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EDITORIAL: A Godless Embrace
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EDITORIAL: A Godless Embrace
In the messy and oft sordid affair that is global geopolitics you sometimes have to deal with the devil. But you don't have to embrace him. But, sa...
LETTER: BAND ON 32ND U.S. TOUR
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LETTER: BAND ON 32ND U.S. TOUR
Editor: Renowned Irish folk band, The Druids, will set out on their 32nd tour of the United States at the end of February, bringing their captivati...
LETTER: Eyes on Ireland
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LETTER: Eyes on Ireland
Editor: Ireland currently enjoys a relatively low corporate tax rate (12.5%) and a tax treaty with the U.S. This has created an incentive for U.S. ...
Opinion: Dublin had its something from Irish America, so what about that small something that was promised in return?
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Opinion: Dublin had its something from Irish America, so what about that small something that was promised in return?
Quid pro Quo is all the rage in America at the minute. The Mayor of New York Eric Adams (below) got his. In return for joining Team Trump as water ...
KIRWAN; Stuck With United While Admiring Forest
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KIRWAN; Stuck With United While Admiring Forest
Like many people from Ireland I support an English football team. As I brace myself for sneers of contempt curried by hollow words of patronizing p...
EDITORIAL: More Than an Ocean Apart
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EDITORIAL: More Than an Ocean Apart
One thing that we are privileged to be able to do in these pages is cast an eye to both sides of the Atlantic, at government and governance in Irel...
GERRY ADAMS: The writing was on the wall in Armagh Gaol
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GERRY ADAMS: The writing was on the wall in Armagh Gaol
ROSELEEN Walsh is one of 36 women who were interned in the early 1970s. Her latest book – My Internment – tells the very personal story of her life...
GERRY ADAMS: Simon Harris is stating the bleedin' obvious
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GERRY ADAMS: Simon Harris is stating the bleedin' obvious
SIMON Harris has said that Irish unity is not a priority for him. That is self-evident. But for him to say so is at odds with the stated position o...
O'SHEA: A Consideration of Theological Considerations
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O'SHEA: A Consideration of Theological Considerations
This is the final column submitted by Gerry O'Shea who passed away last month after a short illness. Over the course of many years Gerry enlivened ...
EDITORIAL: Are You Not Entertained?
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EDITORIAL: Are You Not Entertained?
At one bloody point in the movie "Gladiator" Maximus turns to the baying crowd in the amphitheater and loudly asks "are you not entertained?" It's ...
GERRY ADAMS: Starmer seeks ways to frustrate justice
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GERRY ADAMS: Starmer seeks ways to frustrate justice
ACCORDING to the British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, his government is looking at “every conceivable way” to prevent me and at least 300 other peo...
EDITORIAL: A Familiar Face
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EDITORIAL: A Familiar Face
There is that line in the song by The Who: "Meet the new boss, same as the old boss." Well, the words apply to Micheál Martin who once served as ta...

 



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