a comaMon Jun 08 2015 - 01:00
Warning that welfare cuts impasse will delay justice for Troubles victims in North‘The Stormont House Agreement was included in the queen’s speech, but as there is still no agreement as to what it actually contains, it will remain open to political manipulation’Thu May 28 2015 - 00:01
Sexual Politics in Modern Ireland review: How the other half had to liveWomen’s experiences of life in Ireland have been strikingly different from men’s, says Susan McKaySat May 23 2015 - 01:00
After Mountbatten: the many victims of the Mullaghmore bombingPrince Charles is about to travel to Co Sligo, where an IRA bomb killed his great-uncle Lord Mountbatten and three others in 1979. How do the relatives of the dead and the people of Mullaghmore feel about the visit?Sun May 17 2015 - 12:00
Activities of Glenanne gang ‘deeply disturbing’, says judgeFamilies bereaved by Glenanne Gang hear evidence includes list of service membersFri May 08 2015 - 18:44
Murdered by the Glenanne gang: ‘Patrick lived till the ripe old age of 13’Patrick Barnard died in a 1976 bomb attack in Dungannon, Co Tyrone. His brother Eddie is now taking a legal challenge against the PSNISat May 02 2015 - 01:00
The Scarlet Woman and the Red Hand: Evangelical Apocalyptic Belief in the Northern Ireland TroublesReview: Readers with an interest in evangelism and apocalyptic ideas in the context of the northern conflict will find in Searle an intelligent and humane guideSat Apr 18 2015 - 02:20
Migrants, ‘undocumented’ and ex-pats – why they are worlds apartGeneration immigration: What undocumented Irish in US and those in direct provision here have in commonMon Mar 23 2015 - 10:53
A Delicate Wildness: The Life and Loves of David Thomson , by Julian VignolesStruggling to keep up with an elusive originalSat Feb 07 2015 - 17:43
Why the Sun dropping Page 3 models is a victory for feminists‘Women whose nipples are covered on Page 3 may no longer be deemed “topless” but they still might as well have no heads for all they have to say’Wed Jan 21 2015 - 11:20
Victims speak out at Historical Institutional Abuse Inquiry – but is anyone listening?Institutions in which there is cruelty are corrupting to all concernedThu Dec 18 2014 - 00:01
Inez McCormack: remembering one of our great social justice campaigners‘If you are not capable of being hurt any more you are not capable of being effective. It is how to keep the balance of not being hurt so much that you are destroyed or become too bitter’Thu Nov 27 2014 - 00:01
Easter Widows, by Sinéad McCoole: Portait of the Rising’s revolutionary wivesStory of the women behind the men of 1916 rewards the work it requiresSat Nov 22 2014 - 01:03
View of the Troubles from a teenager’s room: Belfast Days: A 1972 Teenage DiaryReview: The diary powerfully and touchingly conveys the destructive impact of war on adolescentsSat Oct 11 2014 - 01:00
‘There can be no doubt that certain words Ian Paisley spoke sent men out to kill’He did great harm but we must be grateful for his late volte-faceSat Sept 13 2014 - 01:00
Peace bears fruit, from Orchard County to the MoySome people who fled the North’s ‘murder triangle’ have returned to start new businesses in a changed landscapeThu Jul 31 2014 - 01:00
Robinson risks forfeiting moral authority on sectarianismOpinion: ‘He lit the fire and I think it is very difficult to stop the fire from burning’Wed Jun 04 2014 - 00:01
Rape is a crime of hatred, regardless of alcohol’s roleOpinion: The old culture of prohibition and punishment is slugging it out with the new culture of pornographyWed Feb 12 2014 - 00:01
Any talk of compromise with traditional enemy is a red rag to unionistsOpinion: Flag protesters seem less concerned about the DUP’s failure to represent their interests than with old conceptions of surrender and sell-outTue Jan 14 2014 - 00:01
Lethal Allies: British Collusion in Ireland: A shameful part of our troubled historyA powerful study by Anne Cadwallader of security forces collusion with loyalist paramilitaries underlines the need to deal with its legacySat Nov 02 2013 - 01:00
The Second Coming of Paisley. Militant Fundamentalism and Ulster Politics, Richard Lawrence JordanIn claiming Paisley’s extraordinary volte face was based in theology, Jordan shows a poor understanding of Northern politics and Irish historySat Jul 20 2013 - 01:00
Society has made progress on equality at work but pace of change is glacialWomen have come a long way since the marriage bar but still have a long way to goFri Jun 14 2013 - 01:00
Paid For: My Journey Through Prostitution, by Rachel MoranA brave account of seven years as a prostitute makes harrowing reading, but it also shines with compassion and humanitySat May 11 2013 - 07:00
Abortion amendment has been disaster and must goOPINION : Women must be allowed to make informed decisions about crisis pregnanciesMon Nov 26 2012 - 00:00
Feminism nowMore to play for:Many women are unwilling to call themselves feminists but would be appalled to give up the rights won by their predecessors.Wed Oct 17 2012 - 01:00
Coffee, food and a hidden gem of Irish artA remarkable gallery and studio in Banbridge houses the striking work of local-born sculptor FE McWilliam, who moved with, and…Tue Oct 09 2012 - 01:00
The Assange affair is not just about WikiLeaks, stupidWIKILEAKS DOESN’T rape. WikiLeaks can’t make you pregnant. WikiLeaks can’t give you a sexually transmitted disease.Fri Aug 24 2012 - 01:00
There's transformation in the Derry airDerry city is shaking off its hardscrabble image and using its time as the UK’s first City of Culture as a platform to kickstart…Wed May 30 2012 - 01:00
Be glad of the singing in these dark timesPoetry, according to Heaney, is capable of acknowledging and transforming even the most deplorable realityFri Apr 27 2012 - 01:00
Team of many skills on trail of DisappearedINTERVIEW: LAST WEEK forestry workers cut down hundreds of densely planted trees on a disused bog in a remote upland in Co Monaghan…Mon Apr 23 2012 - 01:00
Normal Cabinet service resumes with jobs for the boys . . . againOPINION: The manner in which Joan Burton was treated exposes the hypocrisy of politicsFri Mar 11 2011 - 00:00
Why are we locking female asylum seekers into limbo?OPINION: 3,000 women and girls who have fled horror are stuck in hostels and caravans full of new fearThu Mar 25 2010 - 00:00
Harsh, judging God not the right measure for Robinson tangleOPINION: Many aspects of Iris Robinson’s behaviour are unsavoury but biblical banishment of her is out of orderMon Jan 11 2010 - 00:00
Harsh, judging God not the right measure for Robinson tangleOPINION: Many aspects of Iris Robinson’s behaviour are unsavoury but biblical banishment of her is out of orderMon Jan 11 2010 - 00:00
Victims of the legacy of hateThe jailing of a man for the beating of Paul McCauley is a reminder that sectarianism still breeds terrible consequencesSat Feb 14 2009 - 00:00
A lifeline at the heart of a coastal communityThe Government's decision to abandon its closure of Malin Head coastguard station will preserve the hard-won expertise and intimate…Sat Dec 20 2008 - 00:00
An unlikely crusaderINTERVIEW: Is the Government intent on nuturing a 'them and us' mentality? Lucy Gaffney of the National Action Plan Against …Sat Dec 06 2008 - 00:00