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‘The Northern Ireland Troubles Amnesty Could Push us Towards a United Ireland’
A new bill passed by the UK Government has reopened deep wounds in Northern Irish politics
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Gendered Violence: The Hidden War Against Women in Northern Ireland
Why is Northern Ireland one of the most dangerous places in Europe for women, with femicide levels outranked only by Romania?
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The Twelfth: ‘Celebrating One’s Own Culture Should Not Require the Oppression of Another’s’
Bonfires to mark the day in Northern Ireland are often used not as a symbol of one’s national identity but as a marker of territory, writes Emma deSouza
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Northern Ireland’s Cost of Living Crisis Doesn’t Fit with Cameron and Osborne’s Austerity Narratives
A new study shows how the effects of austerity on women and children are now being compounded by the cost of living crisis in Northern Ireland
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‘Shifting Political Landscape on Island of Ireland Requires More Cross-Border Journalism’
We need a diverse media landscape that recognises the added responsibility of operating in a post-conflict society, writes Emma DeSouza
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Northern Ireland’s Mental Health Crisis 25 Years On from the Good Friday Agreement
Tommy Greene reports on the ongoing impact of the Troubles on communities in the era after the peace process
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Biden in Northern Ireland: ‘Landmark Moment Reduced to No More than a Photo-Op by Downing Street’
The limited nature of the US President’s Northern Ireland visit stands in stark contrast to the scenes on the other side of the border, writes Emma DeSouza
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Why Northern Ireland’s Youth want Reform of the Good Friday Agreement
Emma DeSouza speaks to young people around the 25th anniversary of the power-sharing arrangement that aimed to bring peace
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Is Northern Ireland’s SDLP Here to Stay?
The SDLP served as a bridge between communities during Northern Ireland’s peace process but is now in the fight for its life, reports Emma DeSouza
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The Presence of Paramilitaries in Northern Ireland has Again Become Normalised
The recent attempted murder of an off-duty police detective in Omagh was not an isolated incident, reports Emma De Souza
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Rishi Sunak’s Brexit Deal Shows what Britain Lost by Leaving the EU
In seeking praise for repairing some of the damage caused by Brexit, Rishi Sunak’s revised deal only highlights what we lost through cutting ties with the EU, reports Adam Bienkov
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‘With the Northern Ireland Protocol Deal, Sunak has Recognised Peace is Hard and Conflict is Deadly’
Do Boris Johnson, David Frost and the ERG want Northern Ireland to be stuck in a similar spiral of distrust and possible resumption of violence as the Israelis and Palestinians, writes former diplomat Alexandra Hall Hall
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Most Unionists Would Now Ditch the Good Friday Agreement, According to Polls
25 years of opposition to the historic peace deal by the DUP is paying off
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The UK and Ireland’s Brexit Divide Deepens
Emma DeSouza reports on the implications for remain-voting Northern Ireland and the Union of Ireland’s positive relationship with the EU, amid ongoing complications over the Protocol
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Boris Johnson’s Most Lasting Brexit Legacy may well be the Break-Up of the UK
Boris Johnson has done more for the independence movement in Scotland and the possibility of reunification for Ireland than either the SNP or Sinn Féin managed in a generation, says Jonathan Lis
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The Impact of Brexit in Six Charts: From Trade Slumps to a Weaker Pound
TJ Coles reviews the ways in which leaving the EU has made Britain poorer
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From Rwanda to Northern Ireland: The Failures of the Government Legal Department
Barrister Gareth Roberts assesses the breakdown in respect for the rule of law within Downing Street
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The Government Continues to Stoke Burning Embers in Northern Ireland
As Boris Johnson prepares to change the Northern Ireland Protocol, Jonathan Lis explores how his recklessness, a hard Brexit and lasting questions of identity are threatening peace once again
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The UK Has Been Captured by Conservative England
The country is experiencing the tyranny of a Conservative minority, argues TJ Coles
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Constitutional Culture Wars: Johnson’s Next Divide-and-Rule Campaign?
AV Deggar considers how the Vote Leave coalition may react to emboldened separatist forces in Scotland and Northern Ireland
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‘Brexit Freedoms Bill’ Can’t Reverse What We’ve Already Lost
As the Government proposes new laws to unshackle the UK, Sam Bright reviews the fundamental freedoms that have already been lost due to Brexit
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Will This be Northern Ireland’s Most Important Election Ever?
Luke Butterly reports on the expectations of a Sinn Féin victory in the imminent legislative elections to the Northern Ireland Assembly
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‘Perverse’ Law Criminalising Homelessness Clings On in Northern Ireland
The 200-year-old Vagrancy Act is still being used to arrest and fine people sleeping on the streets of Northern Ireland, despite it being repealed in the rest of the UK
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Otto English’s 2021 Round-Up: Part One
Brexit, Coronavirus, insurrection – the first five months of the year were packed with concerning developments on many fronts
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The Brexit Slump: UK-EU Trade Continues to Lag As New Regulations Loom
A new House of Lords report exposes the economic aftershocks of Brexit, highlights David Hencke
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On Brexit, Boris Johnson is Starting to Face the Consequences of his Actions
At home and abroad, the Vote Leave Government’s honeymoon period is over, reports Mike Buckley
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Vets Receive the Brexit Treatment
Stephen Delahunty explores how Britain’s departure from the EU is increasing the demand for vets, while their numbers fall
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Brexit Forever: The Northern Ireland Protocol and the Government’s Brexit Addiction
David Frost’s speech on the Northern Ireland Protocol, and Dominic Cummings’ shocking revelations on Twitter, showed that the UK is playing the same old games over Brexit, says Mike Buckley
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Northern Ireland Amnesty: ‘How can you Build Reconciliation on Denying People the Right to Truth?’
Anne Cadwallader reports on cross-party opposition in Northern Ireland and among human rights groups to the UK Government’s decision to end prosecutions for crimes committed during the ‘Troubles’
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Highwire Act: Why the Northern Ireland Protocol is the Ultimate Brexit Test
As the UK struggles with the reality that it is the only country in the world to create its own internal trade barrier, Mike Buckley looks at the dangerous pitfalls for Boris Johnson
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The UK’s Misrule-Based International Disorder
The G7 summit further wrenched Britain away from our liberal democratic allies, says Mike Buckley
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Measuring the Cost: Brexit Six Months On
The end of the transition period was merely a staging post within a process that will be long with us, says Chris Grey
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The DUP Takes A Backwards Step Just As Times are Changing in Northern Ireland
Emma DeSouza reports on the election of the Democratic Unionist Party’s new leader and its implications amidst declining support for unionism as a whole in Northern Ireland
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BBC’s ‘Three Families’ Shows How the Fight For Abortion Rights in the UK Continues
A primetime drama about abortion in Northern Ireland shows that there is more work to be done to protect a woman’s right to choose in the UK, Sian Norris argues
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Unionism Needs to Choose what it Stands For Post-Brexit
Mike Buckley assesses what impact the resignation of Arlene Foster as Northern Ireland’s First Minister will have on its relationship with the rest of the UK
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Northern Ireland: Today’s Violence Is Not Just Due to Brexit but the Continued Contempt of the British Establishment
The trouble with borders is that once you’ve taken back control of them they come into existence, writes Jonathan Lis
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‘We’re Living in a Bizarre Fantasy World’: Alastair Campbell on Boris Johnson, Brexit and Labour
The former Downing Street communications chief is incensed about the state of politics and the media
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Northern Ireland: The Potent Forces Leading to Violence Once More
Mike Buckley speaks to experts about how an intersection of factors, which go beyond concerns around identity and Brexit, are contributing to the current unrest
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Project Fear – The Writing Was Always on the Wall
By dismissing all the warnings about the threat to peace in Northern Ireland posed by Brexit, Boris Johnson has put lives in danger in the name of power and ideology, says Otto English
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The End of the Union: Identity Meets Provocation
Jonathan Lis explains how English exceptionalism has forced the rest of the United Kingdom to decide between its identities
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Anti-Abortion Protestors Return to UK Streets for Lent
40 Days For Life will spend Lent protesting at abortion clinics, adding urgency to legal changes to protect women’s reproductive rights, reports Sian Norris
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The Brexit Revolution Begins to Consume Itself
Jonathan Lis explores how once careful balances of identity and political power have been upended and Englishness has taken their place
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As the Union Teeters On the Edge, What About Englishness?
As Scotland’s First Minister vows to hold another independence referendum, John Denham and Lawrence McKay explore the rarely discussed issue of English identity and how it finds political expression
