There is a saying that you should never meet your heroes. Well, I have to demur. That’s because on a sunny day in Malahide in 2011, I finally chatted with a man my grandfather and his pals had ...

Mr John Brown is clearly an emotionally spontaneous chap. This piece of mine from June 2012 will attest to that fact. In the Summer of Liquidation, he stepped forward on the steps of the stadium he ...

Anyone who has travelled to the northeast of this country will have noticed the profusion of Israeli flags marking out the boundaries of Loyalist areas. Despite a rather unfortunate penchant for ...

Recent Posts. The Dalai Lama in Delaware 5th June 2025; Stateside control guarantees sustainability and second place for Sevco 30th May 2025; Domination in the league is the new normal for Celtic 26th ...

Sevco’s accumulated debts since they were founded in 2012 by Charles Green are well over £140m, add in the cost of buying a 51% stake (if that’s even viable) at this point then add in another £140m to ...

A decade ago this month, Sevco was in the midst of a short-lived dalliance with sustainability. Mr Derek Llambias was appointed by Big Mike. His colleague Barry Leach was appointed head of finance at ...

These are difficult days for those who ascribe to the Hovis advert version of Britain’s bloodstained history. At the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Samoa, the UK government is ...

So, recognising the underlying problem is lack of education (arguably more accurately ‘wilful rejection of education’), the challenge is how to engage the ‘left behind’, specifically those who leave ...

The Irish Voice is a monthly print publication that serves the Irish community in Scotland. It is free and is funded by advertisers and donations. Since February of 2024, Phil has had a regular column ...