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WE SAY: BBCNI in the kitchen at the Kneecap party

WE report – of course – this week on the outstanding success of the Kneecap movie in scooping a Bafta at Sunday night’s glittering awards ceremony in London. Director Rich Peppiatt took the Outstanding Debut award in the latest of a host of awards that the rap trio and the movie have garnered recently.

WE SAY: Unity a Fine Gael tactic, not a passion

THE unity of the island of Ireland is “not where my priority is today”, said Tánaiste Simon Harris, speaking recently during his first visit to Stormont since the formation of the new Dublin government.

WE SAY: Why we appreciate our President

THE knives are out – again – for President Michael D. Higgins, after he dared to mention Gaza during a weekend event commemorating the Holocaust.

WE SAY: New coalition government has no interest in the North

PERHAPS the most salient point about the shameful failure of the putative new Dublin coalition is its failure to address the unity question.

WE SAY: A health service on life support needs emergency intervention led from the top

WHEN the health of a loved one fails, it's time for a senior medic to step in and break the bad news.

WE SAY: It’s business as usual at No.10

THE decision by the British government to appeal a High Court order for a public inquiry to be held into the brutal murder of Bellaghy GAA official Sean Brown in 1997 is another sickening blow to a family who have spent over quarter of a century overcoming hurdle after hurdle in their battle for truth and justice.

WE SAY: New start on legacy is possible

WITH the clanging inevitability of Morecambe and Wise repeats on the BBC at Christmas, Michelle O’Neill’s Remembrance Sunday gesture has been thrown back in her face by the unionist media and elected representatives.

WE SAY: Let’s hope for a reckoning in 2025

OVER three-quarters of a century after the human and political obscenity of the Nakba, the issue of Palestine remains as much an insult to the very concept of peace as it did when the first Arabs were expelled from their homes in a murderous rout.

WE SAY: DUP pretence tells a sorry tale

NEWS that the DUP had been secretly meeting with Sinn Féin while telling their supporters and everyone else who would listen that they weren’t is just another indicator of the jawdropping hypocrisy that was common currency as the peace process progressed.

WE SAY: The past can work – if we let it

ANOTHER year, another toxic round of media angst and recrimination over the issue of remembrance.

WE SAY: Winter payment must be quick

NEWS that Stormont has cobbled together a package that will allow pensioners in the North to receive £100 towards the cost of winter fuel is welcome – but that welcome comes of course with terms and conditions.

WE SAY: Change needed after this election

WHETHER Fine Gael will pay the price the polls suggest for a shockingly incompetent election campaign we won’t know until Sunday or Monday. But regardless of whether leader Simon Harris gets another go at the big job or not, the party’s arrogance and hubris will in future be a political case study in how not to win friends and influence people.

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WE SAY: BBCNI in the kitchen at the Kneecap party

WE SAY: Unity a Fine Gael tactic, not a passion

WE SAY: Why we appreciate our President

WE SAY: New coalition government has no interest in the North

WE SAY: A health service on life support needs emergency intervention led from the top

WE SAY: It’s business as usual at No.10

WE SAY: New start on legacy is possible

WE SAY: Let’s hope for a reckoning in 2025

WE SAY: DUP pretence tells a sorry tale

WE SAY: The past can work – if we let it

WE SAY: Winter payment must be quick

WE SAY: Change needed after this election

WE SAY: More of the same is such a shame

WE SAY: Roads patience in short supply

WE SAY: PSNI boss has a choice to make

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