Politics

Making sense of political events, decisions and ideas directly affecting Northern Ireland. Given their geographical proximity, events in Great Britain and the Republic of Ireland will be included in this section

Understanding the complexities of our past can only lead to understanding and progress

Kevin MeagherOctober 10, 2017

One hundred years ago today , my great uncle, John Madden, was killed at the Third Battle of Ypres at Passchendaele as a member of the 1st Battalion of the East... Read More...

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Thinking out loud: What will it take to make Stormont work?

Connor DalyOctober 9, 2017

Almost a year has passed since the DUP-Sinn Féin Executive collapsed. We can almost look back on the May 2016 – January 2017 Assembly mandate with nostalgia: on... Read More...

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The political week in 5 points

Heather WilsonOctober 8, 2017

A disastrous key note speech for Theresa May is reflective of her leadership journey thus far. At the Conservative Party conference on Wednesday, everything tha... Read More...

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The ‘British Dream’ won’t overwrite May’s nightmare

Jamie PowOctober 4, 2017

Peggy Noonan, President Reagan’s chief speechwriter, once said, “Speeches are more important in politics than talking points, as a rule, and are better remember... Read More...

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The political week in 5 points

Heather WilsonOctober 1, 2017

Police brutality during Catalonian Independence Referendum leaves the world watching on in horror. Chaos and shame are among the two words that could be used to... Read More...

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Will we ever be able to say ‘we have overcome’?

Heather WilsonSeptember 28, 2017

The famous words of the great civil rights leader, Martin Luther King Jnr, and later used by ‘Ireland’s greatest’, John Hume, 'we shall overcome' are as much as... Read More...

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