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GERRY ADAMS: Search for Disappeared deserves support of all
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GERRY ADAMS: Search for Disappeared deserves support of all
IN the 1970s the IRA shot dead and secretly buried a number of people. This is a terrible legacy of that period of our history. The families of tho...
O'SHEA: Unionist Unease Amid Stormont Return
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O'SHEA: Unionist Unease Amid Stormont Return
The concept of losers’ consent is central to American politics since Donald Trump refused to acknowledge the legitimacy of Joe Biden’s victory in t...
EDITORIAL: America Deserves Better
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EDITORIAL: America Deserves Better
On Tuesday morning, February 13, the Washington Post reported thus: "The Senate passed a $95 billion national security package to aid Israel, Ukrai...
KIRWAN: The Enduring Legacy of 'The Silent Sentinels'
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KIRWAN: The Enduring Legacy of 'The Silent Sentinels'
They were called The Silent Sentinels. Members of the National Woman’s Party, 33 of them were sentenced to prison in November 1917 for protesting o...
ADAMS: Something Truly Fundamental Has Happened
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ADAMS: Something Truly Fundamental Has Happened
The restoration last Saturday of the political institutions and the election of Michelle O'Neill as First Minister marks an extraordinary turning p...
EDITORIAL: And Finally.....
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EDITORIAL: And Finally.....
Northern Ireland has been waiting for this. Waiting not just for the two years since the last Assembly election, but waiting since its very foundat...
ADAMS: Comhghairdeas to Kneecap's Sundance Success  ADAMS: Comhghairdeas to Kneecap's Sundance Success 
Comhghairdeas Kneecap as an rath a bhí ar bhur scannán ag féile scannán Sundance. Last August I travelled over to a studio close to Queen’s Univers...
O'SHEA: Some Reflections on a Changing Ireland
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O'SHEA: Some Reflections on a Changing Ireland
“You talk to me of nationality, language, religion,” Stephen Dedalus declared in Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. “I shall try to fly by thos...
EDITORIAL: Never Again.....But
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EDITORIAL: Never Again.....But
There's no doubt that what is going on in Gaza is horrific. There's no doubt that what triggered the Israeli invasion - that being the Hamas attack...
KIRWAN:  Tis The Year That's In It
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KIRWAN: Tis The Year That's In It
Well, it’s finally here – 2024, the year of the bitch! Rest assured, sisters, this has nothing to do with any gender-based slur, rather a recogniti...
ADAMS: High Time Time for Clarity
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ADAMS: High Time Time for Clarity
The question – will he or won’t he – has yet to be answered. Will Jeffrey Donaldson provide the leadership needed to persuade his party to go back ...
0'SHEA: A World of Two Wars
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0'SHEA: A World of Two Wars
The world is galvanized by the awful daily reports from Ukraine and Gaza, with the future direction of both conflicts very unsure. As American supp...

 



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