Newton Emerson: Following Clyde Valley row, Larne rally has potential to cause difficulties

Newton Emerson

Boris Johnson has raised hackles by claiming the backstop breaches the Good Friday Agreement’s consent principle.

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Allison Morris: Time for politicians to dial down the divisive rhetoric

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Allison Morris: Time for politicians to dial down the divisive rhetoric

Allison Morris 22 Aug, 2019

After a week of covering a security situation in Northern Ireland that was far from the definition of peace time news reporting, it must now surely be a time for politicians to step back and reflect.

Jarlath Kearney: Sharing positive memories of Antrim hurlers at Croke Park, 1989

21 Aug, 2019

Our lives lead us to places that we can, in truth, never really imagine at the start of each new pathway.

Brian Feeney: Don't be deluded into thinking there'll be a Brexit deal by October 31

Brian Feeney 21 Aug, 2019

One of the reasons, perhaps the main reason, why there is so much confusion about what’s going to happen in the UK at Halloween is because the media takes the statements of the British government and its ministers seriously.

Anita Robinson: Watching television chefs serves to highlight my own culinary limitations

Anita Robinson 20 Aug, 2019

I’ve discovered a very pleasant way of wasting entire afternoons.

Fionnuala O Connor: Fiftieth anniversary leaves us wondering how little we have learned

Fionnuala O Connor 20 Aug, 2019

No wonder that for some remembering this time around has gone too deep for tears and way too deep for words.

Claire Simpson: Gregory Campbell's call for 'accurate picture' of the Troubles a pipe-dream

Claire Simpson 19 Aug, 2019

Three years after the Battle of the Bogside in 1969, 19-year-old IRA man Seamus Bradley was shot and killed in Derry's Creggan.

Tom Kelly: Our peace is still plagued by our terrible past

Tom Kelly 19 Aug, 2019

WHEN the British government finally decided to send troops into Northern Ireland in 1969, the then home secretary James Callaghan wryly said going in was the easy bit but getting out would be a totally different matter. He wasn’t wrong.

Patrick Murphy: Nationalism is arguing for a new Ireland, but what does that mean?

Patrick Murphy 17 Aug, 2019

Dear Northern Unionists, Apparently we are going to have a united Ireland.

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Newton Emerson: Following Clyde Valley row, Larne rally has potential to cause difficulties

Patrick Murphy: Political failure and institutionalised sectarianism to blame for continuing violence

William Scholes: Wild about the Wild Atlantic Way - but not the Cliffs of Moher

Alex Kane: Loyalists should stop complaining and articulate a message that isn't being heard at present

Allison Morris: Time for politicians to dial down the divisive rhetoric

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Allison Morris: Time for politicians to dial down the divisive rhetoric

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Brian Feeney: Don't be deluded into thinking there'll be a Brexit deal by October 31

Anita Robinson: Watching television chefs serves to highlight my own culinary limitations

Fionnuala O Connor: Fiftieth anniversary leaves us wondering how little we have learned

Claire Simpson: Gregory Campbell's call for 'accurate picture' of the Troubles a pipe-dream

Tom Kelly: Our peace is still plagued by our terrible past

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