Donald Trump orders Lake Ontario to be renamed ‘Lake America’…
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The great orange one is at it again. Donald Trump stepped up his war of words with Ottawa on Thursday, ordering his government to change the name of Lake Ontario, which sits between Canada and the US, to “Lake America”. …
Gas prices to rise nearly 20% from October…
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Gas prices for around 200,000 domestic and small business SSE Airtricity customers in Belfast and the west of Northern Ireland will increase by an average of £174 per year starting October 1. The 19.2% rise is largely driven by a …
UVF Transition Stalls Over Post-Ceasefire Immunity Request
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Richard Sullivan has written a piece in the Belfast Telegraph explaining that the UVF’s negotiation with Independent Expert Fleur Ravensbergen has stalled as the group seeks an amnesty for members who committed crimes, including murder, after the Loyalist ceasefire. As per …
Your invitation to the launch of my new book The Birthday Boys…
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Why write? For a privileged few, journalists, columnists and the like, the answer is to pay the bills. For an even more fortunate élite of best-selling authors, writing can provide a very pleasant lifestyle. It is a dream of many …
Summer’s over. Now It’s Time to Make Homelessness Prevention a Government Priority
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Kate McCauley is the Chief Executive, Housing Rights As the Northern Ireland Assembly returns from summer recess, Ministers and MLAs have an opportunity to make a fundamental shift in how we respond to homelessness. The change is simple in principle …
‘It’s all here to be told’: Ulster’s role in the American declaration of independence
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The Linen Hall library in Belfast hosted a panel discussion as part of its USA-NI 250 exhibition programme, marking the 250th anniversary of the American Declaration of Independence. The event, “The American Declaration of Independence: American and Ulster Contexts, Links and Legacies,” was …
Drumcree? Again?
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When the Drumcree dispute erupted over parades down the Garvaghy Road, most observers already believed that N. Ireland was on the road towards peace. John Hume and Gerry Adams had been involved in the Hume-Adams talks, which had been …
Queen of Country Dolly Parton dies aged 80…
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Country music is massive in Ireland and the death of Dolly Parton is a major blow for her millions of fans over here. Could anyone not be a fan of Dolly Parton? Has there ever been a more talented, good-natured, …
High Court rules Parades Commission Erred in Blocking Drumcree March
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From ‘The Belfast Telegraph‘ A decision to bar the Orange Order from part of the flashpoint Drumcree marching route is to be quashed, a High Court judge declared today.The outcome was reached after the Parades Commission conceded a procedural error …
“We recognised that sometimes its signature was written in pencil”
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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is getting kudos from standing up to Trump in the US Canada trade negotiations. From the FT: Donald Trump has said he will increase tariffs on Canadian cars and automotive parts to 50 per cent …