Gail Walker

There isn’t anything taking place anywhere that is as sophisticated, higher-tech or more daring than the Nasa Artemis II mission, yet what gripped the attention of the public was the problem with the toilet and talk of a plumber.

There is so much to admire and envy about Rory McIlroy — his prodigious talent, huge wealth and fame, for starters.

Lonely death of Margaret Ellen Murdoch exposes modern isolation but also quiet acts of kindness at her Lisburn funeral

It promises an ‘unfiltered and up close’ insight into the police, but Stephen Nolan’s new BBC TV series Peelers: The PSNI For Real also provides a horrifying glimpse into societal breakdown here.

It promises an ‘unfiltered and up close’ insight into the police, but Stephen Nolan’s new BBC TV series Peelers: The PSNI For Real also provides a horrifying glimpse into societal breakdown here.

Gail Walker: With zero accountability for those at fault, PSNI’s inept Katie Simpson inquiry will continue to corrode public confidence like acid

One minute I was chattering and laughing, walking in bright sunshine with an elderly man who was taking me to see their family’s new pup in a barn. The next, the door had slammed shut behind me and I was grappling to free myself from him. I was barely a teenager. Four decades on, I remember every detail.

Character references in abuse cases are especially insulting to victims because “good character” is often the cover for offending

Is anyone shocked by the revelation that more than a quarter of adults in Northern Ireland take antidepressants? What’s really surprising is the numbers aren’t higher. This place grinds people down in unique and awful ways.

Once in a while you chance upon a news item that exposes how insular we can be when it comes to Troubles victims and how casual we can be about the grace others grievously impacted by our sectarian conflict have shown us.