Paul Bew
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Tony Blair interview: ‘Boris Johnson is no fool, he will face the facts on Brexit’
- UK
- July 23, 2019, 00:00
Boris Johnson campaigned for the Conservative Party leadership promising a sharp change of course as well as style from Theresa May, especially on Bre(...)

Leading historian says case must be made for NI to stay in UK
- Irish News
- June 19, 2019, 14:07
The new British prime minister must make the case for the United Kingdom with a positive vision to counter the nationalist narrative, a prominent hist(...)

Brexit: MPs hear of laughter in Tipperary and Galway
- UK
- December 7, 2018, 01:00
Although most of this week’s political drama has taken place in the House of Commons, they have also been debating Theresa May’s Brexit deal at the ot(...)

President voices fears about teaching of history in schools at book launch
- Education
- April 30, 2018, 21:23
President Michael D Higgins has expressed “deep and profound concern” that history will no longer be a core subject at Junior Certificate level. Spea(...)

Diarmaid Ferriter: There was more to Kenny’s success than luck
- Opinion
- May 20, 2017, 05:00
When assessing the legacy of William T Cosgrave, the leader of the Free State government from 1922-32, historian Eunan O’Halpin suggested there were “(...)

Noel Whelan: We should be proud of 1916 commemorations
- Opinion
- April 1, 2016, 01:00
There is at times a reluctance among us Irish to be seen to say a public thank you to or congratulate those responsible for a job well done. To engage(...)

Cambridge conference puts Rising in historical, global context
- UK
- March 11, 2016, 01:00
Over three days last week at Churchill College, Cambridge, historians from around the world discussed the Easter Rising in the context of the revoluti(...)

Boston College says it will return interviews about the North
- Politics
- May 6, 2014, 15:18
Boston College in the US is to hand back the tapes which formed part of its Belfast Project to those interviewed for it. The decision follows the arre(...)

Full text of Adams speech following his release
- Politics
- May 5, 2014, 10:58
“Chuaigh mé fhéin chuig an bheairic in Aontroim.Mar sin níl mé ag gearán faoi sin. Ach bhí rogha ag na péas.Ní raibh mé ag lorg príbhléid speisialta a(...)