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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...

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David Mccann

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...

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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...

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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...

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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....

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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...

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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...

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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...

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Ruairí Mcdonnell

The indulgent loyalist paramilitary gravy train has to stop

Last week someone within the oxymoronic loyalist ‘political research’ organisation better known as the UPRG posted a Halloween message with the...

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Tom Kelly

America is no longer the global good guy of The West Wing

For many years, I was glued to the West Wing television series. Its iconic opening music and setting captured the awe and prestige of its subject...

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Chris Donnelly

The art of bookbinding

Take the road up the hill out of Broughshane, along the coggly lane to the old farmhouse now converted into a cosy home. Here you’ll find Willow...

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Anne Hailes

US election: Trump v Harris is America’s choice but we will all feel the consequences - The Irish News view

America finally votes tomorrow, after an incendiary election campaign that has at times felt more like an outlandish Netflix fantasy-drama than it...

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Explaining Donald Trump, from someone who saw him close-up

With election day upon us, the battle between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump is on a knife-edge and could produce the tightest result in recent...

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Daniel Mulhall

The Treasury tap is back on – but does more money mean more problems?

Extra spending in England means more money for Stormont under the Barnett formula. This week’s Westminster budget means a lot more: £640 million...

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Newton Emerson

We live in a flawed democracy but don’t dare complain about it

Is Stormont’s unaccountable system of government truly democratic? The Civil Liberties Union for Europe’s classification of governments would...

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Patrick Murphy

Saoirse Ronan’s subtle slap delivers a stone-cold truth about women’s safety

There’s nothing that screams Friday night quite like settling down for the evening and tuning into The Graham Norton Show - I love it. From...

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Sophie Clarke

There’s nothing as scary on Halloween night as an angry Genghis McCann

Eric, our mutt, hates Halloween. The fireworks have him demented: his face, normally so dull, is now erupting with sad and frightened expressions,...

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Fabien Mcquillan

At Halloween, just smile and hand out the sweeties - the memories will last a lifetime

DID you know that you can save a fortune on Halloween decorations if you refuse to dust the cobwebs from your house all year round? As a kid,...

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Brónagh Diamond

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