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Flag row shows unionism still incapable of embracing change

‘In the absence of consensus it is important we stick with the status quo.’ The words of DUP minister Gordon Lyons earlier in the week as the...

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Chris Donnelly

From Carson to Craig and now to Burrows?

The Ulster Unionist Party is in the process of changing leader for the fifth time since 2017, following Mike Nesbitt’s decision to step down for a...

yesterday 10

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Cormac Moore

Conor McGinn: Bills, boats, beds and ‘events’ will dictate Keir Starmer’s fate

It was Harold Macmillan who reportedly offered “events, dear boy, events” as the reason governments tend to run into difficulties or have plans...

yesterday 8

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Conor Mcginn

Traditions can thrive when allowed to share a stage - The Irish News view

Criticism, when rooted in misunderstanding or fear, often misses the very point it claims to defend. The controversy stirred over a proposed Fleadh...

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The Irish News

Let’s meet for that coffee and fill the cup for 2026

I keep checking the date and referencing Christmas. This day a month ago, it was still 10 days away. Christmas is now firmly in the rearview mirror...

previous day 10

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Lynette Fay

When the market fails, should the state defend you in court?

ONE response Stormont could take to the criminal barristers’ strike that began last week would be to establish a public defender office. Scotland...

previous day 10

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Newton Emerson

My new year resolution is not to write about the Executive – what’s the point any more?

I USUALLY make a couple of gentle resolutions at the start of each year. None of them particularly demanding, so I won’t be preparing for park...

wednesday 10

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Alex Kane

Competing with the TUV to be the tough guy will get Gavin Robinson nowhere

REMEMBER the New Decade, Same Approach con job, signed on January 9 2020, which revived the Executive on January 11? We’re exactly six years into...

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Brian Feeney

Latest row about emblems speaks to an argument which is flagging - The Irish News view

While it is always important to encourage and develop international sport, it needs to be recognised that the Commonwealth Games is a relatively...

wednesday 10

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The Irish News

The cost of delay is being paid by patients - The Irish News view

The two stories sit uncomfortably beside each other on our front page, yet together they tell a single, troubling truth about the state of our...

13.01.2026 2

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The Irish News

Palestine Action hunger strikers expose sham of British justice

It was as recently as 1998 that judicial murder was abolished in the United Kingdom. Although the death penalty was suspended in 1965 and abolished...

13.01.2026 40

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Tom Collins

Do yourself a favour and delete your X account now

As long as technology has been around, it has been used by men to degrade women. Some man somewhere will find a way to sexualise a woman, whether...

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Aoife Moore

We’ll make a bonfire of our troubles and watch them blaze away

Listening to Radio 4, a song came on by the late, great Derry singer Josef Locke. It made me laugh, as it kind of sums up how Stormont operates –...

12.01.2026 7

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Tom Kelly

Which tact will Starmer follow on legacy legislation? - The Irish News view

The DUP leader, Gavin Robinson, plainly expects that his views on the proposed new Troubles legacy legislation at Westminster will be treated with...

12.01.2026 2

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The Irish News

Anthony McIntyre: Truth, recrimination and the value of a little compassion

Just into the new year, Denis Bradley, writing in this paper, raised a matter which has defied resolution throughout many old years. Truth, despite...

12.01.2026 20

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Anthony Mcintyre

David Bowie was quintessentially British. But also American

Amid the countless reactions to the 9/11 terror attack, one came from a source that some might have found unexpected. David Bowie, charming in...

11.01.2026 4

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Alexander Larman