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PremiumDr Alan Stout: Our health system has suffered from political crises and MLAs who are afraid of taking brave decisions

PremiumDr Alan Stout: Our health system has suffered from political crises and MLAs who are afraid of taking brave decisions

Ten years ago, I was proud to be asked to join the expert panel headed by Professor Rafael Bengoa tasked with starting the public debate on...

05.03.2026 7

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Dr alan stout

PremiumDiscrimination and secrecy: Government’s pitiful handling of Kneecap funding controversy raises serious questions

PremiumDiscrimination and secrecy: Government’s pitiful handling of Kneecap funding controversy raises serious questions

The Government hiding communications linked to the Kneecap funding controversy for two years heaps a denial of information rights on top of a...

02.03.2026 2

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Garrett Hargan

Death of accountability: How power, money and fear are stifling scrutiny in Trump’s America

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10.02.2026 6

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Allison Morris

History will take a dim view of Peter Mandelson the man, but may be kinder to his achievements in Northern Ireland

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09.02.2026 10

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Sam McBride

My daughter screamed in agony… then we waited 15 hours in A&E

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09.02.2026 8

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Suzanne Breen

Mandelson’s name is muck and he’s dragged the government squelching down into the gutter with him

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08.02.2026 5

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Lindy McDowell

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08.02.2026 10

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Sam McBride

Traffic cones that replaced bust of George Mitchell perfectly symbolise how our peace dividend went nowhere

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08.02.2026 20

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Gail Walker

After binge watching far too many politically incorrect oldies, I realise I need to embrace modern TV

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07.02.2026 4

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Frank Mitchell

Removing George Mitchell bust was easy, but examining culture of uncritical reverence that put it there is much harder

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07.02.2026 8

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Fionola Meredith

Why does the BBC believe that Baroness Arlene Foster is more worthy of their respect than plain old Jim Shannon?

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06.02.2026 7

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John Laverty

Fireworks lit by Gaston as O’Neill faces grilling with Little-Pengelly

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06.02.2026 4

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Suzanne Breen

Recent worship of George Mitchell by Queen’s University, our political leaders and more looks foolish beyond belief now

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05.02.2026 10

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Suzanne Breen

Hypocrites marched for justice while turning a blind eye to Robert’s murder

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04.02.2026 5

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Suzanne Breen

Weeks into Nama trial, Frank Cushnahan and his lawyers took a big gamble which can only now be explained

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04.02.2026 8

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Sam McBride

Mary McAleese is not some ‘a la carte’ Catholic, she is a reformer stuck with a church whose sexism lies at its very core

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04.02.2026 10

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Malachi O Doherty

Mark Haddock’s trial showed Mount Vernon UVF were a ragtag bunch of criminals, not an idealistic group fighting to save Ulster

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03.02.2026 20

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Allison Morris

Why it’s way past time for an Irish passport office in Northern Ireland

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02.02.2026 30

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Sam McBride

Hypocrites marching for justice while turning a blind eye to Robert’s murder

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02.02.2026 30

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Suzanne Breen

Jon Burrows has other unionist parties on alert, but he needs to unite fractured UUP ranks

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01.02.2026 10

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Suzanne Breen

Planter isn’t a slur. It’s an anachronism. And it reflects worse upon those who use it than upon those who are called it

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01.02.2026 8

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Lindy McDowell

Stormont can’t go on like this: It is a broken and a hapless administration whose rambling incoherence is now excruciating

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01.02.2026 40

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Sam McBride

How my painstaking investigation exposed lies of sex abuser who pretended to be Russian royalty

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01.02.2026 9

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Gail Walker

Storm Chandra wasn’t a crisis, it was a winter’s day... yet we’re teaching kids that wind and rain mean shutdown

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31.01.2026 20

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Fionola Meredith

NI politicians have criminalised and stigmatised consensual sex for decades... and look how far it's got them

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30.01.2026 6

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John Laverty

How I’ve been able to get the inside scoop on our dog poo problem from my window

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30.01.2026 9

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Eimear McGovern

As I worry about war, I wonder if there is a fixed quantum of madness in the species that condemns us to recurring conflict

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28.01.2026 9

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Malachi O Doherty

Expect the TUV to reach for its most powerful card as DUP forced onto rival party's territory

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27.01.2026 5

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Suzanne Breen