Priceless….
@markhennessy
Ireland and Britain Editor, The Irish Times Leading The Irish Times’ Common Ground project exploring relationships on the island of Ireland, and between Ireland and Great Britain https://www.irishtimes.com/common-ground/
Priceless….
The teaching of history, and why it matters in dark times- in Cambridge University, and everywhere else - Remember the past, or repeat its mistakes, says academic
Embracing Anglo-Irish history will never oblige us to think better of Cromwell, says Martin
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An Irish reunification story, but not one that people might expect - Once divided, the Castle Leslie estate in Monaghan has been brought back together again, and now plays a critical part in the local Border economy
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The idea that these people are in charge of AI should frighten everyone.
Stop banging on about Irish unity polls. Instead, let’s have a respectful conversation about the island’s future, says Graham Spencer
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Oligarchs seeking to destroy the free Press, says Fergal Keane, veteran Irish foreign correspondent, as he leaves BBC after 37 years
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In Boston ICE randomly pulled over this huge white Irish guy with a Mass drivers license, 20 years in the states, legal status, pending green card and have held him for 5 months, his citizen wife paid a $4k bond that was ignored(!) ICE forged his signature on deportation agreement, no appeal
The Irish Constitution: Leading Irish Supreme Court judge on how it could impact the drive for a united Ireland
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No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Ex-SAS commander in Northern Ireland: ‘The idea that we played hard and fast with the law is nonsense’
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Melania Trump is not Rapunzel in the tower, pining to be saved from the ogre imprisoning her
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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Wouldn’t that be nice - rather than the Wild West from which all of the social networks have grossly profited for years / Social networks could be treated as publishers if they host illegal content, says Irish Minister of State says
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Walz: "To Americans who are watching this, I've got a question for you: What side do you want to be on? The side of an all powerful federal govt that can kill, injury, menace, & kidnap its citizens off the streets? Or on the side of a nurse at the VA hospital who died bearing witness to such govt?"
More right than he knows, probably. The Titanic’s captain needed to slow down, to watch where he was going, to listen to wiser counsel, and to have turned left, or right in time to miss disaster
File describing Sinn Féin’s Gerry Kelly as IRA leader returned to National Archives
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File describing Sinn Féin’s Gerry Kelly as IRA leader returned to National Archives after being pulled the week before, and being reported on
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Trade INCREASES four-fold between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland since Brexit - ‘We haven’t had one bad experience’: Why cross-Border trade has leapt fourfold since Brexit
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Irish Government withdraws file alleging Gerry Kelly IRA leadership role from National Archives
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The future of the film industry is being made in Belfast - the single most impressive place I visited anywhere in 2025….https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2025/12/27/belfasts-field-of-dreams-by-the-lagan/
The Christmas story of the year 😀Spanish villagers devastated by forest fire win €468m in lottery prizes
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The reluctant showman ….. a fine piece, this on the life of Chris Rea Reluctant pop star Chris Rea felt ‘Monty Python-silly’ in Slane but was beloved in Ireland
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Always entertaining to start Saturday with Anton Savage on Newstalk link.goloudplayer.com/s/pN77bjedu4tf
Billionaire, John Magnier gave ‘entirely false’ evidence in Tipperary land dispute, judge finds
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It’s the neediness that gets you, really
It takes hard work to be this dumb….
Drones spotted near Zelenskiy’s flight path to Dublin, triggering major security alert
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The most incredible letter I have ever read.
“Never drive a better car than your customer”- Northern Ireland’s manufacturing firms, the community that rarely speaks of its success
Manufacturing in North Ireland definitely not a thing of the past
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