The strange rebirth of Sinn Féin
Under Mary Lou McDonald the party is on the path to power – but can she keep its uneasy alliance…
By Finn McRedmond
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Michelle O’Neill attending the coronation shows up petty unionists
While the DUP burdens Northern Ireland with a stubborn lack of imagination, Sinn Féin has become dynamic and smart.
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It is easier for some to see the US president’s visit as a snub to the UK than accept it…
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Will Joe Biden’s Northern Ireland visit achieve anything?
The president is looking to reaffirm US influence on the island.
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From the NS archive: Still on the edge of terror
22 May 1998: Irish republicans have at last accepted partition. That is the true meaning of the Good Friday agreement.…
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Who could secure the Good Friday Agreement today?
Keir Starmer and Rishi Sunak lack the idealism and vision that enabled the Northern Ireland peace deal 25 years ago.
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Rishi Sunak avoids major rebellion as MPs back Brexit deal
Boris Johnson’s best efforts failed to bring down the Windsor Framework.
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Colum Eastwood: “We’re on the road to a united Ireland – and that’s going to be unstoppable”
The leader of Northern Ireland’s nationalist Social Democratic and Labour Party on Brexit, power-sharing and updating the Good Friday Agreement.
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