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Changing tunes on the Easter Rising

When the seemingly-defeated men of 1916 were led away, we’re told, the public mood against them was strong.

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Underpinning prosperity as well as the peace

I’m already settled with my teapot and mug in the Cultúrlann when Inez McCormack joins me. She’s on her way to

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Mark me in at the school across the border

Like Jude Collins (keep reading, he’s in this week’s edition too), I’m a big fan of John O’Dowd’s proposal to allow people along the border to educate their children in the school they prefer – regardless of what state it sits in.

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The future is bright for Linfield

The on-going debate into Ballymena United’s Alan Davidson’s eligibility in this season’s Irish Cup has now turned into a saga.

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Beauty really is skin deep during mini heatwave

IN a past life I like to think I was a Viking. Not because of my honed, warrior-like physique, or the huge, braided beard I fully intend to grow some day, but because I think I’m best suited to an icy-cold climate.

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Lessons learned from cross border cooperation

You could have predicted it would come from John O’Dowd, couldn’t you?

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