Patrick Murphy gets carried away

OK – whoa there. Steady up. Let’s not get carried away, as clearly has happened to Patrick Murphy writing in The Irish News.  He says the Fleadh did more to unite people than the IRA did in 50 years. Cool your jets, Patrick. The Fleadh was a celebration of Irish culture, and it included various […]

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Ireland’s Future    by Joe McVeigh

  Ireland’s Future is a civic group committed to keeping the issue of a border referendum on Irish re-unification before the people of Ireland and indeed as far as is possible- with limited resources -of keeping the issue alive in England, Scotland/Wales and especially with the Irish diaspora in the USA and Australia. A border […]

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The sad and stupid fate of Jason Arday

There is a man lying dead in England this morning, and most of us assume he took his own life. He was famous, forty-one years of age, and very clever. How and why did this appalling waste of a human being happen? Jason Arday was black, with long dreadlocks and a strong, intelligent face. He […]

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The sad and stupid fate of Jason Arday

There is a man lying dead in England this morning, and most of us assume he took his own life. He was famous, forty-one years of age, and very clever. How and why did this appalling waste of a human being happen? Jason Arday was black, with long dreadlocks and a strong, intelligent face. He […]

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Jim, Thomas, Francie and the A5

Francie Molloy, former Sinn Féin MP, has done a very daring thing: he has linked the failure to complete the A5 with the Ulster Plantation. “It hasn’t delivered the A5 because courts have come in the way and people using the courts to obstruct a political process,” he said. “In the A5 you have an […]

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Gordon Lyons and the horrors of the Feile

Gordon Lyons,DUP MLA, is a big,open -hearted man. Listen to this: “While the Fleadh brought people together in a spirit of celebration that was open and welcoming, Féile has too often featured elements that divide and offend. Public tributes to convicted terrorists and the platforming of those who glorify a campaign of violence have no […]

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Daniel Kinehan is innocent

Daniel Kinehan – you know him. The one they sent the Irish government jet to Dubai to arrest and bring to Ireland? Well, here’s something you don’t know: Kinehan is innocent. He has been charged with directing the activities of a criminal organisation. He hasn’t been charged with murder or drug-trafficking. So what do you […]

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