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Road safety drive requires reversal of attitudes in PSNI

“Nothing is off the table” to address the “epidemic” of road fatalities, chief constable Jon Boucher has said. That would require a reversal...

yesterday 6

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Newton Emerson

The Conservatives were stuffed last week

Rishi Sunak must have bought his electoral sat nav from Del Boy Trotter. There is, in fact, no possible route from last Thursday’s polling meltdown...

yesterday 10

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Alex Kane

Financial realities show the Executive is just a glorified county council

People are getting antsy about lack of delivery from Stormont, with particular emphasis on the lack of a programme for government. The delay is...

yesterday 10

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Brian Feeney

Covid was another shameful episode in Stormont’s shameful history

This column would like to apologise for being too polite about the Stormont Executive during the Covid pandemic. Although highly critical of the...

yesterday 7

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Patrick Murphy

Memories of life on the road and the kindness of strangers

When I came across Hilary Bradt, the 82-year-old hitchhiker, she made me smile. But she did not make me want to grab a piece of cardboard, scrawl a...

yesterday 6

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Nuala Mccann

Even Cliftonville’s cup win hasn’t converted me to soccer

As I’ve mentioned before, I’m not a soccer fan. I will, on occasion, watch big set pieces such as the early stages of the World Cup if only to...

yesterday 7

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Jake Okane

Getting over the finishing line is all that matters

THE leg I ran in the Belfast marathon was seven miles (well, 7.1 to be exact) and that was plenty. Grainne McCoy ran the first four in our relay...

yesterday 10

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Andy Watters

Carlo Ancelotti making Real Madrid a treat to watch

AS a kid, I absolutely adored Emilio Butragueno. Everything about the Real Madrid and Spanish international striker I loved: his poaching...

yesterday 9

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Brendan Crossan

Failing civil service must be forced into fundamental reform

Initial hearings at the Covid inquiry in Belfast make it clear the Northern Ireland Civil Service (NICS) is incapable of reforming itself. The...

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Newton Emerson

There cannot be an official history of the Troubles

There was a revealing spat last week between the NIO and academic historians about the British government’s plans to bowdlerise the original...

08.05.2024 10

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Brian Feeney

It’s all over bar the voting for Rishi Sunak – it’s just a case of when

‘It’s all over bar the voting’. That famous headline from 2002 in the Irish Republic is now being used by analysts and commentators in the...

08.05.2024 20

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David Mccann

New impetus for action on university in Derry

I have never been much of a fan of holy relics, and the mumbo-jumbo end of Catholicism didn’t much appeal to the Victorian convert John Henry...

07.05.2024 8

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Tom Collins

Bruce Springsteen, the Boss who never lets Belfast down

If it’s pure, primal rock and roll thrills you’re looking for in a live performer, Bruce Springsteen is your man. It just seems to be what the...

07.05.2024 20

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Ralph Mclean

Celebration of Stephen’s Grimason life carries lessons for Catholic Church

It’s probably strange, and possibly even a bit tasteless, to say you enjoyed someone’s funeral. But that was the widespread sentiment among...

07.05.2024 30

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Mary Kelly

Celebrating Belfast Castle’s 90th birthday

“Hug the teapot” was Gerard’s advice. How right he was, on a cold and blustery day, what better way to warm yourself inside and out. Beside me...

06.05.2024 30

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Anne Hailes

‘The purpose of minutes is not to record events. It is to protect people’

I never tire of watching the BBC series Yes Minister and Yes, Prime Minister. Like the House of Cards drama, it’s staggeringly accurate. Take for...

06.05.2024 10

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Tom Kelly

US campus protests highlight injustice of Israel’s actions in Gaza

In just over a week’s time, on Wednesday May 15, Palestinians across the globe will mark the Nakba, the ‘Catastrophe’. The date is important as...

06.05.2024 20

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Chris Donnelly

Selecting Timmy Mallett over Tim Collins would have been a wiser move for the UUP

Ulster Unionist leader Doug Beattie has defended Colonel Tim Collins, his candidate for North Down in the upcoming general election, after a...

06.05.2024 5

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Deirdre Heenan

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