SQUINTER: Israel’s hasbara now comes with a haitch

IRELAND’S the most antisemitic country in the world, isn’t it?

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MÁLA POIST: TUV cartoon crosses the line

I am writing to express my concern regarding a cartoon recently shared by the TUV depicting a 'Migrant Express' bus travelling from Dublin to Belfast.

ANDRÉE MURPHY: Let's not be afraid to point out the bloody obvious

Last week reminded us all what is at stake when we allow the dehumanisation of our fellow citizens. On Tuesday, when the news and visual imagery of a vicious assault emerged, the immediate and quite unique response felt disproportionate to the one-on-one attack. When a statement from Keir Starmer comes out about a stabbing in North Belfast you can be certain that there is something bigger afoot than concern for a North Belfast man’s welfare. It was however an indication of the seriousness with which the Executive and the PSNI, viewed the inevitably violent response. 

Gerry Adams: Pride shines out amidst the racism and the violence

THE bulletholes from the August 1969 sectarian pogrom against the people of the Falls area are still visible on the front wall of St Comgall’s Primary School, Divis Street. Last Thursday lunchtime, a few yards from where whole terraces of houses were burned out, scores of community activists from across Belfast came together in Ionad Eileen Howell to discuss another pogrom. This time the pogrom was rooted in violent racism.

JUDE COLLINS: Stories the racist rioters tell themselves

DÚLRA: Which do you prefer: Midsummer of midwinter?

IT’S no surprise that our ancestors were intoxicated by the idea of midsummer. So intoxicated that they built a temple to it at Brú na Bóinne in County Meath, a place that is now one of the wonders of the world.

O'Donovan Rossa host successful annual Joe McKelvey hurling tournament

A great festival of hurling was had by all the participants in the Joe McKelvey U13 Hurling blitz on the Shaws Road at O'Donovan Rossa last weekend.

SuperCupNI legacy grows as 26 graduates set to feature at the World Cup

As the world's attention turns to the FIFA World Cup in the United States, Canada and Mexico, the SuperCupNI can celebrate a remarkable achievement of its own with 26 former tournament graduates featuring at this summer's finals, having once graced pitches across the North before progressing to football's biggest stage.

HEALTHWISE: Why not steam your vegetables instead of boiling

WHEN vegetables are cooked under certain conditions some of the B and C  group vitamins can be reduced or destroyed.