Tom Kelly
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Tom Kelly: Political unionism continues to lack generosity
AS anniversaries go, the Market Place Theatre in Armagh was not a bad venue to celebrate, especially given our first anniversary was at the Dachau concentration camp and our tenth was in what could only be described as the Bates Motel of the North Coast, where the proprietor seemed to lurk in every corner. → Read More
Tom Kelly: Courage needed now more than ever
“HISTORY, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again. → Read More
Tom Kelly: Paramilitaries and the state can't be allowed to block path to truth
AS most readers know this writer has never been a fan of the term 'The Troubles' to describe the period many in my generation grew up in and lived through. → Read More
Tom Kelly: PSNI demoralised, overwhelmed and under-resourced
THE late Seamus Mallon once said: “Solve policing in Northern Ireland and the politics will fall into place. → Read More
Tom Kelly: I'm 110 per cent woke
I just read a tweet posted by Kelvin MacKenzie: "Astonished there is any food left in food banks with all these public sector workers allegedly breaking down the doors for free stuff. → Read More
Tom Kelly: Truth under assault as never before
‘So out with the old and in with the new!' Those words come from the pen of the Victorian poet laureate, Alfred, Lord Tennyson in ‘Ring out, Wild Bells'. → Read More
Travel: You'll never tire of London... but you can do it on the cheap
CHARLES Dickens was a wonderful author. → Read More
They know their Onions - Newry and Mourne group share mental health experiences
I ONCE worked with a man who often used the expression, → Read More
Monsignor Kevin Mullen's story a labour of love and loss
MEL McMahon, the Lurgan-born poet, has in his collection Out of Breath a very poignant piece called At My Parents' Graveside. → Read More
Tom Kelly: Not rocket science to inject some common sense into environmental debate
Let's get the hard stuff out of the way first. → Read More
Tom Kelly: Reform of policing must go further
It's hard to believe it is twenty years since the PSNI was established. → Read More
Tom Kelly: Time for Catholic Church to make brave move on education
The former leader of Irish Labour, Ruairi Quinn, once wrote that “there were three kinds of Catholic: Catholics by conviction, Catholics by culture and Catholics by compulsion”. → Read More
Tom Kelly: Geographical unity is secondary to unity of people within Ireland
“The Gaelic League is founded not upon hatred of England, but upon a love of Ireland. → Read More
Tom Kelly: Principles are a disposable commodity in this political era
The late Seamus Mallon was my one time boss. → Read More
Tom Kelly: Doug Beattie needs to translate bonhomie into votes
“For the everyday not for the extraordinary day” - so says the trendy new video from the Ulster Unionist party. → Read More
Tom Kelly: Post-Brexit Britain descending into farce
I love cartoons especially those by the talented Ian Knox in this paper. → Read More
Tom Kelly: Vaccine passports are the right way forward
After an absence of eighteen months I finally went back to London for work. → Read More
Tom Kelly: Michael D Higgins right not to give in to faux outrage
All Hail the Chief! A hearty congratulations to An Uachtarán na hÉireann Michael D Higgins for not giving into the shrill and faux outrage over his decision not to attend a religious service loaded with political overtones to mark the partition of Ireland and the formation of Northern Ireland. → Read More
Tom Kelly: Of course Raab should resign
On paper Dominic Raab MP has an impressive CV, however those distinguished academic achievements from Oxford University are not appreciated or indeed evident to the public since he became a politician and minister. → Read More
Travel: Is the road to Carrick worth taking?
UNLIKE as in the song, I have never wished to be in Carrickfergus. → Read More