Britain should allow EU to reopen Belfast office, says NI trade body – The Irish Times
The European Union (EU) should reopen its office in Belfast in a bid to speed up efforts to…
How To Motivate Americans’ Conversations Across Politics
Introduction A large body of research shows that Americans hold overly negative distortions of those across the political…
Lack of transparency over immigration fuels toxic atmosphere in Northern Ireland – The Irish Times
How do you address rising tensions over immigration when you have no control over it? Governments across the…
Ireland from the 1970s to the 1990s must have been groaning with future celebrities of the diaspora – The Irish Times
Oh no. “Ed Sheeran sparks backlash from fans after revealing he ‘identifies culturally as Irish’.” However will he…
Northern Ireland youth keen on a more integrated society but feel it is a long way off – The Irish Times
Forty-eight young people aged between 15 and 25 were brought together in five groups by a Belfast-based think…
Civic Virtue in Divisive Times
“The human mind is a story processor, not a logic processor.” – Jonathan Haidt What I’m about to…
Would a united Ireland really say goodbye to the BBC? – The Irish Times
In 1997, Donegal voters registered their disgust at a proposal to shut down the network of masts their…
Starmer tells of ‘common ground’ with Italy’s Meloni after meeting
Sir Keir Starmer said there is a “huge amount of common ground” between him and Italian Prime Minister…
Trimble blocked Tourism Ireland campaign in Britain, records show – The Irish Times
Ulster Unionist Party leader David Trimble objected to Tourism Ireland having powers to run advertising campaigns in Britain…
Spurious comparisons between British rule in Ireland and the slave trade damage the peace process – The Irish Times
You can almost feel the slavery reparations debate drifting balefully towards Belfast, not that slavery will be the…