Opinion

Cormac Moore: As long as a border exists, so will barriers to true all-island tourism

Problems ensuring an open border for tourists go right back to the days of partition

Kenny Archer: Toughest possible Division One for intense Football League

The current top eight football counties appear to be in Division One of a well-balanced Allianz Football League

Brian Feeney: Micheál Martin has assembled the most right-wing Irish government in decades

Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael have also watered down manifesto promises on the north and constitutional change

Michael McWilliams: Brendan Rodgers’ Celtic can roll Swiss side Young Boys over on big European night

Brendan Rodgers and his players can secure a play-off place with a win, advancing to the knock-out phase of Europe’s top competition for the first time since 2013

Tom Kelly: The new noise around Micheál Martin, the quiet man of Fianna Fáil

Tom Kelly attended the Fianna Fáil ard fheis to approve the new programme for government and found a vibrancy around the soldiers of destiny

Daniel Mulhall: Could America’s Trump card be its ace card?

The view from a former Irish Ambassador to the United States on what to expect from a second Trump presidency

Tom Collins: Britain must finally admit its malign role in the Troubles

The new Labour government has adopted the same approach as its predecessors to covering up the actions of its spooks, soldiers and special forces

Portadown peace wall: An important mind shift towards breaking down all our barriers - The Irish News view

Irish News leader on the removal of peace wall fencing in Portadown

John Manley: Brake failure is the latest in a series of DUP missteps

Hilary Benn rejected unionist concerns about the impact of changes to EU chemical labelling regulations

Let’s move from dialogue to delivery for Belfast in 2025

It’s time to raise our aspirations for the city