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.
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Elements of Irish Government and academia want to move Ireland closer to NATO. But former diplomat Ray Bassett disagrees and sides with the James Connolly view of Neutrality.
There is work to be done in Britain as well as Ireland in paving the way for a Border Poll argues Paul Breen
Carl Duffy argues the most successful route to Irish Unity is minimising the differences between the two jurisdictions in Ireland but by bit, inch by inch.
Mark Carney will soon be Prime Minister of Canada. Ray Bassett recounts how Carney and Irish diaspora Canadian politicians helped Ireland out big time during the Financial Crisis.
Jim Donovan has passed away. His role in highlighting the miscarriage of justice against The Birmingham 6 deserves acknowledgement and thanks.
You don’t have to look to South or Central America for liberation theology in action. We witnessed it in Ballymurphy.
Kevin Meagher explains how PM Starmer’s response to a question from the TUV leader shows how British politicians care little about Union with the North of Ireland.
Kevin Meagher reflects on what went wrong for SF in the recent election and what they need to do right in preparation for the next election.
The political choices we make are invariably a mixture of the emotional and rational. A combination of identity and utility. Principle and pragmatism.