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Tom Kelly: Not since the days of John Hume and Seamus Mallon have I heard such passion and vision in the SDLP â The Irish News
9+ hour, 37+ min ago (946+ words) Tom Kelly is an Irish News columnist with a background in politics and public relations. He is also a former member of the Policing Board. FOR 35 years, I’ve been attending party conferences, conventions and ard fheiseanna as a delegate, visitor,…...
Ireland’s future must be decided by the people of Ireland - Mary Lou McDonald
9+ hour, 37+ min ago (778+ words) Today, Michelle O’Neill and I will travel to Cardiff to meet Scotland’s First Minister and SNP leader John Swinney, and Plaid Cymru leader Rhun ap Iorwerth. We will come from different political traditions and different constitutional circumstances, but we will…...
John Manley: He may be crude and clumsy but Donald Trump has joined the growing conversation about constitutional change
20+ hour, 37+ min ago (632+ words) John Manley has spent the vast bulk of his 25 year-plus journalistic career with The Irish News. He has been the paper's Political Correspondent since 2012, having previously worked as a Business Reporter. He is a past winner of the CIPR's Business…...
Donald Trump to save Scottish independence thoughts for ‘another day’
23+ hour, 25+ min ago (248+ words) Donald Trump has said he will save his opinion on Scottish independence for “another day”, shortly after doubling down on his comments on Irish unity. On Saturday, the US President responded to a question from the Press Association by saying…...
Michelle O’Neill to sign independence declaration alongside Scottish and Welsh First Ministers
1+ day, 25+ min ago (731+ words) Stormont First Minister Michelle O’Neill will join her counterparts from Scotland and Wales in Cardiff on Monday to sign a memorandum of understanding calling on Prime Minister Andy Burnham to hold independence referendums. The First Ministers of the UK’s devolved…...
Angela Rayner brushes off Trump’s backing for united Ireland
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (315+ words) Angela Rayner has brushed off Donald Trump’s backing for a united Ireland, saying the Government remains committed to the Good Friday Agreement. The US president triggered a diplomatic row on Saturday by claiming during a visit to Dublin that Irish…...
Independence referendum ‘not off the table’, says McAllan
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (451+ words) A referendum on Scottish independence is “not off the table”, a senior minister has said, despite comments from the Prime Minister. Separation from the UK was thrust into the fore again this week after Andy Burnham said in the House…...
Three Irish athletes facing Ultimate test in Budapest
3+ day, 17+ hour ago (676+ words) It is one in and one out leaving three Irish athletes on the startlists for the inaugural World Athletics Ultimate Championships which start today in Budapest and continue over three evenings until Sunday. Andrew Coscoran has dropped off the qualifiers…...
Evening briefing: Mum who recorded teen son rioting sentenced, surge of applications for home heating scheme, GAA integration debate continues
3+ day, 19+ hour ago (446+ words) A now struck-off neurologist had a “tendency to joke” with patients who had received devastating news, with families viewing him as “cocky” and even “doolally” in their interactions with him. The striking claims are among details in the final report…...
Glory days: Martin O’Neill’s return, beating the Clans and a duel with Mikey Sheehy... Ballerin’s thrilling ’76 campaign
3+ day, 19+ hour ago (1841+ words) JUST under the surface of the old Ballerin pitch, around the centre half-back position at one end, lay a giant rock. Despite constant attempts to turf over it, the rock kept coming to the surface but it didn’t prevent a…...