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Category Archives: Sinn Fein
Is this columnist’s frightening republican vision shared by young Irish people?
Una Mullally is a high profile Irish Times columnist: a gay left-wing feminist (although I have never seen or heard her describe herself as a socialist) who is particularly popular among the young. This is not surprising given that one … Continue reading
Posted in General, Sinn Fein
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Is Ireland’s Future effectively a front for Sinn Fein? Or is that the wrong question?
I was at the big Ireland’s Future ‘Preparing for a United Ireland:Together we can’ event at Dublin’s 3 Arena earlier this month. There was very little ‘preparing’ in the proceedings – it was more like a ‘Forward to the Promised … Continue reading
Posted in General, Irish reunification, Sinn Fein
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Sinn Fein are winning the peace, as people forget the IRA’s war
Sinn Fein are winning the post-1998 peace. They are now the largest party in Northern Ireland, and almost certainly will be the largest party in the Republic after the next election. A combination of internal and external events have come … Continue reading
Posted in General, Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland, Sinn Fein
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Mary Lou McDonald and the forgotten people of the Northern Ireland ‘Troubles’
The title of this blog, ‘Two Irelands Together’, was not chosen by accident. My core contention in writing this column is that for more than 400 years there have been two clashing politico-religious cultures on this island – Catholic nationalist … Continue reading
Posted in General, Irish reunification, Northern Ireland, Sinn Fein
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Sinn Fein will be re-writing recent Irish history when it gets into power
Earlier this month Mary Lou McDonald denied that the deletion of thousands of Sinn Fein press statements going back over 20 years represented an attempt to cover-up the party’s ‘soft’ position on Russia in the wake of its invasion of … Continue reading
Posted in General, Northern Ireland, Sinn Fein
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Majority of Southern voters think united Ireland “not very important” but they would like to see it “some day”
That is the headline I would like to have seen on the Irish Times front page lead story on 11th December about the paper’s latest opinion poll on unity and other issues. Its editors went instead for the much more … Continue reading
Two disturbing videos which show the huge gulf of misunderstanding between the peoples of Ireland
This week I watched two depressing and disturbing videos which reveal the huge gulf of mutual misunderstanding, ignorance and loathing that continue to exist between the peoples of this island. The first was a 46-second clip from the front runner … Continue reading
Are you a Referendum Denier? If you are, Sinn Fein has you in its sights
Are you a Referendum Denier (in capital letters)? If you believe that we are not yet ready for unity, but want to make Northern Ireland a more reconciled and harmonious society first, you are a Referendum Denier. If you believe … Continue reading
Posted in General, Irish reunification, Sinn Fein
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Is the UK exit from the EU an opportunity to turn Northern Unionists towards Europe (and Ireland)?
So, four and a half years after the fateful Brexit vote the United Kingdom finally left the European Union on New Year’s Eve with a trade deal in place. The sometimes unfathomable Northern Ireland protocol (which is separate from this … Continue reading
Sinn Fein are getting ready for government. But are they ready for unity?
An Irish Times opinion poll on 8th October showed support for Fine Gael at 35% and Sinn Fein at 29%, with Fianna Fail a distant third at 17% and the Greens an even more distant fourth at 4%. Public anxiety … Continue reading