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The British and Irish governments are back making gravy together

Last Thursday, senior members of the Irish and British cabinets came together in what Taoiseach Micheál Martin called “the most extensive summit in...

yesterday 9

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Brian Feeney

Could we actually do with more ministers at Stormont, not less?

Listening to the debate about the Programme for Government last week was fascinating for a policy nerd like me. After over a decade, we have a...

yesterday 9

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David Mccann

Fleadh 2026 will beat the bodhrán for Belfast – and I might have time to right a few wrongs too

Looking back on it, I know now that I was an obnoxious teenager: a cuckoo in the next. It wasn’t my parents’ fault. They did their best. They had a...

previous day 10

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Tom Collins

As a British MP I defended Ireland’s neutrality, but we can no longer leave our defence and security to others

It is hard to overstate the seismic shifts that have occurred in the world as we know it over the last number of weeks. Although these global...

previous day 10

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Conor Mcginn

The Casement Park debacle is the perfect symbol of Stormont’s failures

“Whatever you say, say nothing when you talk about you know what” – so went the lyrics written by renowned Down folk singer Colum Sands. In this...

monday 10

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Tom Kelly

A story for Lent: Joseph of Arimathea and the life of Jesus

Why has the name Joseph of Arimathea always fascinated me? I really don’t know why, except I like the sound of it. Now, however, I can put some...

monday 10

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Anne Hailes

Tireless campaigns by Irish language activists beginning to bear fruit - The Irish News view

While there will be a welcome for the announcement that a process leading to the selection of commissioners to play key roles covering both the...

monday 10

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The Irish News

If the DUP can engage with the Irish language, why not with the GAA?

Although most discussions at Stormont over the last week have understandably concentrated on the detail of the long-awaited Programme for Government...

monday 1

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Noel Doran

Inside the belly of Trump’s MAGA beast

IN the wake of Donald Trump’s victory, there has been much anguished discussion among the commentariat about the supposed change in the cultural...

09.03.2025 7

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Becca Rothfeld

Slow dancing with the DUP and speeding up construction

The DUP is “holding up delivery” at the executive, according to Alliance deputy leader Eoin Tennyson. He accused Emma Little-Pengelly, the deputy...

08.03.2025 4

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Newton Emerson

Hooray! We’re all going to be prosperous with our new Programme for Government

Great news! We are all going to be prosperous. That’s what Michelle O’Neill says, so it must be true. She announced last week that the Programme...

08.03.2025 5

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Patrick Murphy

Climbing big hills, driving into deep potholes and being overtaken by pensioners in the Mourne Mountains

I have a cousin called Bernard who loves the mountains. He’s been up every one in Ireland, bagged a few Munros in Scotland, and last year ascended...

08.03.2025 5

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Fabien Mcquillan

From ‘sex work’ to Trump’s ugly argument with President Zelensky, there’s just too much information

LAST week, and I am not sure if this had anything to do with the alignment of the planets, unprecedented scenes were beamed live across the world...

08.03.2025 3

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Sophie Clarke

How to get it right – and very wrong – at a funeral

I got a call from an old friend a couple of weeks back to tell me one of our pals from our football team of many years ago had died. My abiding...

08.03.2025 2

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Pat Mcart

Brian Feeney: Why do unionists never learn the lessons of the past?

We’ve covered some of this ground before, Alex, and you’ve provided some explanations, but surely it’s becoming more urgent to provide clear...

07.03.2025 5

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Brian Feeney

Yes, unionism needs to change – but the reality is we all have to learn to live with each other

As you say, Brian, we have covered some of this ground before. I’m sure neither of us is surprised by that fact, since the returning to old ground...

07.03.2025 10

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Alex Kane

Casement Park and Brandywell controversies spell trouble for Sinn Féin - Chris Donnelly

On several late afternoons each week and at least one early morning, the relative silence of school classrooms and playgrounds devoid of throngs of...

07.03.2025 20

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Chris Donnelly

Denis Bradley: Let’s be honest – governments talk to paramilitaries. Time to get it out in the open

When it comes to politics, sometimes all you want to do is pull your hair out. But seeing that half the world is already pulling their hair out...

07.03.2025 1

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Denis Bradley

Neil Loughran: How are we still talking about League finals? They have to go

A LITTLE bit of Mikel Arteta must die inside every time the clip goes around. There may not have been a jet black hair out of place but, leading up...

07.03.2025 10

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Neil Loughran

Noise Annoys: The Wood Burning Savages, Hypnic Jerk, Gender Chores & Gareth Dunlop, plus unmissable gigs from High Vis, Descendents, Spiritualized, Problem Patterns & The Vaselines

THE problem with this column only running every two weeks is that it inevitably ends up falling behind in the constant scramble to cover all the...

07.03.2025 5

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David Roy