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The Anglo-Irish Agreement changed both unionism and republicanism

THIS week sees the 40th anniversary of the Anglo-Irish Agreement. Despite reactions at that time, this proved to be a cardinal political...

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Mark Durkan

What will happen to legacy law if Labour loses power?

LABOUR’S Troubles legacy plan is becoming politically unsustainable in Britain. The backlash from senior military figures has broken through in...

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Newton Emerson

How unionism missed its moment after the ‘betrayal’ of the Anglo-Irish Agreement

THE Anglo-Irish Agreement – 40 years old today, November 15 – was, I think, the greatest psychological blow to unionism in my lifetime. Fair...

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Alex Kane

Taoiseach and new president on collision course over neutrality

WILL Catherine Connolly prevent Ireland from going to war? That was the unspoken question at this week’s inauguration of Ireland’s tenth president....

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Patrick Murphy

Fabien McQuillan: In the clear light of morning, ghosts of old friends come to mind

I WOKE up the next morning and it took a while for me to twig where I was. The ceiling was like an upside-down boat, and the window that the dull...

previous day 7

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Fabien Mcquillan

Why having a boyfriend isn’t embarrassing... even if Vogue thinks it is

Last month British Vogue published a piece arguing that having a boyfriend has become “embarrassing”, which subsequently went viral due to its...

previous day 7

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Sophie Clarke

Witnessing how water has been weaponised by Israel in the battle for the West Bank

THE town of Bardala sits at the northern end of the Jordan Valley and as you climb the hills out of the town, it opens up into high plains of...

previous day 7

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Patricia Mac Bride

Why we are all being gaslit in the ‘biased BBC’ debate

In August last year, Donald Trump described the former US President Joe Biden as a spokesperson for ‘the radical left movement’ that was out to...

previous day 7

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Pat Mcart

When Britain decided unionists were the problem

TOMORROW is the 40th anniversary of the Anglo-Irish Agreement (AIA), signed at Hillsborough by Garret FitzGerald and Margaret Thatcher with hordes...

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Brian Feeney

Will Starmer survive? Will British politics ever be the same again?

SOMETIMES you just have to admire the sheer chutzpah of a party press office. The ability to pump out what amounts to nothing more than epically...

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Alex Kane

More work needed to lift shadow of sectarianism from society - The Irish News View

IT is disturbing that, despite the advances which have been made on many fronts since the worst days of the Troubles, the dark shadow of...

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Máiría Cahill: My granny Nora and the enduring value of trusted journalism

MY granny Nora was an avid reader of The Irish News. Every morning, she would put on her duffle coat and walk, rain, hail or snow, from her house...

friday 10

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Máiría Cahill

Can Stormont hold ministers to account without pulling the Good Friday Agreement apart?

MONDAY’S no confidence motion against DUP education minister Paul Givan failed without unionist support, as was entirely predictable. In an attempt...

13.11.2025 10

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Newton Emerson

The navel-gazing BBC seems obsessed with talking about itself - The Irish News view

It has been a peculiar week for the BBC. Across television, radio and online platforms, one theme has dominated the airwaves: the BBC itself....

13.11.2025 10

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The Irish News

Cormac Moore: The tragedy of Eoin MacNeill and the fate of the Irish border

One hundred years ago, on November 7 1925, British paper The Morning Post published a forecast of the Irish Boundary Commission award. While there...

12.11.2025 10

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Cormac Moore

Kenny Archer: Look again, VAR needs work but it has improved the game

SIT down, reader. Put a warm blanket around your knees. Have a nourishing drink to hand and make sure you are not alone. This will come as a shock....

12.11.2025 1

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Kenny Archer

Why does the DUP want to hand over hard-won rights?

THE British Home Secretary, Shabana Mahmood, has sent officials to Denmark to find out how the Danish government gets round EU rules on immigration...

12.11.2025 10

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Brian Feeney

As the DUP declines to send anyone to President Connolly in Dublin, the scary question is: do we even want reconciliation here?

All is not well. Relationships are so strained on the hill that people are wondering out loud if the Assembly will collapse again. The vibe is bad,...

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Sarah Creighton