El Cavador is a Slugger reader from Belfast In East Belfast, Catholic Maintained schools are losing their old identity even faster than Controlled schools – and the system isn’t ready for it. A follow ...

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In January 2025, Education Minister Paul Givan refused transformation bids by Bangor Academy and Rathmore Primary School. Parents at both schools had voted overwhelmingly in favour of integrated ...

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As I’ve said before, I’ve got a love/hate relationship with the internet. On the one hand, it gave me a career, makes life easier in countless ways, and lets me inflict my musings on the God‑fearing ...

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According to the ONS data, the north’s net population increased by 7,467 between mid-2023 and mid-2024, representing a net growth of 0.39%. Across the north’s 11 council areas, Newry, Mourne and Down ...

The Mail on Sunday (Irish edition) is not everybody’s idea of a truth-telling newspaper (that’s an understatement). They had a front-page ‘exclusive’ earlier this month entitled ‘Humphreys Husband’s ...

Normally, this is a story we would leave to our daily posts. But the recently concluded Ryder Cup, in which Team Europe (including local man Rory McIlroy) clinched victory yesterday made the headlines ...