Michael Hehir

Better news for UUP and SDLP in latest poll…

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Liverpool University have a new poll out in the Irish News and it makes better reading for SDLP and UUP supporters than the last two LucidTalk polls. Unlike LucidTalk, which asked about voting intentions in an Assembly election, the focus …

Frank Schnittger

Rugby: United Rugby Championship, Round Four Review…

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Round four of the URC was distinguished by a few notable events. Zebre Parma won their first match since April 2022 after a number of recent near misses. All the Welsh regions lost, and the South African sides continued to …

Brian O’Neill

Suella Braverman has been sacked from her role as home secretary…

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Home Secretary Suella Braverman sacked, as UK PM Rishi Sunak begins reshuffle – follow live coveragehttps://t.co/GRdgCqPt22 — BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) November 13, 2023

Choyaa

Examining the Online Trolling and Harassment Directed at Unionists. Part 2…

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Unionists are notoriously divided on almost every issue under the sun and finding common ground is an extremely difficult task, however, online abuse directed towards Unionists is one rare example of almost unanimous Unionist unity. For my last article, I …

Brian O’Neill

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.

Brian O’Neill

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.

Soapbox

Oliver Napier on the Success and Failure of Northern Ireland Power-Sharing. An Interview from 1996…

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Originally from Belfast, A.J. McManus is currently a teacher in the United States. Below is an interview Oliver Napier gave me in his law offices in April, 1996. Sir Oliver Napier (11 July 1935 – 2 July 2011) was the …

Arnold Carton

Yellowstone – a dystopian future for the USA?

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Every now and then a film or TV series catches the mood of a nation and it’s viewing figures take off, it becomes an enduring classic. In the early 1980s, a time of massive unemployment in the UK we had …

Brian O’Neill

“We’re getting tired of Northern Ireland” – You and me both mate…

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Ben Lowry was getting worked up on The View last night about the UK government getting fed up with our continual demands for more money. To quote: One of the big problems at Stormont, we saw this tonight and we …

Brian O’Neill

Is Suella Braverman heading for the sack?

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There is something of the Cruella DeVille about Home Secretary Suella Braverman. Obviously, I am not saying she wants a coat made from the skins of migrant children, well I hope not. The BBC has a nice round-up of her …