Andrée Murphy

ANDRÉE MURPHY: BBC's defence of indefensible opens up questions about its exit strategy

WHAT is the BBC’s exit strategy in the scenario for a united Ireland? That was always a fair question.

ANDRÉE MURPHY: Good character punished and bad character rewarded

WHAT is 'good character'? In my hall I have the 'graduation' photo of my daughter as she left Naíscoil na bhFál, a part of the now proud tradition of Gaeilgeoirí in West Belfast. The Cumann Iar Scoile located in the Naíscoil was a fundamental part of her childhood, with acting, sports and especially art promoted alongside care, love and respect. It was a foundation for life.

ANDRÉE MURPHY: Bellaghy is lit up by the colours of truth and justice

BELLAGHY'S St Mary’s church holds the graves of a Nobel Laureate for literature, two young men who died on hunger strike and the GAA club chairperson murdered when locking the gates after training on a beautiful May evening, who has become the talisman for post-Good Friday Agreement truth and justice.

ANDRÉE MURPHY: Posterity will paint a positive picture of our current unity struggles

THE past ten years have given us two overriding messages on this island: 1. Britain will always act selfishly and in its own island’s strategic interest with Ireland, North and South, an afterthought, if a thought at all. 2. Even when partitionists look South and ignore this part of their country, the North is part of Ireland’s collective future.

ANDRÉE MURPHY: Why should our rights be dependent on the hubris of one man?

LEGACY has now become a constitutional crisis, and the writing has been on the wall for some time. It has already destroyed confidence in local policing. It has threatened the functioning of the courts. It is now threatening the fabric of peace agreements since the Good Friday Agreement itself.

ANDRÉE MURPHY: First anniversary a clarion call for the removal of the ICRIR

THE extent of collusion as a policy of the British state is a matter of extensive and repeated public attention and evidenced, proven fact.

ANDRÉE MURPHY: Copycat commentary on Pope's passing is missing the point

In a changing Ireland, the passing of Pope Francis is giving pause to many to reflect on the island’s relationship with the Catholic Church. With his death occurring on Easter Monday there was perhaps more concentrated attention to questions of his ministry, his version of the church and his impact.

ANDRÉE MURPHY: Micheál and Leo not as far apart as we're asked to believe

ON our island as we debate our shared future it sometimes feels like we are awfully judgemental with each other, before we begin to listen to what we all have to say.

ANDRÉE MURPHY: The new axis of evil wears estate agent suits

THE joint statement from human rights officials at the United Nations on the dire situation in Gaza may well form part of the epitaph of international human rights.

ANDRÉE MURPHY: Frances Black would be the ideal opposition candidate for President

IN 2017 then Taoiseach Enda Kenny announced in Philadelphia that the Irish government would work towards a referendum to extend Presidential voting rights to Irish passport holders across the globe. It was a bold move that gained widespread support from many who saw the value of giving the citizens of the North and the international Irish diaspora a meaningful stake in the future of Ireland.

ANDRÉE MURPHY: Getting real about gender violence means removing structural barriers

ENDING violence against women and girls is a strategic priority on both sides of the border. Against the backdrop of increasing reporting of domestic and gender-based violence, this strategic approach is welcome. And the stakes couldn’t be higher.

ANDRÉE MURPHY: Unionist White House visit a political mirage

THE joint decision of Mary Lou McDonald and Michelle O’Neill not to attend the White House St Patrick’s Day celebrations was the correct one. As we face into the international storm that is coming, with US abdication of domestic and international law, this decision will stand the test of time.

ANDRÉE MURPHY: Floating on air at the big Dublin parade

"ABEL Alarms." If you grew up in Dublin in the 1970s and 80s you know the glamour that phrase conjures on a cold St Patrick’s Day.

ANDRÉE MURPHY: A maturing Ireland shuns the Paddy's Day tropes for something deeper

IT'S impossible to believe that it is March. For some this is the month of everlasting nightmare with the end of the financial year. Accountants and civil servants face into the annual Armageddon of making figures and balance sheets work while the rest of humanity prepare for Easter, Passover, Ramadan and… St Patrick’s Day. Indeed, not enough thoughts and prayers are with those who keep the home fires of the tax year burning at this stressful time of the year. Their quiet, dedicated number crunching deserves far more thanks than we ever proffer our nerdy dependables.

ANDRÉE MURPHY: Father Raymond never wavered from his vocation of caring

IT was a freezing cold day, with that February rain and sleet. My first son was six weeks old, lying in his moses basket beside the blazing fire and the eldest daughter, turned four, was just home from nursery. The door knocked and in he came. “Buíochas le Dia!” He threw off his soaking coat and hat on to the sofa beside the four-year-old, and moved his head with his beautiful white curly hair toward the fireplace. “Would you have any tea in the pot? Anything at all."

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