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Denis Bradley

Denis Bradley

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Sally Rooney, Pope Francis and a world hungry for hope, love and faith

I fell over Sally Rooney. The aisle of the bookshop was so packed with her new novel, and I so busy gawking around me, that I almost landed in the...

02.11.2024 7

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Is the Catholic Church really capable of change?

Is the Catholic Church willing or even able to reform itself? Questions that are difficult, maybe impossible to answer at this juncture. If you had...

05.10.2024 10

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Follow the money if you want to achieve results

Making Northern Ireland work continues as a political mantra even though we are increasingly living in the reflections of the two states, England and...

07.09.2024 6

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Removing the constitutional thorn in our flesh

A picture may be worth a thousand words but politically, a good metaphor or simile is best of all. Without verbal images that point the way to...

03.08.2024 10

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I’m traumatised by misuse of the word trauma

I think I may have been traumatised by the number of times I am hearing the word trauma. You can’t look at television, listen to the radio or read a...

05.07.2024 10

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Keir Starmer’s ability is not in doubt – but what does he really think about Ireland?

Keir Starmer came to Derry a few years ago and visited the seat of the high kings. The trip took place a few years before he became leader of the...

07.06.2024 20

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With migrant problems, we are reaping what we sow

Jim Allister, with his usual oratorial competence, while standing in his usual position at the rear of the Assembly chamber, reminded us that people...

03.05.2024 20

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Deference to modern media is unhealthy

I squirm every time I hear a guest thanking the presenter for having them on their programme. I don’t know when this habit began, mostly but not...

05.04.2024 10

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Policing is the business of the whole community

There was an interesting meeting recently between the tánaiste, Micheál Martin, and Superintendent Gerry Murray, the chairman of the Catholic Police...

01.03.2024 30

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‘We are living in a society that is driving people mad’

“We are living in a society that is driving people mad.” That is only one of many pithy remarks he made during his 94 years. I suppose most of us...

02.02.2024 10

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Alliance must get off constitutional fence

Shame on the Alliance Party. It is continuing to avoid, even run away from, the dilemmas that have broken the back of other political parties. It is...

05.01.2024 20

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