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Alex KaneThe Irish News |
It isn’t a matter of indifference to me that Conor Murphy is likely to be a member of Seanad Éireann in a matter of weeks. He has long been one...
2024 was a year that Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr would have recognised: “The more things change, the more they stay the same.” Yes, we had an...
The picture accompanying today’s column is of my Mum and me in December 1961. I was six years old, and this was my first post-adoption Christmas:...
In an article on July 6 1998, about a week after the election to the first assembly, I wondered what anti-agreement unionism would choose to do....
About a year ago, Sinn Féin was riding very high in opinion polls in the south and there was even talk of either being strong enough to form a...
On this day, exactly 25 years ago, I was sitting in the public gallery of the Northern Ireland Assembly. It was coming up to 6pm and Gerry Adams,...
What does it mean when a Northern Ireland First Minister declares him or herself a “First Minister for everyone”? Given that presidents, prime...
Is anyone genuinely surprised that, according to the latest LucidTalk opinion poll, an overwhelming majority of unionists – around 80% –...
These are troubling times for Sinn Féin. On both sides of the border. But whether it’s long-term troubles we’re talking about, we won’t know...
Ask most people in Northern Ireland to describe east Belfast and they will usually give you a variation on the theme that it was once a vibrant...
At an event I was doing about four years ago, a member of the audience delivered what struck me as a very astute observation: “Unionists are...
To be honest, there’s nothing particularly surprising about the 2024 Northern Ireland General Election Survey, details of which were published in...
In an article for this newspaper on February 26 2016 (’Donald not so much joker as a Trump card’), I argued that it was looking increasingly...
When the Loyalist Communities Council was established on October 13 2015, I was generally supportive. It had concerned me that the loyalist...
In a piece for this newspaper on March 30 (’Here’s a job for you, Leo – lead a campaign for unity’), I suggested that Leo Varadkar might be...
It’s surprising how many MLAs seemed miffed when Hilary Benn, having said there are “no easy answers”, further told them that the Executive,...
In December 2008 David Cameron, at that point leader of the opposition, asked: “Why are there great Ulstermen and women on our television screens,...
Last Wednesday, in the House of Commons, Northern Secretary Hilary Benn announced there would be a public inquiry into the murder of Belfast...
2024 will be remembered as the year of new leaders: Gavin Robinson, Mike Nesbitt and Claire Hanna. And with Stephen Farry stepping down as deputy...
On September 2 1994, just two days after the IRA announced its “complete cessation of military operations”, a poll in the Belfast Telegraph...
In the early hours of March 3 2017, live on air, before the count had finished for the assembly election and with the final results yet to be...
There have been a number of comedy films over the years which included a scene about that ultimate nightmare moment of teenage angst: what if you...
Like so many of these “moments” it wasn’t, in fact, a huge surprise. On July 30th, I sent a message to Doug Beattie asking him for an...
As this newspaper has repeatedly pointed out since Stormont was once again raised from the dead in February, the executive has been good at...
When I was born, on August 13th, 1955, unionism was just about master of everything it surveyed across Northern Ireland. In the UK general...
A number of factors have both fed into and fuelled the riots and confrontations we have seen across streets in Belfast and some English cities this...
A border poll is more likely than not in the next decade or so. In the run-up, we’ll see a series of discussions and decisions on the precise...
The Conservative Party has just begun the process of selecting its tenth leader since November 1990, when John Major succeeded the defenestrated...
Something very odd happened in local politics last Friday. We got a Secretary of State who could, without being aided by a staffer, point to...
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