Anyone who has travelled to the northeast of this country will have noticed the profusion of Israeli flags marking out the boundaries of Loyalist areas.

Well, in a couple of weeks, the corporate structure of the basket of assets disappears into the Delaware darkness.

Well, that’s that then.

Well, that’s that then! Although the destination of the Close Season Cup was never in doubt, the Takeover Trophy had been in the balance for several weeks.

Well, that’s that then. Finally, Nedball (copyright Alan Morrison) was undone by some Basque brilliance at the back post. Disappointing. Consequently, it would be remiss of your humble correspondent ...

Full disclosure: I’m gonna miss him. Particularly his post-match observations, which were for the ages. Of course, such magical realism doesn’t come cheap. Someone somehow will have to honour the ...

These are difficult days for those who ascribe to the Hovis advert version of Britain’s bloodstained history. At the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Samoa, the UK government is ...

I’m told that it is standard practice to record business meetings. Consequently, I was surprised at this development today. My understanding is that the usual procedure is to rapidly create a ...

As an undergraduate at York University in the 1980s, my degree was split between the Politics Department and Laurie Taylor’s sociology fiefdom. The former was, in the main, a rather dusty environment ...

The Irish Voice is a monthly print publication that serves the Irish community in Scotland. It is free and is funded by advertisers and donations. Since February of 2024, Phil has had a regular column ...

My observation last week that the SFA had, perhaps, chosen the wrong issue to close with a lawyered-up Celtic might be worth another read. I had a long chat today with an impeccably placed source, who ...

The last time I had a proper yarn with Paul Muldoon was on the 25 th of May, 2017. By some baffling coincidence, we were both in Lisbon at the same time. He and some hardy souls had cycled from ...