Fionola Meredith

I’ve found my new favourite pub in Northern Ireland. The trouble is, it’s under threat of closure.

In any sane media culture the fact Mills denies the claims against him should impose a degree of caution. Instead, it has already been swept up into the same breathless cycle

The fact Mills denies the claims against him should impose a degree of caution. Instead, it has already been swept up into the same breathless cycle

Fionola Meredith: After reading how my sofa could be killing me, I donned gloves and dust mask, revved up the electric saw and hacked it to pieces

I love raw milk. Fresh, non-pasteurised, as natural as it can be. To my mind, it’s tastier and healthier because it hasn’t had nutrients stripped out by the pasteurisation process. We get ours from a farm in the Castlereagh hills above Belfast, because you can’t buy this stuff in the shops.

There are some illnesses that attract sympathy — a broken leg, a cancer diagnosis, a heart attack. These are obvious forms of suffering. Nobody asks if you’re putting it on. Nobody suggests you might be making a fuss, or that you could probably get over it if only you tried a bit harder.

The Tobacco and Vapes Act is one of those laws that manages to sound compassionate while being, in practice, bossy, incoherent and ill-conceived.

When I think of Peppa Pig, I do not immediately think of bacon, sausages, factory farming or the moral horror of intensive pork production.

Peter Murrell’s lavish SNP embezzlement spree raises brutal questions for Nicola Sturgeon and party culture

Lidl’s new Dundonald pub exposes Northern Ireland’s strict alcohol licensing and its impact on small breweries and jobs