Billy, an Irish Cob, carried four generations of Patricia Mac Bride’s family

Money is all that the British government has to offer the DUP, because there won’t be any renegotiation of the Windsor framework with the EU

TODAY is the first day of Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of lights.

YOU would be forgiven for thinking that the Tory government would say “OK, well that’s that then” when the Supreme Court in London ruled that its scheme to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda was unlawful.

YOU have to wonder what “witty put-downs and clever insults” might be doing the rounds in DUP circles this week as the party looks set to ready itself to go back into Stormont, if speculation is to be believed.

THE last of the annual gatherings of the three largest parties on the island takes place this weekend when the Fine Gael National Convention rolls into Maynooth on Saturday.

SINN Féin’s party faithful will gather in Athlone for its annual ard fheis tomorrow and Saturday.

There will be a lot to talk about at the Fianna Fáil Ard Fheis in Dublin on Saturday, not least of which will be the party leader’s two-part interview with the BBC which aired this week.

“Wearing a poppy bruise on his left temple… no gaudy scars.

A theme that is prevalent in regards to what is happening in Gaza and Israel right now is that it is possible for two things to be true at the same time.

It’s been a challenging few weeks for the social media giant TikTok.