
Lessons from the Republic’s Media Treatment of the Troubles
by Ray Bassett The recent passing of RTE figure, Joe Mulholland, was widely acknowledged and mourned by the mainstream media in the Republic. Mulholland was

by Ray Bassett The recent passing of RTE figure, Joe Mulholland, was widely acknowledged and mourned by the mainstream media in the Republic. Mulholland was
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By Kevin Meagher Figures released last week by the Irish government got me thinking. They showed that nearly quarter of a million Brits (242,772) applied

Kevin Rooney On holiday last summer I got chatting to a couple of Irish women on the seafront in La Rochelle. It didn’t go well.

Dr Paul Breen, UCL, thinks there was something different about the recent irishborderpoll.com debate on ‘The Irish Unity Dividend’ in Westminster. Below he explains why.

As English Nationalism rises, support for ending Partition rises. As the North languishes in economic and political failure, support for Irish Unity rises more. Across opinion polls support for the Union falls while support for Irish Unity grows.

Wednesday October 15th, 7pm, Portcullis House, Westminster

And then there were just three. After all the shape throwing and eccentric candidates with exaggerated claims, when nominations finally closed at midday on Wednesday 24th of September, only three candidates had made it past the nomination stage.
Save the date: Wednesday October 15th, 7pm, Portcullis House, Westminster,

If Tony Blair and Mo Mowlam represented a totally new and refreshing approach to Ireland, then her successor as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland,

Another summer of intense reflection on reunification. Every day more people are making their voices heard. Constitutional change travelling centre stage; ideas and plans explored.

Author, Yuval Noah Harari, contrasts the differences between democracies and dictatorships in terms of information networks in his book, ‘Nexus’. While a dictatorship is about