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Noel Doran__The Irish News |
IF the recent plans of some figures in Fianna Fáil had come to fruition, it would have celebrated the centenary of its launch at the weekend by...
During this week next year, if Assembly elections go ahead as scheduled, everyone with an interest in the political process would normally be fully...
JIM McDowell’s funeral took place at the weekend and, while his death is above all an immense loss to his family, I am not at all sure if journalism...
THERE is a blandness to many of the newer, large commercial and residential centres across Ireland, north and south, which verges on the depressing,...
A REVILED US lawyer who died nearly four decades go might not be expected to have a central influence on one of the main Irish sporting events of the...
THERE is a large housing estate adjacent to a scenic area of Belfast which has regularly featured in best kept civic awards, and where the residents...
IN the modern media landscape, with a massive range of platforms constantly updating their output, it is difficult to convey the scale of the impact...
SOME aspects of the annual St Patrick’s Day celebrations in Washington can be open to parody, but there were developments during last week’s...
IF GAA regulations still prevented British soldiers and northern police officers from joining today, it would be completely understandable if the...
JOHN Taylor is well used to having his opinions directly questioned, but what cannot be disputed is that his range of political experience – which...
THE incredible Peter Mandelson scandal is still unfolding on both sides of the Atlantic, and, together with last week’s seismic Manchester...
JON Burrows has had much to say since he became Ulster Unionist leader last month at a remarkably early stage in his political career, while so far...
WHILE Tony Blair has become used to facing heavy criticism from a range of sources during his lengthy and contentious public career, arguably the most...