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No historian should have anything to do with Britain’s ‘independent history’ of the Troubles

From today, May 1, under the Northern Ireland (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023, inquests into deaths resulting directly from the Troubles must...

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Could northern nationalists be betrayed again by Dublin for money?

For northern nationalists, up to the present day, one of the most galling episodes in modern Irish history was their abandonment by the Irish Free...

17.04.2024 10

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Can the GAA and unionism reconcile or will they remain prisoners of history?

During the 100-plus years of partition, for Catholics and nationalists, the GAA remained a steadfast champion of their identity and did much to...

04.04.2024 20

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Let’s be clear on criteria for calling border poll

At the heart of much of the problems around Article 12 of the 1921 Anglo-Irish Treaty, which provided for a Boundary Commission to determine the...

20.03.2024 10

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From 1974 to 2024 – plus ça change?

In editing On This Day for The Irish News, I browse editions of the newspaper from 50 and 100 years ago. It is striking the number of headlines from...

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The perennial problem of attracting Catholics to the north’s police

The decision of First Minister Michelle O’Neill to use PSNI bodyguards and to be the first Sinn Féin public representative, along with Gerry Kelly,...

21.02.2024 20

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History demonstrates the dangers of one-sided deals

The Government of Ireland Act 1920, which was responsible for partitioning this island, was introduced by the British government to solve the...

07.02.2024 10

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Remembering ‘Wee Joe’ Devlin 90 years on

Ninety years ago, on January 18 1934, leading journalist, businessman and nationalist politician Joseph “Wee Joe” Devlin died at the age of 62....

24.01.2024 8

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How the border in Ireland was drawn

It was revealed publicly for the first time recently, during the release of state papers, that a discussion paper was drawn up by civil servants in...

10.01.2024 5

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The partition of lreland – and of Irish history

The Irish state’s decade-plus-long programme commemorating the Irish revolutionary years has come to an end, the finishing point to the decade being...

28.12.2023 10

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'I was only a puppet, and so was Ulster, and so was Ireland’

ON December 14 1921, just days after the signing of the Anglo-Irish Treaty, Lord Edward Carson of Duncairn gave his maiden speech to the House of...

14.12.2023 9

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DUP's strategic blunders reminiscent of 1920s Sinn Féin – Cormac Moore

FORMER DUP leader Peter Robinson intervened last week on the party's continued boycott of Stormont, criticising its strategic approach.

01.12.2023 10

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DUP's strategic blunders reminiscent of 1920s Sinn Féin – Cormac Moore

FORMER DUP leader Peter Robinson intervened last week on the party's continued boycott of Stormont, criticising its strategic approach.

29.11.2023 10

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Unionist arguments against united Ireland have now eroded - Cormac Moore

THE Ulster unionist opposition to home rule which ultimately led to the partition of Ireland was based not just on religious differences and concerns...

17.11.2023 10

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Unionist arguments for partition have now eroded - Cormac Moore

THE Ulster unionist opposition to home rule which ultimately led to the partition of Ireland was based not just on religious differences and concerns...

15.11.2023 10

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From thistle cutting and sheep dipping to cross-border economic and social cooperation

IT is almost forgotten that the DUP boycotted the North South Ministerial Council (NSMC) in 2021 before it withdrew from Stormont in February 2022,...

01.11.2023 3

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North-south bodies: From thistle cutting and sheep dipping to cross-border economic and social cooperation

IT is almost forgotten that the DUP boycotted the North South Ministerial Council (NSMC) in 2021 before it withdrew from Stormont in February 2022,...

01.11.2023 8

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Cormac Moore: Nationalist divisions pose obstacle to united Ireland

IN the years of Ireland’s partition, the Anglo-Irish War of Independence and subsequent civil war, Irish nationalism was riven with division and...

18.10.2023 6

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Unionism's ‘not an inch' strategy a relic of the past

Being under siege, or at least the perception of being under siege, has been the default position of Ulster unionism for some time.

04.10.2023 10

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Cormac Moore: Unionism's ‘not an inch' strategy a relic of the past

Being under siege, or at least the perception of being under siege, has been the default position of Ulster unionism for some time.

04.10.2023 10

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