Allison Morris: Bidding farewell after a year like no other

Allison Morris

We are now a year on from the first positive case of Covid-19 detected in the north.

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Newton Emerson: De-proscribing paramilitary organisations should not be ruled out

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Claire Simpson: Dublin anti-lockdown protesters oppressed by their own conspiracy theories

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Brian Feeney: Once the pandemic wanes, expect a heave against Micheál Martin

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Anita Robinson: It has been a year none of us will forget

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Fionnuala O Connor: Journalist Boris Johnson is a one man distraction machine

Fionnuala O Connor 02 Mar, 2021

How does it feel to come to work every day under the salute of Carson, to be a member of the British government? ‘No, I'm not actually – uctually – I don't swear an oath of allegiance to anyone other than the people who elected me.

Chris Donnelly: Unionists may huff and puff but the protocol is here to stay

Chris Donnelly 01 Mar, 2021

The DUP’s ‘Trigger Article 16’ parliamentary debate proved to be the dampest of squibs last week, overshadowed by Boris Johnson’s announcements on the easing of lockdown restrictions in the weeks and months to come.

Tom Kelly: DUP showing brass necks by failing to call out paramilitaries

Tom Kelly 01 Mar, 2021

When it comes to brass necks and barking nonsense, the DUP has it in spades.

Patrick Murphy: Fortress Ireland approach needed to prevent future pandemics

Patrick Murphy 27 Feb, 2021

Diseases are inevitable, pandemics are preventable.

Newton Emerson: Rumblings over schools a useful distraction from the DUP's Brexit disaster

Newton Emerson 27 Feb, 2021

Rumblings from the DUP about reopening schools faster than planned have fallen short of a full-scale executive row, proving this has been more about political positioning and internal party management than getting children back at their desks.

William Scholes: DUP discover you can vote out any time you like, but you can never leave

William Scholes 26 Feb, 2021

THERE has been enough hot air generated over Brexit, the Northern Ireland Protocol and Article 16 this week to rearrange Boris Johnson's hairstyle.

Alex Kane: The debate on the future of the UK should be welcomed by unionists and nationalists alike

Alex Kane 26 Feb, 2021

This is from the discussion paper, Towards a New Act of Union: ''A fundamental principle of a strengthened and revived United Kingdom is that each of the four component parts should have a mutually beneficial relationship both with the central mechanisms of the state and with each of the other four parts.