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Anti-agreement voices unlikely to let up pressure on DUP

“This was an absolute bombshell, no-one saw it coming. Jeffrey Donaldson was deemed to be at the height of his political success, having led the...

08.04.2024 6

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Unionists want ‘reconciliation’ to be the new precondition for holding a unity vote

In case you missed the memo, reconciliation is the new supermajority. Just as 50 per cent-plus-one is not enough for Irish unity, and in fact would be...

25.03.2024 9

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Our civic spaces can no longer exclusively reflect one identity

What do William James Pirrie, Sir James Horner Haslett, Sir Daniel Dixon, Robert James McMordie, Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood and Sir Edward...

11.03.2024 6

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Time for unionism to catch the Casement vision

Exactly five months ago, the deputy leader of the DUP, Gavin Robinson, issued a press release welcoming £63 million of public money being spent on...

27.02.2024 10

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Chris Donnelly: The north has changed - but the media’s obsession with unionism remains

‘What else do you expect?’ The north of Ireland has witnessed tremendous change taking place over the recent past, transforming attitudes,...

12.02.2024 30

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Pulling down Stormont was always about more than the invisible Irish Sea border

Over-egged by some as his David Trimble moment, Jeffrey Donaldson’s speech delivered to a sparsely populated House of Commons last Wednesday...

29.01.2024 7

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Unionism’s No men are no longer in control – Chris Donnelly

This Thursday will see the biggest strike in the history of the Northern Irish state. At least 15 trade unions, representing workers from across the...

15.01.2024 4

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Border poll debate can’t be shut down by DUP

A New Year begins today, but an old and very familiar problem continues to plague our politics. In an interview last week, the Sinn Féin leader, Mary...

02.01.2024 40

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Unionism stuck at the crossroads

We are living in times of great stress and despondency for many families. I had occasion to visit Foodstock in the Andersonstown area of west Belfast...

19.12.2023 9

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Chris Donnelly: Teachers serve children's education, not bureaucrats' whims

There is nothing quite like Christmas in a primary school.

06.12.2023 6

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Teachers serve children's education, not bureaucrats' whims

There is nothing quite like Christmas in a primary school.

04.12.2023 8

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Chris Donnelly: Will loyalist paramilitary 'transitioning' ever end?

The word 'transition' has many different meanings.

20.11.2023 10

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Chris Donnelly: Ireland's compassionate approach to Gaza an example to the rest of the world

By the time you are reading this, the number of Palestinians murdered by Israel since October 7 will be approaching 10,000 men, women and children.

06.11.2023 30

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Peace can never be built on oppression and injustice

THE extent to which Israel's strategy of dehumanising the Palestinian people has been a success can be measured in many ways.

23.10.2023 5

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Chris Donnelly: Peace can never be built on oppression and injustice

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23.10.2023 6

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We must do all we can to prioritise mental health

The phone on the bed told his mother something wasn’t right.

09.10.2023 3

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Chris Donnelly: We must do all we can to prioritise mental health

The phone on the bed told his mother something wasn’t right.

09.10.2023 10

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Chris Donnelly: The Irish government has a moral and political imperative to plan for the inevitable border poll

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26.09.2023 10

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The Irish government has a moral and political imperative to plan for the inevitable border poll

In March 2023, the British Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, declared publicly that he would fight "very hard every day" to protect the "precious" Union.

25.09.2023 10

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Latest policing chaos shows why many nationalists remain wary of PSNI

Policing is in a sorry state today.

10.09.2023 7

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Chris Donnelly: Latest policing chaos shows why many nationalists remain wary of PSNI

Policing is in a sorry state today.

10.09.2023 7

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