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Nationalists tighten their grip on the Celtic fringe

Nationalists tighten their grip on the Celtic fringe

JUST how united can the United Kingdom continue to be? That is the question that arises from the recent local and regional elections across Britain....

22.05.2026 10

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Malachi o'doherty

Why the IRA strategy still echoes today

Why the IRA strategy still echoes today

WHEN I was young the IRA was a historic legend. Sixty years ago I was 15 years old and deeply impressed by the fiftieth anniversary celebrations of...

16.05.2026 10

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Malachi o'doherty

Harp, pint and cottage — the myths we choose

ONE of the core iconic images or symbols of Ireland is the harp. The harp on the cover of the Irish passport probably works subliminally as an...

09.05.2026 20

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Northern Ireland’s quiet identity crisis

NORTHERN Ireland, where I live, has an identity problem. Essentially it’s this. Few people who live here actually identify as Northern Irish. Many...

24.04.2026 20

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Casement Park and the long shadow of identity in Belfast

THE first primary school I went to in Belfast is now a heap of rubble. It is also at the heart of a prolonged and now tired political wrangle over who...

11.04.2026 30

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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...

04.04.2026 20

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Malachi o'doherty

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 40

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Malachi o'doherty

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 40

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Malachi o'doherty

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 40

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Malachi o'doherty

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 40

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Malachi o'doherty

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 40

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Malachi o'doherty