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Great news! All our problems have been solved.
Great news! All our problems have been solved.
Although most commentary compares Lough Neagh’s pollution to a disease, the real problem is that it is just a symptom of a much wider ailment.
Although most commentary compares Lough Neagh’s pollution to a disease, the real problem is that it is just a symptom of a much wider ailment.
How long do you think Leo Varadkar will live? I don't mean that he is looking unwell these days.
How long do you think Leo Varadkar will live? I don't mean that he is looking unwell these days.
Sack the board. That’s the solution to the policing mess – and when the board has gone, we need a new system of governance to keep...
Sack the board. That’s the solution to the policing mess – and when the board has gone, we need a new system of governance to keep...
Before we begin, let's pause for this week's charity appeal.
Before we begin, let's pause for this week's charity appeal.
It is a sad reflection on modern Ireland that there is significantly more interest in the Wolfe Tones than there is in Wolfe Tone himself.
It is a sad reflection on modern Ireland that there is significantly more interest in the Wolfe Tones than there is in Wolfe Tone himself.
Most people will regard the PSNI's unintended release of personnel data as somewhere between surprising and astounding.
Most people will regard the PSNI's unintended release of personnel data as somewhere between surprising and astounding.
What do you think of Nigel Farage? You would presumably say that he is a right-wing, pro-Brexit populist with whom you fundamentally disagree.
What do you think of Nigel Farage? You would presumably say that he is a right-wing, pro-Brexit populist with whom you fundamentally disagree.
In the future, when old men gather around the fire on a dark winter's night, they will talk of 850 years of Irish resistance to British rule.
The civil rights movement was based on the argument that if, as Britain claimed, we were British, we were entitled to British rights.
The civil rights movement was based on the argument that if, as Britain claimed, we were British, we were entitled to British rights.
Dear President Biden, Have you heard of Croke Park? It is the home of the Gaelic Athletic Association and Ireland's biggest sports stadium.
Dear President Biden, Have you heard of Croke Park? It is the home of the Gaelic Athletic Association and Ireland's biggest sports stadium.
Dear Chris Heaton-Harris, Apparently you recently told one of our elected representatives that he was “talking bo***cks”.
Dear Chris Heaton-Harris, Apparently you recently told one of our elected representatives that he was “talking bo***cks”.
Today marks the start of the marching month of July.
Today marks the start of the marching month of July.
Boris Johnson may have misled parliament but the Irish government appears intent on misleading the whole country.
Boris Johnson may have misled parliament but the Irish government appears intent on misleading the whole country.
While most civilised political debates centre on the living, in this part of the world our arguments also include the dead.
While most civilised political debates centre on the living, in this part of the world our arguments also include the dead.
The recent local election results have been described as ranging from unprecedented to earth-shattering and indeed they were – but not for the...
The recent local election results have been described as ranging from unprecedented to earth-shattering and indeed they were – but not for the...
There are two ways of dealing with the past.
There are two ways of dealing with the past.
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A century after the end of the Irish Civil War (the anniversary falls next Wednesday), those claiming to be the political descendants of the two sides...
Oh good, we're going to have another election.
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The culture of crown, coronation and conning the masses is designed to keep everyone in their place
The culture of crown, coronation and conning the masses is designed to keep everyone in their place
They have been commemorating the wrong anniversary. Instead of celebrating the partition of Protestants and Catholics into two separate groups in the...
They have been commemorating the wrong anniversary. Instead of celebrating the partition of Protestants and Catholics into two separate groups in the...
Don't mention the wars.
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Dear Micheál Martin I read with interest your Irish Times opinion piece on the Good Friday Agreement, in which you rightly pointed out that “we are...
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Who are the true inheritors of the ideas and ideals of the 1916 Rising? In what is effectively a competition for historical purity, several...
Who are the true inheritors of the ideas and ideals of the 1916 Rising? In what is effectively a competition for historical purity, several...
The political future of the north may not quite be the main reason for President Biden’s forthcoming visit to Ireland.
The political future of the north may not quite be the main reason for President Biden’s forthcoming visit to Ireland.
Unless Jeffrey Donaldson can transform unionism's historical obsession into a politically constructive future, he will become just another name in...