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KIRWAN: Back With a Bang
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KIRWAN: Back With a Bang
So the big S-word is making its unruly rounds again. The big C word – Communism - is now so retro only our president uses it. But Socialism is back...
LETTERS: The Time is Now
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LETTERS: The Time is Now
Editor: Taoiseach Micheál Martin recently remarked that he “goes bananas” when members of his own party raise the question of a Border poll. But pe...
EDIITORIAL: Andy Burnham's Table Talk
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EDIITORIAL: Andy Burnham's Table Talk
Not for the first time has a British prime minister put his foot in it when Northern Ireland is under the foot. Andy Burnham, visiting the North, i...
Gerry Adams: County Mayo pays tribute to the hunger strikers
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Gerry Adams: County Mayo pays tribute to the hunger strikers
THIS Sunday the National Hunger Strike Commemoration will commence at 2.30pm in Ballina, County Mayo. The event will mark 45 years since the 1981 h...
Andy Burnham's Table Talk Andy Burnham's Table Talk
Not for the first time has a British prime minister put his foot in it when Northern Ireland is under the foot. Andy Burnham, visiting the North, i...
EDITORIAL: The Wilting Fields
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EDITORIAL: The Wilting Fields
It has been one of those summers in Ireland, the kind of season that people will be referring back to years from now. Many in Ireland still talk of...
GERRY ADAMS: Forget the background noise and keep up the work
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GERRY ADAMS: Forget the background noise and keep up the work
MONDAY’S Irish Times has an editorial dealing with the possibility of the collapse of the Northern Assembly at Stormont. This is the latest media-d...
Gerry Adams: Fleadh and Féile made 2026 a real year to remember
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Gerry Adams: Fleadh and Féile made 2026 a real year to remember
FOLLOWING on from Tradfest – well done Dónal and everyone involved – Féile and the Fleadh were mighty. Sixteen days of Féile An Phobail, separate b...
KIRWAN: High Time for a Rockabilly Revival
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KIRWAN: High Time for a Rockabilly Revival
The Village Pub was a temple of tolerance that perched precariously near the top of Bainbridge Avenue. It was owned by John Flynn, who welcomed eve...
 Garden Saved
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Garden Saved
In a world on fire every bit of green counts. Elizabeth Street Garden in Lower Manhattan is a tiny sliver of green in the mostly asphalt and concre...
Thirty-Two Years And No Conviction:  The Murder Of Roseanne Mallon Thirty-Two Years And No Conviction: The Murder Of Roseanne Mallon
Roseanne Mallon was a lovely person. She was a retiree, unmarried, who lived with her sister-in-law Bridget Mallon. Brigid’s adult children, Paula,...
GERRY ADAMS: ­New Irelanders will reap what women like Martina have sown
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GERRY ADAMS: ­New Irelanders will reap what women like Martina have sown
ON Saturday a packed St Mary’s gave a huge welcome to Martina Anderson, who was launching her personal and hugely important autobiography – ‘Choosi...

 



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