No future British government will stand in the way of Irish unity

I listened to an interview with the Republic’s taoiseach Micheál Martin in which he made it clear that the last thing we needed was a border poll.

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Denigrating high achievers leaves little basis for Irish unity any time soon

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Return to school needs to be delivered in a safe environment

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Onus on republicans to grasp reality of what took place in 1998

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Jim Gibney and his political ilk have already given up on ‘the republic'

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We should be making face masks an essential part of our repertoire

30 Jul, 2020

Back in February when Covid-19 hit Northern Ireland, medics and scientists were dilatory at the use of face masks for the general public outside of a clinical setting, even the World Health Organization doubted their usefulness saying the data was very weak in halting the spread of the virus and that face masks should be kept for healthcare workers and those in a clinical setting, but not for the general public at large.

Fresco depicting slaughter of Indian people should be covered up

29 Jul, 2020

Statues of ‘tyrants’ were torn down in Romania, Iraq and the former Soviet Bloc to enthusiastic approval from the western media, including the Irish media.

The town of Arva's crow ‘invasion' is no caws for concern

28 Jul, 2020

A recent article entitled ‘The burning question now is who will save the town of Arva from the crows’ (July 7) has ruffled a few feathers in our town.

Politicians really should be worried about genetically modified food

27 Jul, 2020

The outrage outrage about the border in the Irish Sea continues to gather attention even though that ship has sailed.

Why support a Covid-19 strategy that has cost so many lives?

24 Jul, 2020

Féile an an Phobail 2020 says it is going ahead this year – virtually. Like the Duncairn Arts Centre, let’s hope it works.

Unfair for Prof Scally to single out first Covid-19 case in north

23 Jul, 2020

Professor Gabriel Scally has performed an enormous public service over the past few months in speaking truth to those in power on the island of Ireland in relation to their handling of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Credibility of Stormont Executive severely jeopardised by Storey funeral

22 Jul, 2020

Michelle O’Neill has frequently stated that she “followed the science” in her response to the coronavirus pandemic.

Our day has come to unite in one cause – climate change

21 Jul, 2020

As a ‘ceasefire baby’ growing up in the 1990s in Northern Ireland, I often sketched ‘Tiocfaidh ár lá’ on my homework diary not understanding the historical wounding that inspired the phrase.

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