I was talking to a pharmacy owner over the weekend who said they had hired an extra pharmacist over the winter to cope with ...

SDLP MLA for East Derry, Cara Hunter, is in today’s Guardian talking about being the victim of a deep fake porn video. In simple terms, her face was digitally added to a porn clip. As you can imagine, ...

Last week saw the fiftieth anniversary of the death of the military dictator ‘El Caudillo’ Francisco ‘Paco’ Franco, who reigned over an actual military dictatorship for almost 40 years and the ...

The recent ruling by the Supreme Court in regards to ensuring religious education in Northern Ireland is delivered in an ‘objective, critical and pluralistic manner’ has sparked a flurry of comment ...

Jack Russell is a parent, primary school governor, and member of the core team at Parents for Inclusive Education NI, a grass-roots organisation that advocates for the rights of all children and ...

The way I originally conceived this project was as a sort of shared inquiry, where the active audience(s) of Slugger would play as much of a role in uncovering actionable insights from these ...

Before the Covid pandemic forced us to start paying with our cards or phones, we had to fill our pockets with shiny little bits of metal called coins. If you still possess any coins, you will find ...

Details of Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ budget leaked early thanks to a ‘technical mishap’ from the Office for Budgetary Responsibility. The BBC has a quick summary of what is known so far. Margaret ...

Speculation is growing that Mike Nesbitt will step down as UUP party leader sometime in the new year. This reflects comments he made over the summer … “He told the media on Monday that he would make a ...

The last episode (released on Thursday) sparked a pleasingly positive response from the Slugger Community, if not exactly breaking all records in terms of a ton readership. It seems we struck a nerve.

Several contributors (myself included) have written before for Slugger on the effects on young people (especially boys) of the Transfer Test. The comments reported by Mark Bain in Thursday’s Belfast ...

The first jingle of a bell I heard this year was in early September. Yes, early September. There I was, deciding to watch a documentary on youtube and with summer barely done and dusted I was ambushed ...