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No, Alex, the GFA ensures a referendum will take place

yesterday 5

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Brian Feeney

Did nationalism blunder on a border poll in 1998?

yesterday 6

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Alex Kane

Economic analysis is welcome addition to united Ireland debate - The Irish News view

yesterday 6

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British and Irish governments need to untie legacy knot together

yesterday 6

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Denis Bradley

There is nothing stopping Stormont taking control of benefits

Welfare reform is still supposedly going ahead, despite the government’s significant retreat on the issue. Almost everyone at Westminster accepts...

previous day 8

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Newton Emerson

Looks like bonfire season is heating up nicely for those who hate

Happy July everyone. It looks like it is shaping up to be a really fabulous one for all of us who love nothing more than expressing ourselves...

previous day 8

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Leona Oneill

North’s politics just marking time until reality dawns

On Friday it will be exactly one year since Keir Starmer’s Labour party won the British general election with 411 seats, giving him a whopping...

wednesday 2

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Brian Feeney

Wallace Thompson making significant contribution to future of unionism - The Irish News view

If Wallace Thompson was a DUP elected representative, as he could easily have been, there is every prospect that the views he has been expressing...

wednesday 5

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Will there be a northern name in this year’s Irish presidential election?

The race for the Áras is getting underway. Who will replace Michael D Higgins when his term expires later this year? Several candidates have been...

wednesday 1

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David Mccann

Labour needs to send its useless prime minister packing

Well, the asterisks were flying over Glastonbury at the weekend, as were the Palestinian flags; and the British establishment didn’t like it one...

01.07.2025 1

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Tom Collins

Mary Kelly: Why can’t we have nice waterfront life in Belfast?

Travel might well broaden the mind, but it can also make you painfully aware of the shortcomings of your own home town. A recent trip, which...

01.07.2025 5

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Mary Kelly

Only the West can stop the genocide in Gaza - The Irish News view

If the first casualty of war is truth, distraction is a second danger. The war between Israel and Iran has distracted attention from the continuing...

01.07.2025 10

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Tom Kelly: Sticking a finger in the dyke won’t work for NI Water

‘Í chailleann tú t-uisce go deo go ritheann an tobar tirim’ is an Irish proverb which translates into ‘you never miss the water until the well runs...

01.07.2025 2

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Tom Kelly

A quarter of a century on, the PSNI risks losing what made it work

It is hugely disappointing that the PSNI, instead of preparing to celebrate the 25th anniversary of its launch next year as a heartening success...

30.06.2025 1

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Noel Doran