Open Sunday – discuss what you like…
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The idea for Open Sunday is to let you discuss what you like. Just two rules. Keep it civil and no man/woman playing. Comments will close at 12 pm on Monday.
Open sunday – politics free zone…
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In addition to our normal open Sunday, we have a politics-free post to give you all a break. So discuss what you like here, but no politics. Comments will close at 12 pm on Monday.
SDLP leader faces election telling party members that ‘we didn’t turn this ship round just to sail in circles’ #SDLP26
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The SDLP gathered in the Crowne Plaza hotel for their annual conference. Claire Hanna’s leader’s speech was concise, punchy and well received. But the good reception in the hall now needs to transfer to a good reception on the doors, …
Donald Trump says he would love to see a united Ireland…
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From the BBC: Trump said a united Ireland would happen eventually and that the Taoiseach was “the right man over here to get it moving”. During his meeting with Micheál Martin at Farmleigh House, in Phoenix Park, Trump said a …
Mary McAleese quits GAA integration group…
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For those not familiar with the situation, Gaelic games are split into three organisations: The main GAA The Ladies Gaelic Football Association Camogie (the female version of hurling) For years they have been trying to merge the three organisations into …
What on earth is going on with Royal Mail?
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It’s rarely out of the headlines. We seem to get one postal delivery a week. First and Second class? Forget that, nothing gets delivered on time unless it’s a parcel or other timed delivery service. Or does it? Have a …
Trump arrives in Ireland tomorrow…
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The Great Orange One arrives in Ireland tomorrow, causing a diplomatic headache for the Irish government. DFA are as smooth as the yard of silk but this visit will stretch even their legendary powers of diplomacy. President Catherine Connolly is …
Hanna: If we keep voting for the same politics, we shouldn’t be surprised when we keep getting the same outcomes.
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Claire Hanna MP is the Leader of the SDLP For too long, politics here has spent most of its time either looking to the past or dealing with the present, but rarely planning for the future. Reduced Assembly terms have …
Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband imposes West Bank Sanctions…
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To some of us the choice of Ed Miliband as Foreign Secretary by Andy Burnham was a surprising one. If you had to pick someone who was likely to get on with President Trump, a green energy, windmill-loving lefty like …
Something worth coming home for
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By Elizabeth Clarke MBE is a member of the Ulster Unionist Party, a school governor, charity volunteer and mum of five. My son is thinking about moving to Australia next year. Part of me wants to tell him to go …