Tom Kelly
Tom Kelly: Time to end unionist self-harm and test Harold McCusker's hypothesis...
The former Alliance leader, John Alderdice, is a considered and thoughtful politician.
Tom Kelly: Irish neo-facism needs to be clipped
As I sit on the Enterprise with my earphones plugged into RTÉ's Claire Byrne show, my mind is bombarded with an apocalyptic and dystopian Dublin smouldering in smoke and ash; the Liffey flowing with tears as Parnell, perched over the devastation, calls halt on the march of the rabble below.
Time for UVF and UDA to leave the stage – and without a single cent - Tom Kelly
LAST week the UVF leadership issued a diktat at Remembrance Sunday events that anyone involved with drug dealing could no longer “operate under their banner”.
Tom Kelly: It's clear that 'whataboutery' is all too alive
IT was interesting to listen to a band member of Kneecap explain their lyrics and merchandising on Good Morning Ulster last week.
Tom Kelly: As war rages in Gaza, it's time for politicians to take risks for peace
The late Cardinal Ó Fiaich was maligned by sections of the British and, indeed, Irish media.
Tom Kelly: When Stormont returns, the SDLP needs to up its game as the official opposition if it wants to survive
THE mood music is slowly changing.
Tom Kelly: Jeffrey Donaldson needs to emulate Peter Robinson, not Jim Molyneaux
ON BBC 's Question Time last Thursday, the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Chris-Heaton Harris, said he “enjoyed” his meetings over the past number of months with Sir Jeffrey Donaldson and his DUP colleagues.
Tom Kelly: Violence begets violence and grief in Middle East
At the time of writing, a French school teacher has been murdered in the city of Arras, some four and a half thousand kilometres from the Palestine/Israeli border.
Tom Kelly: The tide is out for these out-of-touch Tories
The former Labour MP and socialist firebrand Dennis Skinner was known for his acid tongue.
Tom Kelly: Joint authority between London and Dublin is next step for this basket case known as NI
A media friend told me about one of his greatest nightmares during a live outside broadcast.