It was a day of firsts. The visit of President Clinton was the first time I heard the phrase ‘no stone unturned’. As 9 year olds…
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Debate was passionate. Speakers, from either side of the argument, delivered speeches ranging from reasoned argument to accusation and personal attack.Such was the nature of the…
In 1921 the founding father of Northern Ireland Edward Carson implored unionist legislators to govern the nascent state with justice and equality for the Catholic minority.…
In the current talks on dealing with the past the UK government is asserting a veto determining what will and will not be disclosed; this under…
Might Ms. Villiers’s paramilitary report be an attempt to control the rise of Sinn Fein in the South of Ireland, safe in the knowledge that Peter…
On Sunday (October 18 2015) the leader of Fianna Fáil Micheál Martin addressed the Annual Wolfe Tone Commemoration in Bodenstown. I previously looked at the Arbour Hill…
There is a growing recognition in Northern Ireland that the Good Friday Agreement (Belfast Agreement) has accomplished as much as is possible in its present…
Last week in Belfast High Court former Republican prisoner Martin Neeson was granted permission to challenge a decision from the Stormont’s Department of Finance and…
Once again Unionism is found wanting. Papers printed column upon column of solemn praise and affection for the modest man and monumental writer from Omagh, Co. Tyrone…
On Friday at Belfast’s Europa Hotel upwards of 100 people including business, trade union leaders, faith leaders, women’s organisations and community groups came together to launch…
The Stormont House Agreement is crystal clear that the planned Historical Investigations Unit (HIU) which will take on legacy investigations into Troubles-deaths will be ‘independent’ of…
The loser in this episode of the peace process will be those who oppose the Belfast Agreement. In July, Stormont was deadlocked, with no end in…
To look for meaning in difficulties has never been strong within unionism. To focus blindly on what has happened rather than the opportunities presented by…
The recent political crisis has laid bare the dysfunctional nature of our power-sharing institutions. The DUP have for so long extolled the virtues of the “better…
‘“Do you know what Ireland is?” asked Stephen with cold violence. “Ireland is the old sow that eats her farrow.”’ - James Joyce, Portrait of The…