On Friday, I'm spending the night outside Stormont - but not to wait on politicians reaching agreement. I'll be sleeping out with colleagues from @BelTel to raise money for the Simon Community, which helps those who are homeless - a growing problem in NI.
Help Sam McBride raise money to support Simon Community Northern Ireland
Yes, the websites are close to unusable. Having worked somewhere which had a similar problem, I know that it won't be the fault of the journalists who will have constantly told their bosses that, but of executives who don't really care so long as the profits are rolling in.
This isn't journalism. Giving a reporter something like 50 minutes to churn out each article can only lead to fluff, mistakes and burnout. Paywalls are annoying and imperfect, but they're the best way we have right now of ensuring genuine newspaper journalism survives online.
Reporters working in office could be asked for up to eight stories a shift
Sinn FĂ©in appears to have broken Assembly rules in how it claimed taxpayersâ money to pay Michael McMonagle, a man who wrote those rules has said. SF paid the party spin doctor from a fund whose rules specifically prevent it being used to benefit parties.
Sinn FĂ©in appears to have broken Assembly rules in how it claimed taxpayersâ money to pay Michael McMonagle, a man who wrote those rules last night said.
Sinn Feinâs silence, secrecy and misleading statements contrast with the openness of the British Heart Foundation. The charity's willing to answer difficult questions backs up its claims to have acted properly â while SF won't even answer basic questions.
As the biggest party on the island of Ireland, Sinn Fein has a formidable reputation for communicating its message, but for the last week, a charity with a handful of employees in Northern Ireland has...
Sinn FĂ©inâs unfair besmirching of the British Heart Foundation over its employment of a paedophile former SF press officer has undermined its work and left its staff wounded and distressed, the charityâs boss has said.
Sinn FĂ©inâs unfair besmirching of the British Heart Foundation undermined its work and left its staff wounded and distressed, the charityâs boss has said.
The tragedy of tribalism is that tribal loyalty works to minimise even the most loathsome behviour by political figures. Even after paedophilia, the staunchest supporters can be relied upon to resort to whataboutery - & this is far from just a SF problem.
In a world teeming with overwhelming challenges, we can sometimes feel helpless. In theory, democracy empowers us; in practice, the scale and global nature of many problems means that even if we ruled...
Almost half a century ago, the Prime Minister received an exceptionally unusual urgent memo with the highest security classification. He immediatley authorised a top secret SAS mission in NI. This has remained hidden until now â but is it the whole story?
Almost half a century ago, the Prime Minister received an exceptionally unusual and urgent memo with the highest security classification.
Taxpayers were funding the salary of Sinn FĂ©in press officer Michael McMonagle - and when he was suspended (presumably on full pay) because he'd been arrested as a suspected paedophile, the Assembly wasn't told.
Former Sinn Fein press officer Michael McMonagle was paid from the public purse, the Assembly has confirmed.
đ§ Discussing with CiarĂĄn Dunbar what we know - and don't yet know - about how a paedophile Sinn FĂ©in press officer was quietly shunted out of the party and, without any warning to his new employer, into a job where he had contact with at least one child.
The First Minister Michelle OâNeill says sheâs âaghast and horrifiedâ that two Sinn FĂ©in press officers gave references to a former colleague who was then under investigation for child sex offices.