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Allison Morris: Spare a thought this Christmas for kids in poverty or women in abusive relationships

ALLISON MORRIS

The countdown is on and I don’t mean until the next election, in fact given the day it is this column must in the interest of fairness be a politics free zone.

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Newton Emerson: Private rental market moving on without Stormont

AMONG the many crucial debates we have missed out on over the past three years of political limbo has been the future of the private rental market, which now provides more homes in Northern Ireland than the entire social housing sector.

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Game in the Big House

11 Dec, 2019

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Education funding needs to be addressed

This is a busy but joyful time in the school calendar as pupils and staff embrace the festive spirit with nativity plays, carol concerts, Christmas fairs and other seasonal events.

Opinion: Boris Johnson is the most cynical occupant of his office in living memory

11 Dec, 2019

While political parties on both sides of the Irish Sea regularly claim that any given election is the most important faced for decades, the evidence is that on this occasion they may well be telling the truth.

Opinion: Unbearable tragedy in Ballycastle

10 Dec, 2019

The tragedy that unfolded in Ballycastle yesterday has caused a deep sense of mourning and profound disbelief in the north coast town and the surrounding area.

Johnson claims need scrutiny

Stephen Oreilly 09 Dec, 2019

BORIS Johnson was at the centre of another controversy about a claim he made that there would be no 'border in the Irish sea' as part of his Brexit deal aimed at replacing the so-called backstop.

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The stories of Adam and Eve and creation in Genesis are not literal

Danny Treacy (November 22) is correct that all serious scientists accept the theories of cosmological and biological evolution on the basis of very good evidence, frequently described for many years on TV, so the stories of Adam and Eve and creation in Genesis are not literal, but in the meaning of the word myth are expressing a profound truth in the archaic language used by the authors.

We should be more demanding of ourselves, each other and our leaders

11 Dec, 2019

I’m not sure about Denis Bradley’s prescription of a period of self-pity for unionists (or nationalists) in Northern Ireland (December 6).

Facts and reality belie Mr Ringland's fairytale version of noble British rule

10 Dec, 2019

After Pat Finucane’s murder, I flew to Washington to get a letter from Congressmen protesting crown force complicity in his assassination.

Two polls would bring stability on path to new Ireland

09 Dec, 2019

Colin Harvey makes another useful contribution to the debate on a process towards a new Ireland – ‘Uncertainty around Irish reunification only promotes instability’ (December 5).

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Newton Emerson: Private rental market moving on without Stormont

Newton Emerson

Allison Morris: Spare a thought this Christmas for kids in poverty or women in abusive relationships

Allison Morris

The countdown is on and I don’t mean until the next election, in fact given the day it is this column must in the interest of fairness be a politics free zone.