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Refusing ministries like choosing to be mushrooms in a shed

Posted By: May 11, 2016

Brian Feeney. Irish News (Belfast). Wednesday, May 11, 2016We now have a preposterous stance from the UUP and SDLP. To be sure it has softened from their original position that if they didn’t get what they wanted included in the programme of government they wouldn’t join the executive.Their present position is that they will consider the Programme of Government and if they […]

Soldiers of Destiny living in sin with Blue Shirts

Posted By: May 09, 2016

Deaglan de Breadun.Irish News (Belfast). Monday, May 9, 2016ENDA KENNY has been re-elected taoiseach in a nail-biting finish but his Fine Gael party is living in sin with Fianna Fáil.The term has gone out of fashion in recent years, due to the compelling argument that couples cohabiting outside wedlock should not be labelled in such a way. But we can still […]

The story behind Ireland’s four provinces

Posted By: May 09, 2016

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Old Britain has gone. But what comes next?

Posted By: May 09, 2016

Alex Massie.Jan 7, 2016  Alex Massie is Scotland editor of The Spectator @alexmassie   Alex Massie asks if an an SNP-dominated Scotland and a Tory-dominated England have a long-term future together Scottish elections used to be sleepy affairs. In 2010, for instance, every Scottish constituency returned the same result it had in 2005. To all intents and purposes the contest between David Cameron […]

The Northern Ireland Assembly election has seen 30 women elected as MLAs.

Posted By: May 08, 2016

South Belfast saw four female candidates elected to the six constituency seats. Story by Damien Edgar @damien_utv, BelfastThat figure represents around a quarter (27.8%) of the 108 seats that were up for grabs at Stormont.There are four constituencies where representation is made up entirely of men and those are East Antrim, Foyle, North Antrim and North Down.South Belfast saw […]

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