It seems this was this was the event that the phrase 'media circus' was created for. Every day, yet another revelation in the Jimmy Savile fiasco. It attracts a large, horrified audience like a firestorm sucking in oxygen.

But as the police widen the scope of the investigation, as BBC...

The leader of the far-right British National Party, Nick Griffin, will be investigated by the police after referring to Catholics as 'fenian bastards' on Twitter.

Griffin, who was attending events commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Ulster Covenant, a major landmark in Northern Ireland unionist history, was apparently incensed by...

I recently finished up two terms as Vice President of Queen's University Belfast Students' Union, and almost six years involvement with students' unions. The impulse is to write a little about what I've learnt, in the hope that others might learn from it....

Republican Vice-Presidential nominee Paul Ryan has caused a bit of a stir by revealing that he is a fan of revolutionary leftist rap-rockers Rage Against The Machine.

Cue a devastating op-ed from Rage guitarist Tom...

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(L-R: Gavin Robinson (DUP), Martina Anderson (Sinn Fein), Anna Lo (Alliance), Steven Agnew (Green), Conall McDevitt (SDLP), Michael Copeland (UUP)

In a move perhaps more unexpected than Marty McGuinness shaking the hand of Queen Lizzie,...

Last week, Andy Burnham, Labour's shadow Health Secretary, threw his weight behind the campaign for the Labour Party to fight elections in Northern Ireland for the first time.

For the long-suffering Labour Party members in Northern Ireland - allowed to join the party but not fight elections - this is...