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Sometimes Northern Ireland’s capacity for absurdity defies the expectations of even the most cynical observers. Last Monday, a high-profile peace event prompted verbal warfare between those supposedly illuminating the path to reconciliation: the British and Irish governments. What lies behind this is a fascinating political tussle involving cash from Irish taxpayers and the next general election.

Sometimes Northern Ireland’s capacity for absurdity defies the expectations of even the most cynical observers. Last Monday, a high-profile peace event prompted verbal warfare between those supposedly illuminating the path to reconciliation: the British and Irish governments. What lies behind this is a fascinating political tussle involving cash from Irish taxpayers and the next general election.

Lough Neagh is now so dangerously polluted that its lifeboat crews are unable to train in the water and now cannot enter the water unless it is a life and death situation.

Lurching along with some sort of collective leadership while bureaucrats insist everything is fine, the PSNI now resembles a dysfunctional communist regime.

Lough Neagh is now so dangerously polluted that its lifeboat crews are unable to train in the water and now cannot enter the water unless it is a life and death situation.