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GERRY ADAMS: Liam Mellows’ words resonate through the years
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GERRY ADAMS: Liam Mellows’ words resonate through the years
I WAS very pleased to speak at the launch in Áras Uí Chonghaile of the latest edition of Desmond Greaves’ wonderful book, ‘Liam Mellows and the Iri...
KIRWAN: Ospreys Depart for Calmer, Saner Skies
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KIRWAN: Ospreys Depart for Calmer, Saner Skies
The ospreys dallied a few weeks longer this year. They’re usually gone by the third week in September. But then, 2025 was a banner year. One day I ...
A Nativist Fist
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A Nativist Fist
Journalists are regularly targeted around the world as they carry out their jobs of reporting truth amid war and mayhem. All too many have paid wit...
GERRY ADAMS: Taoiseach’s Áras debacle says so much about him
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GERRY ADAMS: Taoiseach’s Áras debacle says so much about him
THE decision by Fianna Fáil Presidential candidate Jim Gavin to withdraw from the contest means the race is now between Independent Catherine Conno...
No Way to Run a Country
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No Way to Run a Country
This page could pen many pages on the state of America right now. It would make in large part for uncomfortable reading. At the time of writing the...
Gerry Adams: Catherine Connolly a candidate worth uniting for
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Gerry Adams: Catherine Connolly a candidate worth uniting for
ALL three candidates in the Presidential election have made commitments in support of Irish unity. Clear evidence of the growing importance of Iris...
British Solvency Issue as a Path to Irish Unity British Solvency Issue as a Path to Irish Unity
Economics is often made far too complicated. Talk of bonds, gilt yields, and fiscal multipliers often dull even the sharpest of minds. Yet, what “e...
KIRWAN: Multiple Homes But One Now Firmly Set
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KIRWAN: Multiple Homes But One Now Firmly Set
“You and me are neither here nor there, young fellah,” the auld lad said to me one night in The Archway. I wasn’t sure what he meant. He was probab...
The Battle of Bethpage
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The Battle of Bethpage
The expectation was that the crowds filling Bethpage Black would be loud and raucous. This expectation was met and surpassed. We have just witnesse...
United and Divided
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United and Divided
You could reach for all manner of biblical references in describing this week's convening of the United Nations General Assembly. Try the parting o...
America's Troubles
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America's Troubles
For years, too many years, we would hear about the urgent need to take the gun out of Irish life, political and beyond political. The Good Friday A...
Hold That Sneeze
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Hold That Sneeze
The grand story of medical science took something of a hit last week when Florida's Surgeon General, Joseph A. Ladapo, announced plans to end all s...



 



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