Opinion

Deaglán de Bréadún: The price of freedom is eternal vigilance

Deaglán de Bréadún

MAYBE it’s living on an island that makes our politics so introverted.

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Brian Feeney: Unionism will be collateral damage in UK/EU deal

FOR all the talk of breakthroughs, data exchange, red and green lanes, none of it will make a difference to Jeffrey Donaldson and unionism.

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Editorial: DUP's Stormont protocol boycott harming public services - and it's going to get worse

07 Feb, 2023

EVEN before the DUP began its ill-judged retreat from its responsibilities at Stormont, our public services were in a poor state.

Editorial: Orange Order must send out clear message on attitude to women

06 Feb, 2023

EVEN for an organisation as controversial as the Orange Order, the appointment to a senior role of a man who killed his wife is a deeply concerning development.

Aidan McAnespie case show legacy bill should be reviewed

06 Feb, 2023

Every killing carried out during our long and bloody Troubles, regardless of the background of the victim, was not just entirely wrong but also cruel and only capable of causing huge grief and bitterness on all sides for generations to come.

Editorial: Irish language belongs to all

04 Feb, 2023

AS an illustration of the absurdity of erecting a 'Keep Irish Out' sign at a primary school in the Co Down village of Clough, it would be hard to better the response of Linda Ervine.

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Unionism versus unity

08 Feb, 2023

Northern Ireland Unionism, with a capital ‘U’, apparently aspires to a tight and indissoluble political and economic union with GB/UK to the exclusion of the Republic of Ireland and the EU, but without loss of the devolved autonomy given to and abused by NI unionists since 1921.

Who really needs a reality check?

07 Feb, 2023

A casual observer of the machinations of politics in these six counties would be justified in coming to the conclusion that the DUP are in dire need of a reality check as a result of their selfish and arrogant attitude to the devolved institutions here.

Men's attitude towards females must change

05 Feb, 2023

The shocking murder of Natalie McNally has filled us all, men and women, with sadness and anger.

Stop pandering to the perpetrators of murder

02 Feb, 2023

The latest comments from Northern Ireland Secretary of State Mr Heaton-Harris on the government’s Troubles Legacy and Reconciliation Bill, that is being steamrollered through against the wishes of the majority of victims and their families is laughable.