IF the government of the Irish Free State proves permanently satisfactory to its people, it will deprive the English-speaking world of a subject, of conversation that has lasted for more than seven ...

Yesterday, I cited Oscar Wilde in attributing the phrase, "When you think you've solved the Irish question, the Irish change the question." A reader emailed to say he thought it was Disraeli. It has ...

There’s many lost, but tell me who has won? The trenches dug within our hearts And mothers, children, brothers, sisters torn apart. — U2, “Sunday, Bloody Sunday” (1983) “Whatever you say, say nothing.

With the likelihood of a border poll becoming an increasing possibility, do we really understand what that could mean for all those living on the island of Ireland? Or are we stumbling into some ...