Should I stay or should I go now?

David Irvine runs the rule over Boris Johnson throughout the pandemic

OMICRON: The Fine Line Between Caution and Causing Alarm

Hannah Weir explores the reaction to the news of the Omicron variant, and reports on how sensationalism may cause more trouble.

Is The Economy Now Out of Control for Boris and the Cabinet?

The Gown’s Business and Economics Editor, Edward Ferrin, reports on how Downing Street may be getting overwhelmed by the state of the economy.

NI BUSINESSES CALL FOR COVID OPENING DATES

Business leaders, from Northern Ireland’s main commerce chambers, are calling for the Executive to release the dates they expect to lift restrictions. This comes in the wake of the Executive’s Pathway to Recovery plan, the region’s way out of the pandemic era. Aidan Lomas writes.

NI’s Way Out Of Covid: Stick With The Step-By-Step Approach

There is no doubting that any continuation of restrictions is highly frustrating as the thirteenth month of living under some form of lockdown or restriction approaches. Hope is near with the highly successful UK-wide roll out of the Covid vaccination programme. Yet that hopeful anticipation of something brighter on the horizon is persistently defeated by the recklessness of individuals who take it upon themselves to invoke their exemption to the law. Editor Peter Donnelly writes.