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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionThe DUP’s first minister nomination could return Northern Ireland to crisisIn the appointment of Paul Givan as the party’s choice to replace Arlene Foster, the DUP is doubling down on its...
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Published in: Live discussionsIs Britain breaking up?
With Scotland voting on Thursday in an election that could lead to a second independence referendum and increased...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionNorthern Ireland's riots are the death spasms of a broken BritainThe English ruling class has spent decades neglecting Northern Ireland. This week’s violence in Belfast was the...
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: NewsMost Northern Irish voters want DUP’s dark money revealed, research suggestsNorthern Ireland Electoral Commission calls for powers to publish political donations retrospectively, including...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Knowing your placeThinking of some lines of poetry by Derek Mahon.
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Published in: HomeScottish-Palestinian doctor taken to ‘New IRA meeting’ by MI5 and tried on terror chargesGP says he doesn’t know much about Northern Irish politics and faces years in jail.
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: InvestigationThe Northern Irish ghost companies that mask crime worldwideExploitation of workers, corruption and money-laundering, all kept in the shadows by lax regulation. Could Northern...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionIs the DUP about to lose Belfast?The Democratic Unionists hold three of Belfast's four constituencies. Can they cling onto any of them?
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Irish border contradictions and chaos: how will Brexit affect Northern Ireland?Such an intractable situation suggests that since Brexit’s genesis, the UK’s only land frontier with the EU has been...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKTory posturing over soldier’s crimes could worsen violence in Northern IrelandAs more shocking details emerge from the Ballymurphy inquiry, memories are being stirred – and Tory MPs are being...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKLeft behind by Northern Ireland’s neoliberal peaceRecent events have exposed how Northern Ireland hasn’t experienced peace as much as a cold war. The structural...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionBloody Sunday and how the British empire came homeThe events of 30 January 1972 in Northern Ireland weren’t an aberration. Britain has been in the business of killing...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Does Europe end in Derry? Peace is at stake“The UK seemingly leaving the Union, leaves neither Europe, nor History. It is time also for a new sensibility and a...
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Published in: HomeBrexit’s primitive passions could bring havoc to Ireland – and far beyondThe Good Friday Agreement was a marvel that is now threatened by the ignorant and the nasty among Britain’s ruling elite.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe Common Travel Area (CTA): complacent talk about migrationWhether the UK leaves the EU or not, and no matter under what terms, the fight to uphold higher standards in public...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKIt's time for the DUP to ditch its Brexit crusade and wake up to Northern Ireland’s real issuesNorthern Irish confidence is in short supply as political deadlock continues and the DUP flirt with No Deal and...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKBrexiteers, backstops, and the bloody Irish borderHow casually the Brexiteers dismiss the issues around the Irish border and the peace process. But for many, they can...
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Published in: Dark Money InvestigationsHow the Electoral Commission turned blind eye to DUP's shady Brexit cashEmails reveal elections regulator was ‘concerned’ by revelations about mysterious £435,000 donation – but closed the...
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Published in: HomeBelfast is welcoming refugees with a radical new approach: speaking to themWe’re having different conversations about immigration, race and community. They are successful, and fun, and they...
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Published in: Dark Money InvestigationsThe DUP’s Facebook ads for Brexit targeted voters outside Northern IrelandInformation released by Facebook shows the DUP said Brexit would be “better for our borders”.
