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Eoin MacNeill and the tragedy of the Boundary Commission

Today is the centenary of the first meeting of the Irish Boundary Commission, which met in London on the first Friday of November 1924. Established...

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Brian Feeney

Sinn Féin is badly damaged – but unionism shouldn’t relax

These are troubling times for Sinn Féin. On both sides of the border. But whether it’s long-term troubles we’re talking about, we won’t know...

yesterday 4

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Alex Kane

Family farms need a balanced response to inheritance tax change, not Stormont alarmism

It is a bit much to expect Stormont to take a balanced view of inheritance tax. The tax is not devolved so Stormont sees none of the money, at...

previous day 10

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Newton Emerson

How voting early could mean voting more often

What I love about elections outside Northern Ireland is seeing how different jurisdictions do theirs differently – figuring out what works better...

previous day 10

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David Mccann

How a Halloween hoax in Dublin highlights the dangers of misinformation and online deception

We are all familiar with the quote: “A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is still putting on its shoes.” And more than 100...

previous day 10

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Leona Oneill

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...

previous day 10

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Irish Sea border vote won’t amount to a row of Italian beans

It looks as if the divided DUP – and their fiercest critics, the TUV – are going to work themselves up into a froth again about the Irish Sea...

wednesday 10

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Brian Feeney

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...

wednesday 10

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Saoirse Ronan shines in Steve McQueen’s ‘Blitz’ - lavish wartime family drama reviewed

OSCAR-winning writer/director Steve McQueen recreates Second World War-era London for a compelling family-friendly story centred on the...

wednesday 10

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David Roy

It would be poetic justice if women were the undoing of the Donald

Today feels like a sort of Apocalypse Day. Americans are going to the polls to vote for their next president and the world is holding its breath....

05.11.2024 10

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Mary Kelly

If Trump wins, the United States as we know it is lost

Two things are certain about today’s general election in the United States: if Kamala Harris loses, she will concede gracefully; if Donald Trump...

05.11.2024 10

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Tom Collins

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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The Irish News

Ruairí McDonnell: Whoever wins today, the great divide in America must be bridged

In the past decade Donald J Trump has gone from an outlandish, ridiculed outsider to President of the United States of America. The 2020 election...

05.11.2024 10

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Ruairí Mcdonnell

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