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Andrew McQuillan

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An Orange march and the hollow promise of Irish unification

Once again events on an otherwise nondescript stretch of road in Portadown are likely to have an outsized impact on politics in Northern Ireland. The...

28.09.2026 20

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Has paedophile Jeffrey Donaldson destroyed the DUP?

The embattled members of the Democratic Unionist party gathered at a hotel on the outskirts of Belfast this weekend for their annual conference, the...

21.09.2026 30

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Ireland’s embarrassing fawning over Donald Trump

Usually, when an American politician makes some pronouncement about the inevitability of a united Ireland, it is invariably some Democrat backwoodsman...

15.09.2026 30

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Are the days of disorder about to return to Drumcree?

Drumcree Parish Church on the outskirts of Portadown in County Armagh is what comes to mind when thinking of Winston Churchill’s comment about the...

08.09.2026 40

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Northern Ireland has been the biggest loser from Brexit

In the decade since the vote to leave the European Union, arguably no issue has consumed more energy, column inches, political capital and careers...

25.06.2026 30

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Andrew McQuillan

Northern Ireland has been the biggest loser from Brexit

In the decade since the vote to leave the European Union, arguably no issue has consumed more energy, column inches, political capital and careers...

23.06.2026 30

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Why is it mainly loyalists rioting in Belfast?

Monday’s attempted beheading in North Belfast was not the first time an act of brutality has taken place in the area. During the Troubles, it was...

11.06.2026 30

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Bloody Sunday and the battle for Northern Ireland’s past

24.10.2025 30

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Andrew McQuillan