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In an era of Trump meddling, the past shows how leaders can alter history for the better

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31.03.2025 5

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23.03.2025 4

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SF demands storm compensation in RoI while opposing it in NI... this nonsensical stance encapsulates a deep problem

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16.03.2025 10

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The secret papers which reveal radical thinking about a united Ireland

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10.03.2025 10

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09.03.2025 20

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If the DUP is serious about winning Catholic support, its approach to the Pope needs to change drastically

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03.03.2025 7

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The plight of the Pope is an acid test of DUP diplomacy

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03.03.2025 2

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02.03.2025 20

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Donald Trump is right about one thing – Ireland desperately needs to invest in its Defence Forces

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24.02.2025 4

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Belfast is a great city, but swathes of it are crumbling, the dereliction is getting worse – and the authorities seem powerless

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23.02.2025 5

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09.02.2025 10

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Sir Declan Morgan: The man who could radically reshape our understanding of Troubles — but who’ll quit if he’s obstructed

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02.02.2025 10

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DUP suffers brake failure… but it’s Stormont that could hit the wall

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27.01.2025 5

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Nationalists should have taken Winston Churchill’s advice on Irish unity

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20.01.2025 10

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19.01.2025 5

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Unionists will never accept the Tricolour as their flag in a united Ireland

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13.01.2025 10

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Stormont Civil Service pays out more than £11m to settle employee claims — but that's nowhere near the true figure

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12.01.2025 5

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Murphy’s baffling decision to leave Stormont and head south could backfire badly for Sinn Fein

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06.01.2025 10

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Murphy’s southern move a big gamble

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06.01.2025 3

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Why 2025 is the time for Irish Government to act on legacy – and Micheál Martin has a unique opportunity to do so

30.12.2024 9

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Why 2025 is the time for Irish Government to act on legacy

30.12.2024 5

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The sacking of a Free Presbyterian minister has unsettled a church which is changing faster than some of its clerics would like

29.12.2024 10

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IRA gunman’s crusade to find Robert Nairac’s body after soldier saved his life

23.12.2024 10

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The optimistic case for Stormont: Why devolution could get better in 2025

22.12.2024 10

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Flip-flopping Sinn Fein fast losing their credibility as party of the left

16.12.2024 6

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Northern Bank robbery 20 years on: why it remains a grotesque abuse of human rights and a political danger

15.12.2024 6

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DUP key to securing sea border vote – but it leaves party far more vulnerable than anyone else

12.12.2024 5

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Mary Lou McDonald is right: Sinn Fein’s decline hasn’t undermined the chances of Irish unity

08.12.2024 10

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30.11.2024 8

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Politicians are afraid to come clean on unpalatable climate change truths

24.11.2024 10

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23.11.2024 5

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23.11.2024 6

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While claiming to get better, NI Civil Service has got worse — and that’s hurting it as well as us

16.11.2024 7

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Endemic rottenness in the local waste industry a problem Stormont keeps failing to deal with

02.11.2024 10

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Both DUP and Sinn Fein’s indifference to lies is really straining trust in politics

27.10.2024 8

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Pitiful Stormont spectacle undermines not just our faith in a system of scrutiny but risks eroding confidence in devolution

26.10.2024 20

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Pitiful Stormont committee spectacle undermines not just our faith in a system of scrutiny but risks undermining devolution

26.10.2024 8

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Pitiful Stormont spectacle undermines not just our faith in a system of scrutiny but risks undermining the edifice of devolution

26.10.2024 9

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Jumping on every passing bandwagon sums up Sinn Féin’s shifting policies

20.10.2024 3

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Where exactly are we going in the future? Northern Ireland politics in 2030 could look very different to that of today

19.10.2024 4

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Niall Ó Donnghaile was happy to slur us when we were investigating his own misbehaviour

16.10.2024 5

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Anybody buying a house near NI’s coasts or rivers should consult Stormont’s flood maps

14.10.2024 6

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12.10.2024 6

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Sinn Fein’s silence, secrecy and misleading statements contrast with openness of British Heart Foundation

07.10.2024 6

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Tragedy of tribalism ensures loathsome people can hide in plain sight

06.10.2024 5

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PM authorised top secret use of SAS to thwart previously-unknown plot against NI’s top officer, file reveals – but is that the whole story?

05.10.2024 4

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Thanks but no thanks, Microsoft – I don’t need your AI tool to let my children know I love them

29.09.2024 4

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RHI pledge torn up: I’ve only contempt for politicians who set up scheme, says farmer as every claimant to have payments halted

28.09.2024 10

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