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Suzanne Breen

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My daughter screamed in agony… then we waited 15 hours in A&E

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09.02.2026 8

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Fireworks lit by Gaston as O’Neill faces grilling with Little-Pengelly

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06.02.2026 4

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Recent worship of George Mitchell by Queen’s University, our political leaders and more looks foolish beyond belief now

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05.02.2026 10

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Hypocrites marched for justice while turning a blind eye to Robert’s murder

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04.02.2026 5

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Hypocrites marching for justice while turning a blind eye to Robert’s murder

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02.02.2026 30

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Jon Burrows has other unionist parties on alert, but he needs to unite fractured UUP ranks

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01.02.2026 10

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Expect the TUV to reach for its most powerful card as DUP forced onto rival party's territory

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27.01.2026 5

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Despite leaders’ warm words, Stormont has failed Catholic, Protestant and dissenter time and again

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25.01.2026 10

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Pacts might save some seats, but unionism needs a better strategy to preserve the status quo

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19.01.2026 10

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Dropping of ‘Brit Card’ digital ID plan just latest in series of Starmer U-turns

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16.01.2026 10

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Calls for reform at Stormont are growing, but will likely fall on deaf DUP and Sinn Fein ears

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15.01.2026 9

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NI’s religious parties strangely mute on cowardly execution of innocent Christian

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12.01.2026 30

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500 days to next Assembly election and the early battle lines are drawn

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23.12.2025 6

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Why Sinn Fein should hang its head in shame over Scappaticci silence

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15.12.2025 20

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Crime pays when you’re a state-sponsored serial killer like scumbag Scappaticci

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08.12.2025 8

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Crowds stay at home as latest flag protest ends with a whimper

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04.12.2025 3

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Burrows versus Butler: Why a potential race for leadership of UUP would be one very gripping contest

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25.11.2025 6

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Just who are these ex-prisoners benefitting from £1m handout? War has been over for 30 years

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24.11.2025 7

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Splashing a million pounds of our money on a gang of thugs is beyond sick

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24.11.2025 6

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Westminster debates on NI matters can be poorly attended – but Troubles legacy captures attention more than most

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20.11.2025 3

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Code of omerta in south Armagh and Army intelligence role cast shroud of silence in Robert Nairac search

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17.11.2025 6

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The DUP’s days of gesture politics are over... its only focus is stopping Jim Allister

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13.11.2025 5

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Forget the ‘pan-nationalist front’… opposing Gaza genocide should not be about green or orange

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10.11.2025 8

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Forget the ‘pan-nationalist front’…opposing Gaza genocide should not be about green or orange

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10.11.2025 7

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Why Nigel Farage could be a headache for unionist parties in Northern Ireland

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28.10.2025 4

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Ireland won over not by spin but by a woman with the courage of her convictions

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26.10.2025 4

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Only a fool would write off Naomi Long or Alliance, but opponents are smelling blood

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26.10.2025 5

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No saint, but this was a colossus of NI journalism - his rows with Dublin editors are legendary

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23.10.2025 6

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Ed Moloney – a colossus of journalism who was not afraid to go it alone or ruffle feathers

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23.10.2025 90

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Nothing honourable in pompous Prince Andrew’s scandal-ridden ‘sacrifice’

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20.10.2025 10

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A ‘battle a day’ at Stormont? Muir fires back for Alliance but no sign of war of words ending

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16.10.2025 5

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Muir fires back for Alliance but no sign of war of words ending

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16.10.2025 6

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Mike Nesbitt has steadied the UUP ship, but he now sounds ready to pass the baton

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14.10.2025 10

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Naomi fronts up, she never hides her face like cowardly mob skulking outside her home

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13.10.2025 4

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Alan McQuillan made calls without fear or favour – and backed me at one of the hardest points of my career

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09.10.2025 4

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The SDLP is serious about Irish unity, but party will still struggle to hold onto seats

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06.10.2025 6

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Irish language policy shows Belfast has changed... the old power dynamic is never coming back

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06.10.2025 5

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TUV reluctant to line up behind ‘unionism’s best friend in Britain’

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04.10.2025 8

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Alliance’s critics may have a point… what the party does next will be worth the watching

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03.10.2025 4

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It’s a sick joke that the system that sought to silence Kneecap star turns a blind eye to war criminal Tony Blair

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29.09.2025 8

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‘The harder the line, the warmer it was received’: Debate reflects toughening of opinion among grassroots unionists

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26.09.2025 6

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Political punches thrown at DUP conference and we will soon see how they landed

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22.09.2025 10

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Hounding Heather Humphreys about Orange parade a bad look for Irish unity

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22.09.2025 4

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Paedophile’s ‘best pal’ Mandelson and spineless PM Sir Keir Starmer are both unfit for office

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15.09.2025 8

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Logical response to Charlie Kirk’s murder is for US right to reconsider gun stance… but there’s no chance in this environment

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13.09.2025 7

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No collective mourning over Charlie Kirk murder, only a fierce blame game in deeply divided US

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13.09.2025 10

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Why Sinn Fein is split on whether Mary Lou McDonald should make Irish presidential bid

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29.08.2025 10

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Victims campaigner’s courage following loss of wife in Shankill bomb is an example to everyone

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25.08.2025 30

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‘This is a real kick up the a*** for us’: Poll suggests Alliance surge has faltered – but they have a plan

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22.08.2025 20

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Would PSNI really be willing and able to enforce bonfire commission's decisions if paramilitaries flex their muscles?

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19.08.2025 5

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