Citizens Wallpaper: a co-produced community visual story
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Four “canvasses” of photographic images, covering the northern part of the island of Ireland, from the Atlantic Ocean to the Irish Sea, are part of an exhibition that was launched by Kellie Armstrong MLA in the Long Gallery at Parliament …
We need to better educate people on the Irish language origins of many of our town names…
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As a school teacher in the mainly Protestant and Unionist sector I always believed it was common sense that our pupils understood the Irish language origins of many of our town names, seeing this as a way to desensitise our …
“How far do you live from the English border?”
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One summer in the 1990s while I was a student I did what many other students do and crossed the Atlantic for gainful holiday employment. I spent a hot, humid festival season amidst the mosquito-infested lakes, pine forests and flatlands …
Frequent Flyers
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In October 2019, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute published an assessment of police reforms in Northern Ireland. The authors Dr Marina Caprini and Junseo Hwang chronicled in their article the experience of policing from the Troubles to the Good …
Interview with Damian Gorman, the author of a new play about John Hume…
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At first glance, John Hume might seem the last politician you would make a musical about. With respect to each and all of them, a song and dance show on Ian Paisley could, of course, have a core of gospel, …
After years of tight top down control SNP members finally get their say over the party’s future…
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Chaos ensues when democratic centralism breaks down. Discuss? The SNP has been a tightly controlled wife (leader) and husband (CEO) affair ever since Nicola Sturgeon took over from Alex Salmond after losing the Scottish independence Referendum in 2014.
Open Sunday – discuss what you like…
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The idea for Open Sunday is to let you discuss what you like. Just two rules. Keep it civil and no man/woman playing.
Open sunday – politics free zone…
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In addition to our normal open Sunday, we have a politics-free post to give you all a break. So discuss what you like here, but no politics.
Eastwoods tells delegates SDLP is here to stay
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200 delegates gathered in St Columb’s Hall for the SDLP conference. Gathering in the party heartland of Derry after a terrible year the SDLP is doing some soul-searching about its future. Recent polls have shown the party is still struggling …
6 Weeks with the NHS…
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Criticising the NHS and promoting private health care as the answer has been in the news recently. According to the chair of the Royal College of GPs in Northern Ireland there has been a “significant rise” in patients having their …