Newton Emerson: Time to consider a holiday to mark the Good Friday Agreement

Newton Emerson

The strange rebirth of Ulster Day highlights our missing holiday to mark the Good Friday Agreement.

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Fionnuala O Connor: Imagine if Arlene Foster showed she is much more than the snide retorts

Fionnuala O Connor 29 Sep, 2020

At the best of times, and here and now we’re heading in the opposite direction, dallying over ‘what ifs’ (posh name apparently ‘counter factuals’) can be mere self-indulgence.

Chris Donnelly: Painful reminder of a dark chapter in our recent history

Chris Donnelly 28 Sep, 2020

Of the many residents living in long established local communities across Belfast, few have retained as fierce a sense of loyalty, cohesion and identity as the people who call Ardoyne their home.

Tom Kelly: We are all getting fed up with Sammy Wilson's antics

Tom Kelly 28 Sep, 2020

Jimmy Spratt, a former DUP MLA, spoke for the vast majority of the citizens of Northern Ireland when he told East Antrim MP Sammy Wilson to “wise up and wear a mask”.

Patrick Murphy: Poor decision-making has turned a public health problem into a crisis

Patrick Murphy 26 Sep, 2020

Poor political leadership, administrative incompetence and some people’s selfishness - they would appear to be the three main reasons for the current health emergency in Britain and Ireland.

Newton Emerson: Stormont's top priority must be restoring access to healthcare

Newton Emerson 26 Sep, 2020

If we are heading into at least another six months of covid restrictions, restoring access to healthcare must be Stormont’s top priority.

William Scholes: Pope's pandemic encyclical a counter-cultural call to 'common belonging'

William Scholes 25 Sep, 2020

When Pope Francis addresses the United Nations General Assembly today, he will do so by video rather than in person; such is the impact of Covid-19 that even the UN and popes have to progress their business by Zoom and FaceTime.

Alex Kane: Second time around will be much harder than the first lockdown

Alex Kane 25 Sep, 2020

The executive (like Boris Johnson) may not be describing the latest batch of regulations and restrictions as a lockdown, but it's pretty close to being one.

Newton Emerson: There's potential for a border poll in 2023 to clear the air rather than muddy the waters

Newton Emerson 24 Sep, 2020

Belfast solicitor Niall Murphy, founder of the ‘Ireland’s Future’ civic nationalist campaign, has called for a border poll to be held on May 23, 2023 because that is the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement referendum.

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