Slugger O’Toole

The Daily Thread For Tuesday 8th July 2025

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Brian O’Neill

From Stormont to our homes. Busyness and the illusion of action…

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As regular readers might know, I’m on an online news and social media break over the summer. I’ve found that reading a paper newspaper is a good compromise—it keeps me informed without the internet’s relentless firehose of misery and information. …

Slugger O’Toole

The Daily Thread For Monday 7th July 2025

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Slugger O’Toole

The Daily Thread For Sunday 6th July 2025

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Jason Conlon

In defence of Bob Vylan – Racism, literalism, music… and Ireland.

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The efforts to expunge punk-rap duo Bob Vylan entirely from the public record are remarkable, disturbing, and appalling in equal measure. This week, the controversy surrounding their anti-IDF chanting at the Glastonbury festival has seen the duo widely condemned across …

Slugger O’Toole

The Daily Thread For Saturday 5th July 2025

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Choyaa

The Orange Institution’s biggest enemy is itself…

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The Parades Commission has once again ruled that the Orange Institution will be banned from parading along Garvaghy Road in 2025. This decision is hardly surprising—it marks the thirtieth consecutive year such a ruling has been made. What may surprise …

Slugger O’Toole

The Daily Thread For Friday 4th July 2025

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Brian O’Neill

The population of the island of Ireland exceeds seven million for the first time since 1851…

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The Central Statistics Office (CSO) and NISRA has published a joint census publication showing that the population of the island of Ireland has exceeded 7 million people for the first time since 1851. You can read the report here. Key …

Brian O’Neill

A new report claims the cost of an united Ireland has been exaggerated and reunification is affordable…

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As Wimbledon is on, it’s fitting that it’s also report tennis time again! We haven’t had a good reunification cost report in a while, but fear not, the latest volley is here. A brand new analysis from Dublin City University …