The Policy Ask with Michael Houlihan: “The skills gap is very real, very big and threatens to hold the economy back”
The CEO of the employment charity Generation UK&I on social mobility, empathy and why we need an “aggressive” fossil fuel…
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Ireland booms while Brexit Britain whimpers next door
While Joe Biden visits Ireland, Brexiteers said their closest EU neighbour would be “doomed” – now it’s set to be…
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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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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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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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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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It’s time to banish Britain’s Celtic ghosts
The Anglo-Celt divide continues to shape the political fate of the British Isles – yet it is a historical mirage.
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The Quiet Girl is an artfully muted masterpiece
With his remarkable film about a timid child sent to live with relatives in rural Ireland, Colm Bairéad provides a…
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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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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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How Britain’s dark history with Ireland haunts Brexit
Britain may have forgotten the past, but across the Irish Sea, the troubled relationship – from the Great Famine to the…
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A united Ireland now looks like an increasing possibility
Unity was once the “solution that dare not speak its name,” but when it comes to a desire to remain within…
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How Brexit has reopened old wounds on both sides of the Irish border
The Irish Question has returned and endangered the peace process.
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