Andy Pollak

Loyalists reluctant to tell their stories, says NI playwright

Robert Niblock laments former loyalist paramilitaries’ lack of artistic expression

Rite & Reason: The Republic is now a warm place for Protestants

Senior politicians kowtowing to the Catholic hierarchy today ‘utterly unthinkable’

‘Unruly, fractious, disreputable’ – Irish Franciscans in Prague

In 1629 the Irish College founded there was the third on European continent

The Border: smart or dumb?

More co-operation, resource-sharing and travel between North and South would be smart. Talking about abolishing the Border altogether is dumb

Border should not limit activities of voluntary and community sectors

Opinion: Funding is estimated to have fallen by 35% over five years

Commerce across borders is history’s greatest pacifier

Comment: Business interaction doesn’t only reduce the propensity to violence out of self-interest – it brings people together

Dublin and London must not lose focus on North

Comment: Failure to engage in Northern Ireland’s affairs could lead to another cycle of sectarianism and violence

The Second Coming of Paisley. Militant Fundamentalism and Ulster Politics, Richard Lawrence Jordan

In claiming Paisley’s extraordinary volte face was based in theology, Jordan shows a poor understanding of Northern politics and Irish history

Governments must maintain focus on North-South co-operation

Retiring head of cross-Border body warns of potential return to tribal trenches

Micheál Martin correct in diagnosing lack of political focus on Northern Ireland

Opinion: Dublin and London governments are failing to engage with North’s challenges

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