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Northern Irish poets look elsewhere for inspiration

Northern Irish poets look elsewhere for inspiration

I HAVE often wondered why Northern Irish poets of the last fifty years have drawn so much from the Greek and Roman classics and an answer is suggested...

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The Irish Post

Malachi o'doherty

Ian Guider: BP faces fresh turmoil as Albert Manifold vows to fight back after ousting

Ian Guider: BP faces fresh turmoil as Albert Manifold vows to fight back after ousting

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The Business Post

Ian Guider

The political Joyce hidden in plain sight

The political Joyce hidden in plain sight

CHATTING recently with a Joyce enthusiast, I mentioned that I was reviewing Frank Callanan’s book, James Joyce: A Political Life. The reaction was...

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The Irish Post

Daniel Mulhall

Why John Swinney believes now is the best time for Scottish independence

Why John Swinney believes now is the best time for Scottish independence

ON Tuesday, as he had promised in the SNP’s election campaign, Scotland’s First Minister John Swinney presented a motion to its parliament calling...

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The Irish News

Brian Feeney

The anti-Trump: There is no Mark Carney without Donald

The anti-Trump: There is no Mark Carney without Donald

Carney’s unexpected victory in the Canadian election proved the US president is such a political force that he can win elections outside his own...

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The Irish Times

David Mcwilliams

Sinn Féin can’t keep changing the label on the tin

Sinn Féin can’t keep changing the label on the tin

A united Ireland might have a border in it. That appears to be Sinn Féin’s position as outlined by First Minister Michelle O’Neill in an...

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The Irish News

Patrick Murphy

AI is moving fast. Official Ireland is not

AI is moving fast. Official Ireland is not

Looking at the AI boom now recalls the chaotic dot-com bubble of the late 1990s, though there is little doubt that jobs are on the line

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The Irish Times

Cliff Taylor

Vandalising Belfast monuments won’t change the past

Vandalising Belfast monuments won’t change the past

For better or worse, Belfast is a city filled with symbols. Some are almost universally adored. The Big Fish sits quietly along the banks of the Lagan...

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The Irish News

Sophie Clarke

Lessons on how not to promote our precious Irish language

Lessons on how not to promote our precious Irish language

Picture the scene… It’s a beautiful day in August 1974 and I’m on one of my first jobs with the local paper, the Donegal News, sent off to...

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The Irish News

Pat Mcart

Stormont’s juvenile delinquents are old enough to know better

Stormont’s juvenile delinquents are old enough to know better

AN absurd bidding war has broken out over the minimum age of criminal responsibility, currently 10 in Northern Ireland, one of the lowest in the...

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The Irish News

Newton Emerson

Difficulty of a flood-warning system is precisely the reason co-ordination must be paramount

Difficulty of a flood-warning system is precisely the reason co-ordination must be paramount

Devoid of that critical integration, our State retains no institutional memory, as lessons from failures remain trapped inside whichever department or...

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The Irish Times

Sineád O'Sullivan

When cars nearly destroyed the companies that made them

Ferrari’s first electric car just wiped billions off the company’s value in a single day – but this is far from the first time a car has...

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TheJournal

Paddy Comyn

Violence against women is increasing globally – and police forces are not immune

Violence against women is increasing globally – and police forces are not immune

Fiosrú has been given wider powers to tackle domestic, sexual and gender-based violence perpetrated by serving gardaí

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The Irish Times

Emily logan

Our climate is on steroids. The extremes of recent days will become the norm

Our climate is on steroids. The extremes of recent days will become the norm

Europe as a whole is now warming twice as fast as the global average

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The Irish Times

John Sweeney