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There’s a yawning disconnect between the governed and governing – and a 27% pay rise won’t help

There’s a yawning disconnect between the governed and governing – and a 27% pay rise won’t help

SO the body which oversees the pay of our politicians has approved a whopping 27% increase in the salary of MLAs. Unsurprisingly, the public – Joe...

16.03.2026 10

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Trump is the Genghis Khan of his generation – except Khan didn’t dodge the draft

THE notion that the UK has a special relationship with the USA is, to put it politely, away with the faeries. The USA has only one special...

09.03.2026 20

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Tom Kelly: A plumber is exactly what parliament needs right now

THERE’S no spinning or sugar-coating the election result in Gorton and Denton. The Green Party had a stunning result. Labour were squeezed into...

02.03.2026 10

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Unrepentant Blair shows he has learned nothing, forgotten nothing

I found myself obliged to watch the Channel 4 documentary on Tony Blair. During the first two terms of his administration, I was a firm supporter of...

23.02.2026 100

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How Ulster Protestant radicals helped shaped America

THERE has been much made of the monies being spent by the Department of Communities on the forthcoming 250th anniversary celebrations of the birth of...

16.02.2026 30

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It was obvious to everyone that appointing Mandelson would end in disaster

09.02.2026 10

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‘Must do better’ is no longer good enough for our failing civil service

03.02.2026 10

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Mark Carney is now the de facto leader of the true free world

26.01.2026 10

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Jenrick defection shows British politics is now a competition in sewer-swimming

19.01.2026 20

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We’ll make a bonfire of our troubles and watch them blaze away

13.01.2026 20

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Steve Bannon should butt out of Ireland with his toxic brand of politics

06.01.2026 30

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Amid all the madness, Pope Leo can keep my glass half full for 2026

29.12.2025 10

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Fianna Fáil would be foolish to jettison Micheál Martin

22.12.2025 10

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Mike Nesbitt has the mettle to transform the health service

15.12.2025 10

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I can’t stand the Eurovision – but I applaud Ireland’s stand against Israel

08.12.2025 20

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Fear sadly remains the driver of our politics

01.12.2025 20

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Defending the indefensible and failing with a capital F

25.11.2025 20

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It's a case of much ado about nothing at Stormont's Circus Maximum

18.11.2025 10

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Eugene Reavey’s testimony lays bare Britain’s murderous role in Troubles

10.11.2025 10

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The list of Stormont failures now reads like a litany of saints

03.11.2025 10

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A wake-up call for political leaders on both sides of Irish Sea

28.10.2025 10

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Only bums on seats will bring about a border poll

21.10.2025 10

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And so we have a two-horse race for the Áras (sort of)

14.10.2025 20

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The politics of retaliation is a zero sum game

06.10.2025 10

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After all the talk, Sinn Fein play safe in presidential race

23.09.2025 20

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Latest fiasco may spell beginning of end for Starmer

15.09.2025 30

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Rayner is now an ex-minister and Labour must avoid similar fate

08.09.2025 20

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Tom Kelly: Stormont has gone from cradle of hope to wreck of the Hesperus

01.09.2025 20

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Let’s not foist the intolerance of the past on those in need today

25.08.2025 20

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Standing up to the peddlers of bigotry and hate

18.08.2025 10

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‘The Liberator’ Daniel O’Connell’s values are still valid today

12.08.2025 20

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The music may have stopped with the Miami Showband massacre, but it lives on

04.08.2025 20

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Michael D Higgins will bow out with dignity — and leave a charisma vacuum behind

29.07.2025 20

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Giving 16-year-olds the vote is a good thing – but let’s prepare the ground

21.07.2025 10

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The Twelfth of July is not and never can be inclusive

15.07.2025 20

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People won’t forget how you made them feel

07.07.2025 10

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Tom Kelly: Sticking a finger in the dyke won’t work for NI Water

01.07.2025 20

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Perception matters when it comes to the ICRIR

23.06.2025 20

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Racism’s seeds sown in fertile ground of the north’s sectarianism

16.06.2025 20

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Farage caught in the middle of the Musk and Trump ego death match

09.06.2025 20

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For the sake of justice and humanity, grant an inquiry to Bridie Brown

02.06.2025 20

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Hume was right: There can be no unity without reconciliation

26.05.2025 10

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Palestine needs more than mealy-mouthed platitudes

19.05.2025 10

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Habemus Papam – you carry our hopes before you

12.05.2025 10

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Tom Kelly: Keir Starmer should be worried by Nigel Farage and Reform UK after election losses

03.05.2025 10

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Sectarianism still chokes the air we breathe

28.04.2025 10

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The Rising, the Great War and my family’s dinner table stories about 1916

21.04.2025 10

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Time for Starmer to step in to save PSNI

15.04.2025 10

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With unionists agitating, it feels like the Twelfth is just around the corner

07.04.2025 30

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Let’s learn the lessons of history as Trump brings US to brink of fascism

31.03.2025 10

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