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WE SAY: Why's the PSNI so shy about loyalist paramilitaries?

There is an old but perfectly apt Belfast aphorism which best captures the nationalist community's reaction to PSNI claims that loyalist paramilitaries were not behind attacks on our ethnic minorities over the past week: "Do you think I came up the Lagan in a bubble?"

WE SAY: Time to call on the Spirit of 1916 or risk a repeat of August '69

If you think a week is a long time in politics, then what can one make of the five days between our newcomer communities being feted at the Best of the West Awards on Friday past and black and brown people being burnt out of their homes last night?

WE SAY: City Hall's welcome (but long overdue) normalisation of the Irish language

A giant step forward for the Irish language was taken this week with the, eventual, passing of a new policy which will embed An Ghaeilge into every aspect of Council life.

WE SAY: No surprise at ICRIR findings

SINCE its inception in May 2024, most victims’ groups and relatives of people who were killed during the conflict have refused to deal with the Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery (ICRIR).

WE SAY: Target of Dunmurry gas cylinder bomb was Sinn Féin, not PSNI

For sure, Saturday night's bombing took place outside the largely redundant Dunmurry police station but for anyone watching the machinations of dissident republicans, it's clear the real target was Sinn Féin not the PSNI.

WE SAY: Another brutal message has been sent to unionism at City Hall

IF only staunch unionists put the same amount of effort and passion into making this place work for all as they do obsessing on the Irish language.

WE SAY: When 300 cars are more important than 300 new homes, we really are in dire straits

Back in 2015, the late Pope Francis, upbraiding US politicians, insisted that "there is no social or moral justification, no justification whatsoever, for the lack of housing".

WE SAY: Is it the same old depressing story again?

WE’RE off again – and it’s still only March. The crazy flags, marches and bonfire season is well and truly under way and in the time since the last one nothing has been done to suggest that things are about to change any time soon.

WE SAY: Only DUP could snatch DC diplomatic defeat from jaws of victory

It was an open goal for deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly in Washington DC this week.

WE SAY: About time we raised our voices for our music ambassadors

With every passing day, the evidence of two diverging economies on the island becomes all the clearer - a Southern Government awash in money looming over a Northern Executive which is effectively bust.

WE SAY: Latter-day conversion is a blessing on St Patrick's Day

WE don't know as much about St Patrick as one might think considering he is our national saint.

WE SAY: Jesse Jackson legacy lives on in Irish Language civil rights cause

IT'S a striking reflection of this era of misinformation, disinformation and non-information, that, in their reporting of the death of the Reverend Jesse Jackson, none of our mainstream media reported on several consequential visits he made to this benighted backwater.

WE SAY: Time to kick the bigots into touch

BUILDING the infrastructure of bias and discrimination which continues to permeate every aspect of our lives was the work of several generations of unionist and British administrations. It stands to reason, therefore, that undoing the damage wrought by countless decisions made by blinkered mandarins and bigoted ministers will also take time.

WE SAY: Disassociating a proud academic institution from a disgraced Chancellor

WHEN news filtered through on Tuesday that Queen's University had cut all links with an American politician of international renown, it's fair to say that many folks in these parts thought, “About time they dismissed Hillary Clinton.”

WE SAY: Time for those with broadest shoulders to bear more of rates burden

COMPLAINTS this week from some of the biggest hospitality operators in town over soaring rates bills are easy to dismiss as more whining from the usual quarters.

Soccer: Reds enjoy back-to-back wins after victory at Ports

Gaelic Games: Lámh Dhearg host Senior Awards night at Beechlawns

CELTIC STORIES: German pints and derby drama in what may be a season-defining week for the Hoops

Soccer: Cliftonville earn huge win over title chasing Linfield

Trócaire condemns acts of war in the Middle East

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SQUINTER: I'm back in Dougie’s good books

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