‘Painful’ Budget from a government not afraid to be unpopular
Labour in calculated bet to introduce unpopular measures in first Budget in the hope of evening out public finances by the end of its mandate
Opinion
Nightmare on Downing Street – a Halloween budget to scare businesses
If you own a farm, a business, or some shares, the need to be afraid today is real - Ross Boyd
Workers will end up paying the price
£25 billion national insurance tax bill for business will filter through to employees' pay packets
Review: Cillian Murphy is riveting in Small Things Like These
David Roy reviews new Irish drama Small Things Like These starring Cillian Murphy, based on the best-seller by Claire Keegan
Brian Feeney: Sinn Féin has no idea how to run a party but won’t trust ‘strangers’
Ignorance and incompetence thrive because party is reluctant to ditch long-term party apparatchiks
Cormac Moore: How the ‘third man’ on the Boundary Commission 100 years ago helped secure the border for unionism
Joseph R Fisher was the Northern Ireland representative on the Boundary Commission
Alliance under pressure to get off border poll fence - The Irish News view
Lord Alderdice is right - it is not politically realistic for Alliance to remain constitutionally agnostic
Kenny Archer: Newbridge showed the power of positivity against great champions Glen
Newbridge's self-belief shone through as they shocked the All-Ireland Club SFC holders
“I do see it as an either or in the next year or two as to whether players are playing GAA or AFLW and not both” - Aisling Sheridan on possible player drain in ladies’ football
Fear of an exodus has shifted from men’s to women’s football as playing Aussie Rules becomes more lucrative for Irish players
Michael McWilliams: Erik ten Hag’s successor has huge task on his hands at Manchester United
On so many occasions over the past 12 months the Dutchman has presided over embarrassing results and survived, so it seemed almost inevitable he would be allowed to limp on to Sunday’s Premier League clash with Chelsea, where another home defeat to a decent team would ensue
Mary Kelly: Would you like a criminal conspiracy with your burger?
The media keep falling for Donald Trump’s stunts ahead of next week’s presidential election