The Daily Thread For Sunday 6th July 2025
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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 …
The Daily Thread For Saturday 5th July 2025
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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 …
The Daily Thread For Friday 4th July 2025
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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 …
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 …
I Know How You Feel, Rachel. We’re All Crying Over This Government Too…
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Sir Keir Starmer has thrown his full support behind Rachel Reeves, saying she will remain Chancellor “into the next election and for many years after,” following an emotional moment during Prime Minister’s Questions. Reeves was reportedly seen in tears, prompting …
Who can I trust, where is safety?
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FiFi Garrett is a politically savvy Essex native now rooted in rural Northern Ireland, living just outside Derry-Londonderry. Visit her site. Over the last five years twenty seven women have lost their lives to violence in Northern Ireland. The most …
“We’re between narratives, which means denial in the early stages is because of a desire to preserve last shreds of old imploding monoculture’
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Reconciliation, rekənˌsɪliˈeɪʃən: “the process of making two people or groups of people friendly again after they have argued seriously or fought and kept apart from each other, or a situation in which this happens.” -Cambridge Dictionary Last week the word reconciliation …