Alex Kane: Why Sinn Féin just keeps growing IN about six months’ time – assuming their pre-cooked arrangements go to plan – Micheál Martin will step down in favour of Leo Varadkar. Read the Article
Deaglán de Bréadún: Major row injects fresh life into political scene 22 Jun, 2022 ON June 16 1997, I was just four months into a three-and-a-half-year reporting term in Belfast.
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Fionnuala O Connor: Hideous war a mere backdrop for poses by brazen Johnson 21 Jun, 2022 HARD-pressed Volodymyr Zelensky can hardly be expected to factor in that the British prime minister is up to his ears in scandals, with threatening by-elections on Thursday.
Tom Kelly: The protocol is fixable but a capricious government is not 20 Jun, 2022 LAST week, this columnist received an invitation to a garden party hosted by the Secretary of State, Brandon Lewis.
Jake O'Kane: Cavehill - home to fossilised rabbit droppings, Belfast truffles, 16th century cannon shot and ancient arrowheads 18 Jun, 2022 MY memory, or what remains of it, seems to work best visually.
Mary Kelly: We're living in a parallel world where truth is no longer expected from those who govern 18 Jun, 2022 SOMETIMES you realise you've become accustomed to living in a parallel world where truth is no longer expected from those who govern.
Newton Emerson: Tight deadlines bring risks for DUP Newton Emerson 18 Jun, 2022 The bill to disapply the protocol has come with tight deadlines for the DUP to return to Stormont.
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