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Pensioners left out in the cold by insufficient and delayed winter payment - The Irish News view

ANY endeavours to protect and support the most vulnerable in our society are to be welcomed. Communities Minister Gordon Lyons announced on Wednesday...

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Scale of suffering in Gaza has lost none of its power to shock - The Irish News view

It is more than a year since Israel began its devastating bombardment of Gaza, sparked by the shocking attack by Hamas on Israeli citizens which saw...

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Health minister needs to see there’s more than one crisis point facing NHS - The Irish News view

THE crisis in the health service is normally described in terms of lengthy waiting lists, overcrowded emergency departments and the scaling down of...

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A5 upgrade faces new legal delay, threatening safety and lives - The Irish News view

Just when it seemed that work was certain to start on the desperately needed upgrade to the A5, the dismal and deadly prospect of yet more delays has...

16.11.2024 10

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Education beats punishment as a route to a better society - The Irish News view

IT has taken the criminal justice system a while to catch up on education. The tradition of punishing children for failing to learn has long since...

13.11.2024 10

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Stormont’s health crisis: Pay disputes, strike threats & the urgent need for reform - The Irish News view

While we continue to wait impatiently for Mike Nesbitt to publish the strategic plan he said would come in “the immediate weeks” following...

13.11.2024 10

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Ireland’s snap election: Harris calls poll amid Sinn Féin stumbles and booming economy - The Irish News view

The race to form the next Irish government enters its first full week today. This will be a mercifully short, sharp sprint, especially compared to the...

11.11.2024 10

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Anna Lo's death takes from us a woman of great courage and integrity - The Irish News view

THE tributes paid to Anna Lo provide all of the adjectives required to summarise her and the impact she made as a politician here. From across the...

10.11.2024 10

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History will be the judge of Donald Trump as a president - The Irish News view

NEVER mind Frank Sinatra or Richard Nixon, Donald Trump will now for ever be known as the king of the comeback. Four years after being sent packing...

08.11.2024 10

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Cross-border funding a welcome boost for communities - The Irish News view

THRIVING communities are the life blood of a society and a number of ours were given much-needed shots in the arm this week. As we reported yesterday,...

06.11.2024 10

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The bitter truth about how our love of sweets is harming our health - The Irish News view

The pressures on our health service are well known. The reasons for that pressure, however, are not always clearly understood. While part of the...

05.11.2024 10

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US election: Trump v Harris is America’s choice but we will all feel the consequences - The Irish News view

America finally votes tomorrow, after an incendiary election campaign that has at times felt more like an outlandish Netflix fantasy-drama than it has...

04.11.2024 10

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Pleas for diazepam before paramilitary-style beatings, shorter life expectancy, intergenerational trauma, medication dependency and an expectation of poor health - GPs share challenges of working in Northern Ireland’s deprived communities - The Irish News view

A window into the intense and sometimes shocking challenges facing our health and social care system has been opened by a study focused on GPs working...

31.10.2024 20

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Alliance under pressure to get off border poll fence - The Irish News view

It is a long time since John Alderdice was centrally involved in Northern Ireland politics. If the former Alliance party leader is remembered for...

30.10.2024 10

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Preventing online child abuse is the responsibility of us all - The Irish News view

While most children here are now enjoying their mid-term break this week, there are as many as 3,500 others across the world whose lives have been...

29.10.2024 10

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Belfast gridlock: John O’Dowd needs to get a move on - The Irish News view

In a novel but entirely unconvincing approach to solving Belfast’s record-breaking traffic congestion, infrastructure minister John O’Dowd...

28.10.2024 10

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Catfishing crimes of depraved predator Alexander McCartney emphasise online dangers - The Irish News view

It is almost impossible to comprehend the horrific scale of the sadistic offences committed by Alexander McCartney, the Newry man whose vile and...

26.10.2024 10

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We can see through the lack of openness and transparency - The Irish News view

STORMONT’S scrutiny committees are an essential part of the apparatus of government. They are supposed to hold ministers and their departments to...

26.10.2024 8

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Midwifery and maternity care services recommendations need urgent delivery - The Irish News view

The shelves of Stormont’s government departments are already creaking under the accumulated weight of the volumes of expert reports gathered over...

25.10.2024 10

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For Enda’s sake, the punishment must fit the crime for drink-drive killers - The Irish News view

ENDA Dolan was already a gifted student, a talented sportsman and a promising guitarist before he was killed at the age of 18 by a drunken driver in...

23.10.2024 20

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When will enough be enough for Israel and its wars in Gaza and Lebanon? - The Irish News view

What will Israel regard as victory in its wars in Gaza and Lebanon? As its army kills thousands in both conflicts, the deaths of various Hamas and...

22.10.2024 10

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Immediate progress needed to tackle violence against women - The Irish News view

THE appalling level of violence taking place against women is among the most serious issues facing our society, and it demands the firmest possible...

19.10.2024 10

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Sinn Féin must cover the questions not cover up the answers - The Irish News view

IF Sinn Féin hoped the fully-justified furore over the slew of self-inflicted scandals which have engulfed it in recent weeks would have started to...

18.10.2024 10

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New Boyne Bridge battle can’t be allowed to derail Grand Central Station scheme - The Irish News view

While every effort must be made to preserve what can be demonstrated to be constructions of historical value, any attempt to blatantly intimidate...

17.10.2024 20

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Paul Givan needs to explain his department’s confusing approach to educational underachievement - The Irish News view

We might reasonably expect the Department of Education to make educated decisions. However, in publishing an indicative list of schools which may...

16.10.2024 10

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It’s time for the DUP to end the LCC’s special access – The Irish News view

Undaunted by the overwhelmingly negative reaction to one of its ministers meeting the Loyalist Communities Council last month, a second DUP minister...

12.10.2024 10

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Health and social care reforms can’t be dodged any longer - The Irish News view

Yesterday’s visit by Professor Raphael Bengoa evoked a strong sense of déjà vu all over again. It is almost exactly eight years since Prof Bengoa...

10.10.2024 10

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All parties must treat safeguarding with necessary importance - The Irish News view

THE case of Michael McMonagle is a hugely disturbing one, and the decision by Sinn Féin president Mary Lou McDonald to order what she described as a...

09.10.2024 10

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Claire Hanna’s first challenge is to provide clarity about the SDLP’s sense of identity - The Irish News view

How do you translate personal popularity into party success? That’s the challenge facing Claire Hanna, the new leader of the SDLP as she sets out to...

08.10.2024 10

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Ceasefire more crucial than ever one year into Middle East crisis - The Irish News view

07.10.2024 10

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The Irish News view: Record-breaking Belfast gridlock must drive transport debate

THE gear-grinding monotony of commuting in and out of Belfast has reached new depths. Analysis by a traffic data company has confirmed what...

06.10.2024 10

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An education in the Irish language is needed.. for the bigots - The Irish News view

IT is clear that attempts by loyalist elements to intimidate Irish language enthusiasts as they maintain a low-key presence outside what are perceived...

05.10.2024 10

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Joe Biden needs to finally find his voice and backbone with regards to Israel - The Irish News view

When Lebanon’s caretaker prime minister Najib Mikati said yesterday that his country was going through one of the most dangerous stages in its...

02.10.2024 10

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The more the UUP advocates change, the more it stays the same - The Irish News view

It is too early to say if Mike Nesbitt’s second coming as leader of the Ulster Unionists represents a new beginning for the party, or if it just...

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Unity debate benefits from Leo Varadkar’s energy and focus - The Irish News view

It is a measure of the changing climate in Irish politics that the former Fine Gael taoiseach Leo Varadkar delivered a speech last week which would...

30.09.2024 10

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The Ulster All-Stars again shows the importance and power of sport - The Irish News view

IT can be all too easy to throw stones and cast aspersions but, as we know, sport has a great and perhaps unrivalled power to unite. All across the...

28.09.2024 20

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XL Bully ban is urgently needed in all parts of our island - The Irish News view

THE level of threat presented by XL Bully-type dogs means it is entirely appropriate that their ownership should be covered by the strictest possible...

27.09.2024 10

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Actions not gestures needed to counter anti-immigration messaging - The Irish News view

The crude anti-immigration posters which appeared in the Newtownabbey area represent a blatant threat to a vulnerable group of people and need to be...

25.09.2024 10

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Israel is intent on another slaughter of the innocents - The Irish News view

AFTER the chaos unleashed by last week’s pager and walkie-talkie bombings in Lebanon, Israel has now returned to one of its more conventional...

24.09.2024 10

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Derry and Strabane city deal is good news for everyone - The Irish News view

In a welcome shift from the dispiriting tone of British government announcements in recent days, Derry and Strabane has been given a welcome injection...

20.09.2024 8

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Hilary Benn needs to urgently clarify Labour’s position on Sean Brown inquiry, city deals and Casement Park - The Irish News view

While there were reasonable hopes that the arrival of a new Labour government in London would have positive consequences for all the people of...

19.09.2024 10

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Irish Open golf at Royal County Down a triumph we can build on - The Irish News view

HOPES of a home winner may have landed in the rough at the end but there’s little doubt we can look back on the Irish Open as a huge triumph. Over...

18.09.2024 10

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Casement Park: A once in a generation opportunity has been squandered through political failure - The Irish News view

Many factors have contributed to the appalling list of mistakes surrounding the Casement Park debacle, which clearly represents a grave indictment of...

16.09.2024 10

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Pat Finucane inquiry offers hope for truth and healing – The Irish News view

The British government has done what it should have decades ago and ordered a public inquiry into the 1989 murder of Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane....

13.09.2024 10

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Mental health crisis needs funding, not firefighting - The Irish News view

The pain of losing a loved one through suicide is a grief which has touched far too many of us. Just over 200 deaths by suicide are registered each...

12.09.2024 10

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Concern at slow start to activities of Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery - The Irish News view

The Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery (ICRIR) is the most recent of a long line of attempts to address the hugely...

11.09.2024 20

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Time for Stormont to cut the waffle and deliver on its long overdue programme for government – The Irish News view

10.09.2024 10

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Re-setting of relationships must be followed by focus on border poll - The Irish News view

Simon Harris and Keir Starmer are politicians with similar instincts, and it was entirely appropriate that they emphasised the importance of...

09.09.2024 9

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New Grand Central Station in Belfast must signal Translink’s services are back on track - The Irish News view

It will be all change for public transport this weekend as passengers finally get their first experience of Grand Central Station in Belfast. The last...

07.09.2024 10

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Shocking case of Anu Okusanya puts onus on all to speak out - The Irish News view

The circumstances surrounding the death of the Newry care home worker Anu Okusanya are deeply alarming, and impossible to separate from the wider...

07.09.2024 8

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