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Casement opposition yet another example of unionism’s scorched earth mentality

The British government has failed to live up to its promise to deliver a new Casement Park as part of the Euro 2028 tournament, and everyone here is a...

23.09.2024 10

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The problem with children and phones runs much deeper than schools – Chris Donnelly

The education minister’s decision to promote mobile phone-free schools is to be welcomed and chimes with the sentiment of many educationalists and...

09.09.2024 10

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The UUP serves little purpose and is fast running out of time

After Americans had voted in the war hero, General Eisenhower, to be his successor in the White House in 1952, Harry Truman famously remarked, “Poor...

26.08.2024 10

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Working class protestant communities have been let down by their supposed leaders

A 35 minute drive south of the city of Chicago can be found the town of Chicago Heights. The town was once heavily Italian due to the waves of...

12.08.2024 10

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Feting Netanyahu shows there are no ‘good guys’ in the US presidential race

That the butcher of Gaza was even invited to speak before the United States Congress nine months into his murderous campaign waged on the wretched...

29.07.2024 6

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Bonfire rituals won’t halt the changes happening in our society

The extent of the remarkable and irreversible changes taking place in our society can sometimes be hard to fully appreciate. Last week, the Equality...

16.07.2024 20

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With three days to polling day, the pressure is on for the parties

We go to vote in three days and few will disagree with the sentiment this has been a particularly pedestrian campaign here, with most interest...

01.07.2024 8

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Change is happening and we must be prepared

As the Westminster election beckons, 14 years of Conservative rule looks almost certain to come to an end in a few weeks’ time. Keir Starmer has...

17.06.2024 30

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PSNI’s Blue Lights generation being let down by unreformed mindsets at the top of policing

A friend of mine, a lifelong republican, made the trip halfway across the world to Australia a few years ago to see his child graduate as a police...

20.05.2024 40

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US campus protests highlight injustice of Israel’s actions in Gaza

In just over a week’s time, on Wednesday May 15, Palestinians across the globe will mark the Nakba, the ‘Catastrophe’. The date is important as...

06.05.2024 30

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Israel is out of control, but still the United States won’t intervene

This Sunday, April 28, many Iranians will quietly mark the 73rd anniversary of the election of Mohammed Mossadegh in 1951 as prime minister, the last...

22.04.2024 20

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Anti-agreement voices unlikely to let up pressure on DUP

“This was an absolute bombshell, no-one saw it coming. Jeffrey Donaldson was deemed to be at the height of his political success, having led the...

08.04.2024 7

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Unionists want ‘reconciliation’ to be the new precondition for holding a unity vote

In case you missed the memo, reconciliation is the new supermajority. Just as 50 per cent-plus-one is not enough for Irish unity, and in fact would be...

25.03.2024 10

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Our civic spaces can no longer exclusively reflect one identity

What do William James Pirrie, Sir James Horner Haslett, Sir Daniel Dixon, Robert James McMordie, Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood and Sir Edward...

11.03.2024 10

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Time for unionism to catch the Casement vision

Exactly five months ago, the deputy leader of the DUP, Gavin Robinson, issued a press release welcoming £63 million of public money being spent on...

27.02.2024 10

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Chris Donnelly: The north has changed - but the media’s obsession with unionism remains

‘What else do you expect?’ The north of Ireland has witnessed tremendous change taking place over the recent past, transforming attitudes,...

12.02.2024 30

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Pulling down Stormont was always about more than the invisible Irish Sea border

Over-egged by some as his David Trimble moment, Jeffrey Donaldson’s speech delivered to a sparsely populated House of Commons last Wednesday...

29.01.2024 7

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Unionism’s No men are no longer in control – Chris Donnelly

This Thursday will see the biggest strike in the history of the Northern Irish state. At least 15 trade unions, representing workers from across the...

15.01.2024 6

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Border poll debate can’t be shut down by DUP

A New Year begins today, but an old and very familiar problem continues to plague our politics. In an interview last week, the Sinn Féin leader, Mary...

02.01.2024 40

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Unionism stuck at the crossroads

We are living in times of great stress and despondency for many families. I had occasion to visit Foodstock in the Andersonstown area of west Belfast...

19.12.2023 9

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Chris Donnelly: Teachers serve children's education, not bureaucrats' whims

There is nothing quite like Christmas in a primary school.

06.12.2023 6

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Teachers serve children's education, not bureaucrats' whims

There is nothing quite like Christmas in a primary school.

04.12.2023 8

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