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EDITORIAL: Peace Dropping Not Even Slow
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EDITORIAL: Peace Dropping Not Even Slow
Blessed are the peacemakers. If you can find them. And finding them in the world right now, especially in the Middle East and in the context of the...
Sinéad is still owed apology Sinéad is still owed apology
On Oct 3, 1992 Sinéad O’Connor did the world a big favor and tore up the picture of the pope on “Saturday Night Live.” This show is supposed to be ...
ADAMS: Wolfe Tone’s Cordial Union 
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ADAMS: Wolfe Tone’s Cordial Union 
Last week I attended an event in Parliament Buildings at Stormont, hosted by U.S. Special Economic Envoy Joe Kennedy III. There was a panel discuss...
KIRWAN: Taking Stock of the New Belfast
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KIRWAN: Taking Stock of the New Belfast
If you don’t know Belfast, you don’t really know Ireland. That thought always strikes me as I’m departing from Ireland’s second largest city. Throu...
EDITORIAL: More Death, Endless Grief
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EDITORIAL: More Death, Endless Grief
The above headline could refer to any number of places around the world, not least the Middle East right now. But it actually refers to Lewiston, a...
ADAMS: We are all Palestinians Now
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ADAMS: We are all Palestinians Now
As I write this week’s column all of the scéal coming from the Israeli government and its international allies indicate that a ground invasion of G...
Mary and Steve Were Champions of Justice
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Mary and Steve Were Champions of Justice
I entered the New York Metropolitan Correctional Center on June 18, 1983 pursuant to a British extradition warrant for political offenses committed...
Editorial: Musical Speakers
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Editorial: Musical Speakers
So around and around we go, without inspiration, without end. As the House of Representatives plows through another exasperating week, as much of t...
ADAMS: Ireland Should Launch Mid East Peace Initiative
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ADAMS: Ireland Should Launch Mid East Peace Initiative
Like many of you I have been shocked and distressed by the appalling events in the Middle East. The attack by Hamas fighters which targeted civilia...
O'SHEA: The Irish Republic Real and Imagined
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O'SHEA: The Irish Republic Real and Imagined
"Up the Republic, they raise their battle cry, "Pearse and McDermott will pray for you on high" From “Legion of the Rearguard” – a Republican Civil...
Editorial: A Timely Warning - Yet Again
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Editorial: A Timely Warning - Yet Again
It's hard not to feel down about the state of the world. It's hard not to worry that things might get even worse. War here, there and everywhere, c...
ADAMS: Middle East Peace Talks Now
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ADAMS: Middle East Peace Talks Now
The scale of the assault by Palestinian fighters into Israel last weekend is unparalleled. The scenes of death and destruction on both sides are he...

 

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