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United Ireland - why unionists should participate in self-determination

Unionists talking about fixing the ‘present crisis’ are exhibiting their perennial myopia, their inability to see the wood for the trees.

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Brian Feeney: United Ireland - why unionists should participate in self-determination

Unionists talking about fixing the ‘present crisis’ are exhibiting their perennial myopia, their inability to see the wood for the trees.

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Brian Feeney: Once upon a time in DUP land...

Jeffrey Donaldson must believe in fairy tales.

27.09.2023 10

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Brian Feeney: Failing Secretary of State Chris Heaton-Harris has the easiest job in Westminster

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22.09.2023 10

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Failing Secretary of State Chris Heaton-Harris has the easiest job in Westminster

It must be great to be the proconsul here.

20.09.2023 10

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Sunny skies over a non-existent Northern Ireland

Last week you were told that Castlederg had recorded the highest September temperature here, 28C, and had broken the previous Northern Ireland record...

12.09.2023 10

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Brian Feeney: Sunny skies over a non-existent Northern Ireland

Last week you were told that Castlederg had recorded the highest September temperature here, 28C, and had broken the previous Northern Ireland record...

12.09.2023 10

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Do the DUP or NIO really believe what they're saying?

At the weekend in an Oxford conference – ‘toffs against terrorism’, the annual gathering used to be called – Tánaiste...

05.09.2023 10

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Brian Feeney: Do the DUP or NIO really believe what they're saying?

At the weekend in an Oxford conference – ‘toffs against terrorism’, the annual gathering used to be called – Tánaiste...

05.09.2023 10

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Boundary changes set to pose biggest challenge for Sinn Féin

The Republic’s Electoral Commission laid its report before the Oireachtas at 8am today.

29.08.2023 10

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Brian Feeney: Boundary changes set to pose biggest challenge for Sinn Féin

The Republic’s Electoral Commission laid its report before the Oireachtas at 8am today.

29.08.2023 10

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There is much evidence that the PSNI is not a welcoming police service for Catholics

All is not well within the PSNI.

22.08.2023 5

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Brian Feeney: There is much evidence that the PSNI is not a welcoming police service for Catholics

All is not well within the PSNI.

22.08.2023 5

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With their majority gone, what is the point of unionism?

14.08.2023 9

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Keir Starmer terrified of putting foot wrong

On Saturday this newspaper correctly asked for “clarity” from Sir Keir Starmer on his criteria for calling a referendum on Irish reunification.

09.08.2023 2

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Brian Feeney: Keir Starmer terrified of putting foot wrong

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09.08.2023 10

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Keir Starmer is wrong on his support for the Union

On Saturday this publication correctly asked for “clarity” from Sir Keir Starmer on his criteria for calling a referendum on Irish...

08.08.2023 10

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Brian Feeney: Keir Starmer is wrong on his support for the Union

On Saturday this publication correctly asked for “clarity” from Sir Keir Starmer on his criteria for calling a referendum on Irish...

08.08.2023 10

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North has never been integral part of UK

In June 1958, newly returned to office, Charles de Gaulle flew to Algiers and spoke to a vast crowd of French colonists, maybe 250,000.

01.08.2023 4

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Brian Feeney: North has never been integral part of UK

In June 1958, newly returned to office, Charles de Gaulle flew to Algiers and spoke to a vast crowd of French colonists, maybe 250,000.

01.08.2023 5

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Unionist leaders cannot turn back the clock

What used to be the ‘mad month’ draws to its conclusion, the quietest for decades.

25.07.2023 6

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Brian Feeney: Unionist leaders cannot turn back the clock

What used to be the ‘mad month’ draws to its conclusion, the quietest for decades.

25.07.2023 9

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Arlene Foster's Ladybird view of Brexit, the EU and the Republic needs challenged

Arlene Foster has taken part in a These Times podcast with journalist Tom McTague and Professor Helen Thompson.

18.07.2023 9

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Brian Feeney: Arlene Foster's Ladybird view of Brexit, the EU and the Republic needs challenged

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18.07.2023 10

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Expect nothing from leaderless, directionless unionism – Jeffrey Donaldson has boxed himself in

Next Thursday the Westminster parliament goes into recess.

11.07.2023 6

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'Not for a long time has British government bias been so public'

Outrage last week that the chair of the Commons NI Affairs Committee (whose name you don’t even know) met loyalist leaders to talk about the...

28.06.2023 10

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Brian Feeney: 'Not for a long time has British government bias been so public'

Outrage last week that the chair of the Commons NI Affairs Committee (whose name you don’t even know) met loyalist leaders to talk about the...

28.06.2023 3

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The caravan has moved on - without the DUP

“The dogs bark but the caravan moves on.

21.06.2023 20

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Brian Feeney: The caravan has moved on - without the DUP

“The dogs bark but the caravan moves on.

21.06.2023 30

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Legalising lawlessness

Caroline Elkins has been mentioned here before.

13.06.2023 4

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Brian Feeney: Legalising lawlessness

Caroline Elkins has been mentioned here before.

13.06.2023 10

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Brian Feeney: Michelle O'Neill's Washington visit a smart move

There was a joke doing the rounds in Derry about 30 years ago.

07.06.2023 7

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Michelle O'Neill's Washington visit a smart move

There was a joke doing the rounds in Derry about 30 years ago.

07.06.2023 10

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The EU hasn't gone away

It’s important and instructive to recall that there’s an EU out there which stands ready to welcome this place back as part of a re-united...

31.05.2023 9

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Brian Feeney: Direction of travel clear to all but DUP

From November 1, Britain is going to establish long-delayed border checks on imported EU goods.

26.05.2023 30

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Direction of travel clear to all but DUP

From November 1, Britain is going to establish long-delayed border checks on imported EU goods.

24.05.2023 20

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Brian Feeney: North shackled to a declining British state

At the end of April President Higgins gave a speech on economic policy in which he condemned the “obsession” with economic growth,...

19.05.2023 30

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North shackled to a declining British state

At the end of April President Higgins gave a speech on economic policy in which he condemned the “obsession” with economic growth,...

16.05.2023 3

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Brian Feeney: British government bad faith is real root of our ills

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10.05.2023 30

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British government bad faith is real root of our ills

09.05.2023 20

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Brian Feeney: Private wealth and public squalor

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02.05.2023 8

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Did our proconsul make a case to the Treasury?

The two top officials in Stormont’s finance and economy departments have complained to Westminster’s Levelling Up Committee about the way...

25.04.2023 3

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The British never wanted Biden

Joe Biden’s visit to Belfast, or more accurately, a carefully restricted bit of Belfast, wasn’t the visit he intended or had hoped it to...

18.04.2023 3

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Brian Feeney: History shows you have to stand up to unionism

Economic growth in the north depends on developing links to the modern dynamic growing economy in the south with its corporation tax half that of the...

14.04.2023 3

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History shows you have to stand up to unionism

Economic growth in the north depends on developing links to the modern dynamic growing economy in the south with its corporation tax half that of the...

11.04.2023 6

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Time for Dublin to start taking the initiative

Watching and listening to various Dublin government politicians speaking in quasi-religious reverence of the Good Friday Agreement, there’s a...

04.04.2023 3

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Brian Feeney: Time for Dublin to start taking the initiative

Watching and listening to various Dublin government politicians speaking in quasi-religious reverence of the Good Friday Agreement, there’s a...

04.04.2023 3

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Brian Feeney: You can't have ‘normal politics' because this is not a normal place

Last week Bertie Ahern popped up to say the rules for the runners and riders at Stormont should be changed.

31.03.2023 10

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Brian Feeney: The Stormont brake is about placating unionists – but what about rigorous impartiality for nationalists?

Today in Westminster they're debating the so-called Stormont brake, though probably more MPs will be paying attention to Boris Johnson ducking and...

30.03.2023 7

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You can't have ‘normal politics' because this is not a normal place

Last week Bertie Ahern popped up to say the rules for the runners and riders at Stormont should be changed.

28.03.2023 3

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