Dull as dishwater election campaign reflects Stormont’s lack of energy and delivery - Deirdre Heenan
Politics has been famously described as showbusiness for ugly people - a phrase that still implies that an element of entertainment is required
Dear Mike, here’s the three things you need to do to fix the health service - Deirdre Heenan
Forget ‘show me the money’ - new health minister Mike Nesbitt needs to show us the plan
We need our politicians rowing in the same direction but too many are paddling their own canoes - Deirdre Heenan
The snail’s pace around the programme for government betrays the executive’s lack of collective responsibility
We won’t be at the top of a Labour government’s agenda - Deirdre Heenan
Sue Gray’s role in Keir Starmer’s inner-circle will keep Northern Ireland on Labour’s radar but our problems are second-order compared to other challenges
Our only choice is no government or bad government - Deirdre Heenan
The Covid Inquiry exposed a lamentable lack of leadership from both Michelle O’Neill and Arlene Foster
Covid Inquiry: The pandemic brought care homes into the spotlight, let’s not forget them now - Deirdre Heenan
The Covid Inquiry is about more than the pandemic - it’s about how we’re governed and what the people running the country are up to
Selecting Timmy Mallett over Tim Collins would have been a wiser move for the UUP - Deirdre Heenan
By giving Colonel Tim Collins such a prominent role, Doug Beattie discredits himself and his party
You’re right Robin, it’s not about you. But it is about us, and our health is being failed yet again - Deirdre Heenan
Health minister’s warnings of “dire consequences” over financial allocation are an attempt to deflect from inaction and refusal to reform
Deirdre Heenan: ‘When strong leadership was absolutely critical to rescue a system on the brink, we have been lumbered with interim appointment’
Robin Swann has announced he will step down as health minister to contest the South Antrim seat in the next general election
Reform UK and the TUV deserve each other, but haven’t the rest of us suffered enough? - Deirdre Heenan
A pact between Jim Allister’s TUV and the party of Farage, Habib and Tice will only add to unionism’s woes
Red flag cancer referrals can never be delayed by new computer system again - Deirdre Heenan
There are worrying disparities in referral times between health trusts
The health dividend of peace: Cancer knows no borders - Deirdre Heenan
Cross-border cooperation on tackling cancer has been a Good Friday Agreement success story, but we can still do more
We needed a cheerleader for our health and social care. With Robin Swann we’ve got a funeral director - Deirdre Heenan
It’s the poverty of ambition that is killing us
Deirdre Heenan: Is this Stormont executive up to the challenge of health and social care transformation?
Addressing workforce issues and a 10-year plan for transformation must be Robin Swann’s urgent priorities, says Deirdre Heenan
