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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What should Europe’s position on Taiwan be?
Emmanuel Macron says Europe should stop “following” the US, while Joe Biden visits Belfast.
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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From the NS archive: Ulster’s heart-stopping moment
3 April 1998: Peace talks are reaching a conclusion, but can nationalist and unionist leaders persuade their supporters to accept…
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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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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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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 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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The Mark Fisher generation
In 2009 Capitalist Realism sought to upend the status quo. As political paralysis returns, its message is as urgent as…
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Mary Lou McDonald: behind the respectable face of Sinn Féin
A new biography charts the rapid political rise – and moral compromises – of Sinn Féin’s leader.
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Northern Ireland protocol shows how Brexit is still destroying the Tory party
With a potential trade war looming, Conservatives are stuck in an ever-more destructive disagreement over what Britain should look like…
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Could Michelle O’Neill be Northern Ireland’s final first minister?
How Sinn Féin’s Stormont leader prevailed – in a province whose existence she wants to end.
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What does Sinn Féin’s victory mean for Northern Ireland’s future?
The nationalist party should not rush to demand a border poll on a united Ireland.
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Is a united Ireland now inevitable?
As Sinn Féin surges with voters, Irish reunification seems closer than ever. But the real debate over what the new…
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Why I will never forgive Boris Johnson for the damage he has done to the country I love
The Prime Minister ripped away my European citizenship for no obvious gain and threatens to destroy the Union I cherish.
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A hundred years of trouble: How an outburst of violence exposed Northern Ireland as a failed state
On the 100th anniversary of the state they helped create, Ulster unionists are in thrall to a sense of doom.…
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Julian Smith’s Diary: The day I was sacked from the cabinet, and helping Northern Ireland escape its past
Northern Ireland has a bright future, but it needs an inclusive, responsive vision for the Union that offers real benefits, as well as some careful…
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The Belfast blindspot: How Britain still doesn’t get Northern Ireland
Few predicted that the Irish border would become the defining issue of Brexit – but then again, the British media…
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What does the Emma de Souza ruling mean for Irish-only citizens in Northern Ireland?
The court case has exposed holes in how British law reflects the Good Friday Agreement.
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