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Rabble-rousing Robinson should get his own house in order first

yesterday 9

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Brian Feeney

We need more u-turns by our politicians, not less

yesterday 6

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David Mccann

Executive’s anti-poverty strategy will deliver only more despair

yesterday 7

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Ciara Fitzpatrick

Unionist politicians need to be braver in addressing hate

So what is the strange coincidence that the rioting and burning of migrants’ homes has happened in towns like Ballymena, Portadown, Coleraine and...

previous day 4

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Mary Kelly

NI Water is in crisis and Stormont still won’t tell us how it’s going to fix it - The Irish News view

The role of government in a modern economy includes the provision of public services, either directly through a government agency or by outsourcing...

previous day 10

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Racism is just a shorter word for sectarianism

Let us not be shocked that racism has reared its ugly head in Ballymena, nor indeed that it is widespread in Northern Ireland. Some of the...

previous day 9

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Tom Collins

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

Let’s not sugar coat what has happened in Ballymena and Larne. It was brutal, violent thuggery steeped in racism. There’s no surprise because...

monday 10

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Tom Kelly

A series of missteps has Lyons walking on dangerous ground - The Irish News view

While no one is suggesting that our devolved institutions are in imminent danger of facing another and probably terminal suspension, it is clear...

monday 10

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Race riots reflect unionism’s identity crisis

Let’s start by stating the facts. Protecting women was the furthest thing from the minds of the marauding rioters intent on conducting a pogrom...

monday 10

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Chris Donnelly

From UDA meetings and ‘Ulster Says No’ to pizza slices and craft beer, the changing face of east Belfast’s Newtownards Road

The Newtownards Road in east Belfast is somewhere I knew well at an earlier stage in my journalistic career, and it would be fair to say that back...

monday 10

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Noel Doran

The Ballroom of Romance dances on and my connection with the last wall of Glenfarne Hall

This time last week I was strutting my stuff in the Ballroom of Romance in Glenfarne, Co Leitrim. It was just one of the highlights of visiting...

monday 10

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Anne Hailes

England has much to treat us about dealing with racist riots

We might think England has little to teach us about dealing with riots but that is far from the case, on racist riots in particular. When he was...

14.06.2025 10

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Newton Emerson

Strange encounters of the feathered kind in darkest Tyrone

Having Genghis as a chauffeur is a doorway into a different dimension. I recently dislocated my shoulder and can’t drive (legally) so my wife...

14.06.2025 1

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Fabien Mcquillan

Greta Thunberg’s Gaza flotilla was a statement, but was it the right one?

WHEN Greta Thunberg first came on the scene in 2018 sitting outside Sweden’s Parliament buildings wearing her iconic yellow coat and holding a sign...

14.06.2025 10

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Sophie Clarke

As Sinn Féin’s power has grown, so too has the north’s child poverty

Once upon a time in a land far away (well, not really that far) there was a big house on a hill and those who believed they were important in that...

14.06.2025 50

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Patrick Murphy

I pity the poor immigrant

My mother’s uncle emigrated to Canada in the early part of the 20th century. He was in his teens. By all accounts his family initially got a few...

14.06.2025 20

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Pat Mcart

Can the Dáil opposition work together to take on the taoiseach?

Leader’s Questions in the Dáil has always been a robust encounter between the taoiseach and the opposition benches. However, since the election in...

13.06.2025 20

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Brian Feeney

The past will always be catching up with us

I was very struck by David Adams’s column in Tuesday’s Irish News: ‘The truth is that we can’t handle the true story of the Troubles.’ And...

13.06.2025 6

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Alex Kane

Racism in its ‘rawest and most dangerous form’ must be challenged - The Irish News view

Among the most depressing aspects of the escalating racism crisis which has been sweeping across a range of unionist districts in Co Antrim and...

13.06.2025 9

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Take it from me: when it comes to sport, all we can do is our best

Wimbledon fast approaches. This time of year, I become a tennis fanatic – more than a super fan, I become an authority. I do exactly the same thing...

13.06.2025 4

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Lynette Fay

What has gone so badly wrong in Ballymena?

Like most families, I grew up with close relatives working in the NHS. Whilst my Mum and her siblings were employed as nurses and support workers,...

13.06.2025 4

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Patricia Olynn