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Patrick Murphy: Fifty years on, has sectarian domination simply changed sides?

It is difficult to avoid the observation that in the 50 years from Terence O’Neill to Michelle O’Neill, sectarian domination has not gone away, it has changed sides. Pictured is deputy first minister Michelle O'Neill outside Stormont. Photo: Mal McCann.
Patrick Murphy
Is nationalism the new unionism? An odd question, you say, but it is difficult to avoid the observation that in the fifty years from Terence O'Neill to Michelle O'Neill, sectarian domination did not [...]

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