Balancing tax and spending is not a task we can afford to cede to appointed experts...

I find myself in the strange position, at the moment, of feeling vaguely homesick for a place that isn't really my home.

We need to hear what really matters from the Prime Minister.

A New Zealand journalist who works for Rupert Murdoch's axed News of the World tabloid says it's been "utterly, completely cleaned up" up over the past few years and "is not the newspaper I work for".

Mandatory closing times is not necessarily the answer to society's drinking problems, says Don Kavanagh.

The impacts of the global financial crisis hit are ingrained in our communities.

The Queen was given a warm welcome during an emotional visit to Ireland's Croke Park sports ground, site of an infamous 1920 massacre.

Ireland's National Heritage Council protects and enhances the nation's built, natural and cultural heritage, so the activities on offer during National Heritage Week are incredibly diverse.

Rory McIlroy is a natural choice to wear the coveted Masters green jacket, writes Wynne Gray.

The north of Ireland has acres of space and weather by the bucket, writes Peter Calder.

This deserted village tells a story of hardship and exile, writes Pamela Wade.

I looked at the calendar the other day and was shocked to see that it's almost St Patrick's Day.

Incoming PM to test flexibility of hefty restrictions imposed by Euro bail-out

Police today released the names of six more people who died in Christchurch's February 22, magnitude 6.3 earthquake, while Education Minister Anne Tolley has announced 110 schools in the region will have reopened by next week.