Brian O'Neill

The idea for Open Sunday is to let you discuss what you like. Just two rules. Keep it civil and no man/woman playing. Comments will close at 12 pm on Monday. Brian O'Neill Managing Editor of Slugger O’Toole. I help to manage Slugger by taking care of the site as well as running our live events. My background is in business, marketing and IT. My politics tend towards middle-of-the-road pragmatism; I am not a member of any political party. When …

It is uncertain whether the U.S. election-security system can adapt at the same pace as foreign capabilities are expanding.

From the BelTel: Sinn Féin’s Chris Hazzard is planning a high-stakes bid to move from Westminster to Stormont and become Strangford’s first nationalist MLA. The South Down MP will tonight launch his campaign for next year’s Assembly election in the neighbouring constituency. Speaking exclusively to the Belfast Telegraph, Mr Hazzard said boundary changes had created a “huge opportunity” for his party to win a seat in Strangford. It is one of the SDLP’s key target constituencies, but the entry of …

From the BBC: Jailed former Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) leader Jeffrey Donaldson is being investigated by London police about an alleged rape of a woman inside the Houses of Parliament, the BBC can reveal. The disgraced former MP has been accused of raping the woman in Westminster in 2016, at the very heart of the political establishment. In July, the Belfast Telegraph first reported that a woman from Northern Ireland alleged she had been sexually assaulted by Donaldson in the …

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There have long been concerns about the power of BBC Northern Ireland in the local media landscape. They have more journalists than the rest of the media put together and they very often shape what is discussed and highlighted. Now there are positives in that the BBC has done some excellent investigation work over the years, especially with Spotlight. But there are concerns that in recent times it has been chasing more populist stories as a way to stay relevant …

How best to describe the Upper Bann MP? I’m going to go with divisive. But it seems she may not be a member of the happy DUP family for long as she has quit as party officer. From the BelTel: DUP MP Carla Lockhart has quit her position as a party officer. She said she cannot continue to be part of a team that decides on the direction and strategy the party takes while “clearly having concerns about that”. The …

Takeaways from Lula’s election victory.

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