Newton Emerson: Welcome to the new happy-clappy Sinn Féin
Our Saturday columnist casts a wry eye back over the week that was in the news
Newton Emerson: Why do our young people not want to leave home?
Northern Ireland has by far the cheapest housing in the UK, yet we have the highest proportion of young adults living in the parental home
Newton Emerson: Integration, immigration and lobster liberation – the week that was in the news
Our Saturday columnist offers his inimitable take on the week’s headlines
As the health service falls apart, we need to confront the UUP’s failure to get the job done - Newton Emerson
We need to stop applauding the UUP for taking health on
When will Sinn Féin actually support Sinn Féin policy on water charges? - Newton Emerson
Infrastructure minister John O’Dowd has previously proposed charging developers for connecting to water and sewage systems
Newton Emerson: Sinn Féin’s explanation for moving Conor Murphy doesn’t add up
Economy minister’s expected departure for Seanad appears to be a House of Lords-type step towards retirement
Newton Emerson: Subsidising university fees is the problem, not the solution
Our Saturday columnist Newton Emerson on the week that was in the news...
Newton Emerson: The Department for Infrastructure is failing – is it simply too big to function?
Our Saturday columnist offers his inimitable take on the week’s news stories
Newton Emerson: What is the point of having to book to go to the dump?
Enforcing ‘bin borders’ is a parlour game while industrial levels of illegal dumping are tolerated on the hills above Belfast
Newton Emerson: Stormont’s tedious Brexit debate leaves public cold
Our Saturday columnist casts his eye over another busy week in the news
Newton Emerson: Stormont had money for transport but spent it elsewhere
Transport is one of the few policy areas where public spending in Northern Ireland is significantly less than in England
DUP and Sinn Féin’s contempt for Stormont reform leaves us stuck with lowest common denominator politics: Newton Emerson
A look back at the week that was
Newton Emerson: Have our schools and teachers learned the lessons of the Covid pandemic?
Acknowledgement of the scale and needlessness of the disaster would be a start
Newton Emerson on the week that was: Stormont badly needs to hire a project manager
How many more fiascos will it take before they learn the lesson Kevin McCloud imparts in every episode of Grand Designs?
Newton Emerson: Stormont stance on benefits is cowardice by political choice
If Labour is going to reduce welfare spending, Stormont should consider agreeing a price to devolve certain benefits as soon as possible