Monthly Archives: May 2022

Sinn Fein’s stunning victory does not signal any kind of unlocking of the Northern deadlock

Posted on Tuesday, 10 May, 2022 by andypollak

It was a stunning and historic victory for Sinn Fein. In the 2017 Northern Ireland Assembly election commentators had made a lot of noise about Sinn Fein being 1,200 votes behind the DUP. This time the party of the IRA … Continue reading →

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Poverty in Northern Ireland is not an election issue: society just ‘shrugs’

Posted on Tuesday, 3 May, 2022 by andypollak

Last month I sat in on a webinar organised by the Glencree Peace and Reconciliation Centre in which we listened to two very impressive youth workers from the most deprived areas of nationalist West Belfast. They told a shocking story … Continue reading →

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