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Alliance are right: The DUP only want to govern by diktat

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Brian Feeney

Have Labour and the Conservatives left it too late to stop Farage’s Reform UK?

yesterday 4

Alex Kane

Education is key to sparing more families untimely loss - The Irish News view

yesterday 4

The Irish News

Northern Ireland is not just failing nationalists but unionists too

YOU’VE got to admire the prescience of the men behind Ulster’s Solemn League and Covenant. They could certainly see into the future. Campaigning...

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Tom Collins

The bigger picture shows a much-changed landscape - The Irish News view

IT is completely understandable that there is widespread concern about the future of our Stormont structures, with growing fears that the...

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The Irish News

Choosing hope and humanity over hatred and bigotry - The Irish News view

As details of the massacre on Australia’s Bondi Beach began to filter through on Sunday, there was a shared sense of shock and horror across the...

previous day 6

The Irish News

The lies around the Enoch Burke saga cannot go unchallenged

ENOCH Burke is back in prison, again. This time, he’s not even getting out for Christmas. Three and a half years into this saga, and with no clear...

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Elaine Crory

Thousands of children will spend this Christmas without a home. It’s a political choice

As a renter, living in the midst of a housing crisis is not good for your mental health. For those living in hotels or emergency accommodation,...

previous day 8

Aoife Moore

Is truth recovery for Troubles killings really possible?

ANY truth recovery process for the Troubles appears futile after publication of the Operation Kenova report into Stakeknife and its subsidiary...

monday 10

Newton Emerson

Mike Nesbitt has the mettle to transform the health service

THE Ulster Unionist leader, Mike Nesbitt, is the epitome of a reasonable, thoughtful individual. At times, he appears unsuited to the bear pit of...

monday 1

Tom Kelly

Crowded city bars, but country pubs closing

THERE is clear evidence that the licensed trade across Ireland has been undergoing fundamental shifts over recent years, with particularly sharp...

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Noel Doran

Nostalgia isn’t what it used to be at Christmas time

YE Olde Christmas Enchanting Wonderland proved to be a bit of a mixed bag when it came to entertainment: the children loved it but I didn’t. Part...

monday 4

Fabien Mcquillan

Denton confirms what has been known about ‘unionist justice’ for decades

THE emphasis in the past few days has understandably focussed on Operation Kenova’s most sensational findings about Freddie Scappaticci and the...

13.12.2025 3

Brian Feeney

How unionism took a wrong turn at O’Neill’s crossroads and ended up lost

ALTHOUGH we are a society obsessed with anniversaries, we missed one this week. In a television address on December 9 1968, the Unionist Prime...

13.12.2025 3

Patrick Murphy

The rise of ‘performative chill’: Why we’re exhausted from pretending not to care

There was a time when the most desirable personality trait was being “nice.” Now it’s being “chill.” Chill about plans. Chill about relationships....

13.12.2025 1

Sophie Clarke

This week showed again there is little to admire about British justice

Martin McGuinness frequently said that I had a naive streak, that my belief there were some kind of checks and balances in the British system that...

13.12.2025 10

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The Irish News

Alliance are right: The DUP only want to govern by diktat

Brian Feeney

Have Labour and the Conservatives left it too late to stop Farage’s Reform UK?

Alex Kane

Education is key to sparing more families untimely loss - The Irish News view

The Irish News

Northern Ireland is not just failing nationalists but unionists too

Tom Collins

The bigger picture shows a much-changed landscape - The Irish News view

The Irish News

Choosing hope and humanity over hatred and bigotry - The Irish News view

The Irish News

The lies around the Enoch Burke saga cannot go unchallenged

Elaine Crory

Thousands of children will spend this Christmas without a home. It’s a political choice

Aoife Moore

Is truth recovery for Troubles killings really possible?

Newton Emerson

Mike Nesbitt has the mettle to transform the health service

Tom Kelly

Crowded city bars, but country pubs closing

Noel Doran

Nostalgia isn’t what it used to be at Christmas time

Fabien Mcquillan

Denton confirms what has been known about ‘unionist justice’ for decades

Brian Feeney

How unionism took a wrong turn at O’Neill’s crossroads and ended up lost

Patrick Murphy

The rise of ‘performative chill’: Why we’re exhausted from pretending not to care

Sophie Clarke

This week showed again there is little to admire about British justice

Pat Mcart