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Northern Ireland is leaving the union – it’s only a question of when

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"Some things in politics are just too big to come back from"

Arlene Foster needs to take responsibility for the situation in Northern Ireland

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Theresa May is greeted by Scotland's first minister Nicola Sturgeon at Bute House in Edinburgh

May’s hapless approach to Brexit threatens to tear Union apart

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"Leaving the EU would also cut-off vital funding which has done so much to copper-fasten peace in recent years"

Brexit could spell the death of Northern Ireland

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Women march at a pro choice rally in Ireland

We must fight back against the war on women’s reproductive rights

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Police walk around anti-abortion placards outside the Marie Stopes clinic, the first private clinic to offer abortions to women in Belfast.

Comment: The court abortion ruling which puts Northern Irish women at risk

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Jeremy Hunt: Appeals against ruling giving him legal power over Norther Ireland gay blood donation ban

Why is Jeremy Hunt appealing against his own powers?

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Wales Humanists launches report on 100 years of disestablishment

No 10 confirms to Humanists UK there will be no blasphemy law

Humanists UK has received reassurances from the UK Government that it has no plans to reintroduce laws criminalising blasphemy or restrict freedom of expression around religion. This follows on from a question at Prime Minister’s Questions (PMQs) that urged the Prime Minister to introduce a new blasphemy law in the mould of one suggested by Russia, China, and… Read more »

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MDU hopes England and Wales claims costs will reduce following change to the PI discount rate

The Medical Defence Union (MDU) welcomed news that the personal injury discount rate (PIDR) in England and Wales has been increased, potentially saving millions of pounds in the costs of compensation payments. Following a review, the Lord Chancellor Shabana Mahmood MP has determined that, with effect from 11 January 2025, the PIDR in England and Wales… Read more »

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Mike Sixsmith: 'As someone inclined to become a soldier, had I been brought up in the hard sectarian areas of Shankill Road, I feel that it is inevitable that I would have joined the terrorists'

Comment: Serving in Ireland taught me the nature of political Islam

My experience fighting in Northern Ireland taught me what might attract young people to political Islam, just as it belonging attracted young men to the IRA.

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WATCH: The re-imaging of Sandy Row

Thousands of still images tell the story of a week when the local community and artist Ross Wilson painted over a paramilitary gunman and replaced it with ‘A Portrait of a King’ – a mural of King William III. An important moment to remember as thousands of Orangemen prepare for the Twelfth of July parades.

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