| The recent rainy spell in Northern Ireland has made it a more damp than average March but not as wet as in much of Great Britain Northern Ireland has been dismayed to learn that Princess Kate has cancer, news that comes after relentless speculation about why she was absent from public life for so long. Jackie McGregor wishes her a speedy recovery and writes about how the sometimes cruel gossip made her feel she had to speak. Meanwhile, Kilkeel is heartbroken by the murder of Pastor McKee. In St Patrick's traditions, the Duchess of Edinburgh presented shamrock to Royal Irish soldiers. And the schools cup rugby showdown was a disappointment for the underdogs Ballymena, who fought well in their first final since 2010. The surprise resignation of Leo Varadkar has prompted Neil McCarthy to write that the Taoiseach did more to decouple NI from the rest of the UK than De Valera ever did. I write that he and President Higgins reflected a greening of Irish politics that makes the two-state solution for NI more important than ever. In an interesting essay, Professor Brian Walker says that NI's first prime minister wanted the whole community to buy into the fledgling state, so might have welcomed the election of a nationalist first minister. In Kells last week, the TUV announced an election pact with Reform UK. This was my immediate reaction to Jim Allister's speech. A division in unionism is sad but almost inevitable given the utterly different views on the Irish Sea border. The architects in the flawed Victoria Square apartments are saying nothing about the scandal. Some weeks ago I mentioned in a column about the normalisation of NI Caper's Pizza, the opening of which in Belfast in 1982 I remember well, aged 10. Now the owners need a break after 42 years and are calling it a day.
Lastly, Michael Dunlop is set to race in La Mons 24 hours.
Enjoy your weekend reading, Ben | 
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