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"Michelle O’Neill and Emma Little-Pengelly can’t do anything else but swan around and be photographed together because once exposed to questioning by a press pack, the cracks and crevices would open."

Read Brian Feeney: tinyurl.com/42aspjxr
July 23, 2025 at 8:53 AM
"I think of Diogo Jota the father, the husband, the son. And it’s right then to be deeply saddened for his wife and his parents and friends.

"But mostly I think of his three sons who will grow up without a father"

Read Cahair O'Kane: tinyurl.com/3curwjpb
July 7, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Orangemen at Drumcree have marched to police barricades to hand in a letter of protest after being banned from marching along the nationalist Garvaghy Road. This year marks the 30th anniversary of the parade dispute. Video by Mal McCann
July 6, 2025 at 10:02 PM
"It is especially tricky for Stormont parties and Sinn Fein in particular, as they are usually more inclined to stand with objectors than against them"

Read Newton Emerson: tinyurl.com/2bjfwd6b
July 6, 2025 at 7:01 PM
A rally against racism has taken place in the centre of Newry, with those present calling on society to 'punch up not down'. Video by Jordan Treanor
July 6, 2025 at 6:01 PM
"In a festival often dominated by noise and spectacle, Capaldi’s performance was a reminder of music’s most powerful quality - connection. No drama. No politics. Just honesty and heart"

Read Sophie Clarke: tinyurl.com/5x9wwaaw
July 6, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Police are investigating after a car was driven into the side of a house before being set on fire in south Belfast. Video by Mal McCann
July 6, 2025 at 10:33 AM
"When I say “caravan”, don’t be thinking Father Ted; this was like a luxury, muted grey apartment – we got hot showers and toasties... Then I went to the loo and things took an unexpected turn"

Read Fabien McQuillan: tinyurl.com/4ky8hhkc
July 6, 2025 at 7:00 AM
"With Limerick gone, Cork know that they will never get a better chance to finally end the famine"

Read Christy O'Connor: tinyurl.com/377mjuet
July 5, 2025 at 8:15 PM
"Irish patriotism in future will involve fighting Russia, China or various Arab states, while aligning with Israel and the US – and Britain"

Read Patrick Murphy: tinyurl.com/y4sy54bx
July 5, 2025 at 3:00 PM
"I used to think the Eleventh Night and Twelfth looked like great craic and if I’m honest, part of me was jealous that our colonialist mates still got to hang out around a big fire the way we all used to at the internment bonfire in Lenadoon every August"

Read Bronagh Diamond: tinyurl.com/577a4xxd
July 5, 2025 at 9:20 AM
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July 5, 2025 at 5:32 AM
"I always thought that the GFA position on a border poll was surprisingly vague; so vague, in fact, that I was similarly surprised that both the SDLP and Sinn Féin agreed to it"

Read Alex Kane: tinyurl.com/43muz3r3
July 4, 2025 at 8:15 PM
"We have been told that the ICRIR, established by the last government and presently fighting for credibility, is going to be retained. If that is the case, then it needs to be the settled mind of both governments"

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July 4, 2025 at 7:01 PM
"For some, he’s always been an acquired taste but he’s always been his own man. Authentic and to hell with those who don’t like it"

Read Brendan Crossan: tinyurl.com/ymw7b6at
July 4, 2025 at 6:01 PM
"Kerry, though… Kerry is different. And with each day that passes, the realisation, and the thirst for battle, is growing"

Read Neil Loughran: tinyurl.com/4cvv9z7n
July 4, 2025 at 3:01 PM
"The British denied Irish people the self-determination they’d voted for in 1919, just as they did in various places in Africa which also collapsed into civil wars"

Read Brian Feeney: tinyurl.com/f8bchtya
July 4, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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July 4, 2025 at 6:46 AM
"Kerry totally dominated at the weekend, particularly at midfield, and I’ll admit that I didn’t see that coming"

Read Marc Ó Sé: tinyurl.com/kvynxkma
July 3, 2025 at 6:30 PM
"We are not a healed society and never will be if these towers of division keep burning year on year"

Read Leona O'Neill: tinyurl.com/5n8xsxp5
July 3, 2025 at 4:02 PM
"Expectations of Stormont are so low it seems absurd to discuss it doing anything on welfare. An executive that will not put household rates up by £2 a week to save the water system is hardly about to coax people off disability benefits"

Read Newton Emerson: tinyurl.com/5bruy8az
July 3, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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July 3, 2025 at 7:01 AM
"Belfast turned away from its waterfront once the river ceased to be used for industrial purposes, and city planners have for decades lacked the necessary vision to improve matters"
Read Mary Kelly: tinyurl.com/4vh77kyj
July 1, 2025 at 1:40 PM
"The only person who seems to love him is Donald Trump – and that in itself speaks volumes"
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July 1, 2025 at 11:01 AM
"Whatever Armagh’s older crew decide, their work is already done. They’ve inspired the next generation of young footballers"
Read Brendan Crossan: tinyurl.com/mss93txf
July 1, 2025 at 9:20 AM