Just as the DUP was slowly becoming more progressive under Arlene Foster, their new leader, elected by a narrow margin, looks to drag the party back to the days of Ian Paisley. We could be witnessing the final rattle of the partitionist, Unionist snake, writes FRA HUGHES

Under the threat of civil war, the British empire created Northern Ireland — but the next 100 years were anything but peaceful. FRA HUGHES argues the best way to mark the centenary is to hold an all-island referendum on reunification, with no Unionist veto

As the British government continues to callously refuse justice to the memory of Pat Finucane and deny the truth to his grieving widow and family, FRA HUGHES revisits the murky circumstances surrounding the civil rights lawyer’s death

From Belfast, FRA HUGHES reports on a topsy-turvy and upside-down political mess with those supposedly in favour of uniting the island looking out for narrow electoral interests instead, as 100 years of 'Northern Ireland' approaches