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Malachi O'Doherty

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Reconciliation is admirable but not uncomplicated

Reconciliation is admirable but not uncomplicated

THE point of the item was to demonstrate that people in polar opposite positions can find empathy and even love. This was on The Tommy Tiernan Show on...

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Malachi o'doherty

In search of the Doherty clan

In search of the Doherty clan

IRELAND still has clans. You can buy maps on tea towels in tourism shops which show you the regions from which old Gaelic family names come. My crowd,...

28.03.2026 10

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The unravelling of a peacemaker myth

I DON’T know what to make of George Mitchell. I know the impression he made in Ireland when he was President Clinton’s envoy and chaired the peace...

21.03.2026 10

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The reluctant baron of Strangford Lough

IT’S NOT a wedding present I would have thanked you for, but no one was complaining when the late Queen bestowed another title on her son Andrew,...

07.03.2026 20

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Problems with promises made over a cradle

I WAS baptised twice. The first time was, I think, on the day I was born, a premature twin, with some doubt hanging over both of us about whether we...

02.03.2026 20

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Aer Lingus warned it could face US sanctions if security orders ignored

AER Lingus could face sanctions from US authorities if it fails to comply fully with federal security instructions, former airline chief Willie Walsh...

02.03.2026 10

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Malachi o'doherty