The strange rebirth of Sinn Féin
Under Mary Lou McDonald the party is on the path to power – but can she keep its uneasy alliance…
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Michelle O’Neill attending the coronation shows up petty unionists
While the DUP burdens Northern Ireland with a stubborn lack of imagination, Sinn Féin has become dynamic and smart.
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The real reason Joe Biden is accused of being anti-British
It is easier for some to see the US president’s visit as a snub to the UK than accept it…
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Will Joe Biden’s Northern Ireland visit achieve anything?
The president is looking to reaffirm US influence on the island.
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From the NS archive: Still on the edge of terror
22 May 1998: Irish republicans have at last accepted partition. That is the true meaning of the Good Friday agreement.…
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Who could secure the Good Friday Agreement today?
Keir Starmer and Rishi Sunak lack the idealism and vision that enabled the Northern Ireland peace deal 25 years ago.
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Rishi Sunak avoids major rebellion as MPs back Brexit deal
Boris Johnson’s best efforts failed to bring down the Windsor Framework.
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Colum Eastwood: “We’re on the road to a united Ireland – and that’s going to be unstoppable”
The leader of Northern Ireland’s nationalist Social Democratic and Labour Party on Brexit, power-sharing and updating the Good Friday Agreement.
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What does Rishi Sunak gain from the Northern Ireland deal?
The “Windsor framework” may restore the UK’s reputation. Whether the PM sees any electoral benefit is another matter.
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Will a Northern Ireland Protocol deal make or break Rishi Sunak?
If the Prime Minister is forced to rely on Labour votes it will be a major blow to his authority.
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Keir Starmer plays divide and conquer with Northern Ireland deal
Labour wants a closer relationship with the EU, so it makes sense to get that now while casting Brexiteers as…
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Boris Johnson’s intervention on Brexit is really aimed at Rishi Sunak
The former PM’s warning over the Northern Ireland Protocol Bill has been timed to cause maximum difficulty for his replacement.
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Why Ireland still haunts the Tories
The Conservative Party is too ignorant about the country to make Brexit work.
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John Major suggests the Good Friday Agreement should be changed
The former PM argued it could be amended to prevent one party from collapsing the executive.
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The twilight of the British Union
If Labour wins the next election it will face nationalist opponents in Scotland and England. Could the UK survive?
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Will Rishi Sunak finally stand up to the Brexit fanatics?
Whether or not the Prime Minister defies his backbenchers over the Northern Ireland protocol will be a defining test.
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The Northern Ireland Protocol explained
To understand what is happening between the UK and EU right now, we need to go back in time.
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“Special, but not exclusive”: will US/UK relations be damaged by Liz Truss?
Joe Biden has a new British PM to deal with, but the same Northern Ireland protocol problem.
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Liz Truss’s Northern Ireland bill is all about her
The Foreign Secretary needs to burnish her Brexiteer credentials for a leadership bid.
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Boris Johnson may live to regret picking a fight over the Northern Ireland protocol
Voters have more pressing concerns on their minds than squabbles with the EU over Brexit.
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