Fianna Fáil – 100 years on
Irish Border Poll
20 September 2026
by Ray Bassett On the 16th of May 1926, Eamon de Valera, and a group of his supporters, founded a new political party in the
by Ray Bassett On the 16th of May 1926, Eamon de Valera, and a group of his supporters, founded a new political party in the
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What are we to make of our new prime minister? It took Andy Burnham 39 days to wash up in Belfast for his first visit.
There is something profoundly anachronistic about a strain of backward-looking unionism that continues to measure the present against an imagined golden age of singular political and cultural dominance
By Martin Burns One of the less remembered steps on the road to the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement is what is referred to as the Hume/Adams
by Ciarán Hartley It’s hard to put the start of August into words. Féile an Phobail had already started by the end of July. The
by Peter Irvine Ask several people to arrange Ireland’s political parties from left to right and they are unlikely to produce the same order. This
by Kevin Rooney Who would have thought it? JK Rowling and Fr Ted creator Graham Linehan talking about the Belfast Féile. Certainly not me in
by Paul Breen MAYO’S road to All-Ireland victory in 2026 has been a long time coming, with a lot of heartache paving the road to
We want to know when a border poll will come? Answering this question is the challenge we’ve set Ireland’s leading expert on constitutional change Brendan O’Leary at our upcoming August 3rd Féile debate.
By Ben Collins As a Presbyterian from a strongly Unionist and British background in East Belfast, I believe it is crucial that the Planning for
John Dunlap and the politics of commemoration By Pauline Hadaway As the United States celebrates the 250th anniversary of its Declaration of Independence, Northern Ireland’s