The changing Ancient Order of Hibernians: ‘Irish America has moved past nostalgia in unity debate’ Ancient Order of Hibernians deeply invested in Ireland, but its attitudes have changed with the times

Moving beyond nostaligia in the Irish unity debate, and the Ancient Order of Hibernians - really conversations with some of their members near the end of a 10-day tour of Ireland

If you're in London on 15 May, I'll be in conversation with the superb @markhennessy.bsky.social and Simon Kingston, discussing the arguments for and against a united Ireland. We're in Kings College London's Maughan Library as part of the Fleet Street Quarter Festival of Words at 1.30pm.

Irish unity must let Protestants stay British if they want, says GAA president ‘The Orange Order is as important to Unionists as the GAA is to those in the nationalist community’

Irish unity must let Protestants stay British if they want, says GAA president

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“There’s not one f**king oil truck moving in this country until we get what we want,” he said. “We have the country by the balls. You know who’s in control’ - How the fuel protests brought Ireland to a standstill

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15 women were willing to come to testify in court on behalf of the FT.

That included 3 whose allegations had not previously been reported.

#USA: Trump has escalated his attacks on the press, threatening to jail a journalist who reported on the downing of a US jet in #Iran in order to reveal their source. This is the latest move in a wider campaign against the media. Journalists and their sources must be protected.

Old tensions, new ties - conversation on where some elements of the Anglo-Irish relations are today x.com/bbctheview/s...

"GB News is essentially Reform TV" Alan Rusbridger on how GB News became Nigel Farage's broadcast arm – and who is paying for it.

“A broadcaster has become the media arm of a political party, and nobody is doing anything about it.”

Really good to speak to @arusbridger.bsky.social about GB News, Reform and regulatory failure on Democracy for Sale today

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My friend Michael Lyster met life on his own terms Michael met life on his own terms, often swept up in the lightness of story telling without taking himself seriously

Find the time, please, this is a gem to savour - the art of saying goodbye to a friend, beautifully
Michael Lyster: A ‘safe pair of hands’ who could not be rushed or panicked

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Michael Lyster: A ‘safe pair of hands’ who could not be rushed or panicked Michael met life on his own terms, often swept up in the lightness of story telling without taking himself seriously

Find the time, please, this is a gem to savour - the art of saying goodbye to a friend, beautifully -
Michael Lyster: A ‘safe pair of hands’ who could not be rushed or panicked

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Is this social media’s ‘big tobacco’ moment? A landmark trial found Instagram and YouTube are dangerously addictive. The verdict could reshape social media – and the internet itself

Is this social media’s ‘big tobacco’ moment?

Shared Ireland programme cannot be used to push cause of Irish unity, Jack Chambers says British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly meeting taking place in Tralee, Co Kerry

Shared Ireland programme cannot be used to push cause of Irish unity, Irish minister, Jack Chambers says

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Hours of jousting at court as Gerry Adams insists he was never IRA member Max Hill sought to present Adams’ history as one of an endless series of contradictions, Adams in turn needled Hill frequently

Hours of jousting at court as Gerry Adams insists he was never IRA member

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‘Sinn Féin and the IRA are separate,’ Gerry Adams tells UK court in rejection of charges Former Sinn Féin president is being sued for ‘vindicatory’ damages of £1 in connection to IRA bombings

‘Sinn Féin and the IRA are separate,’ Gerry Adams tells UK court in rejection of charges

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IRA members ‘astonished’ at Gerry Adams’s ‘brazen’ denial of role in organisation, court hears Charge made by veteran journalist John Ware on fifth day of civil action against former Sinn Féin leader

IRA members ‘astonished’ at Gerry Adams’s ‘brazen’ denial of role in organisation, court hears

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Voice from the grave fills courtroom at Gerry Adams civil action in London Former IRA member Dolours Price relates in recording how IRA intended to bomb London in early 1970s

Voice from the grave fills courtroom at Gerry Adams civil action in London

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The Irish Times and the University of Limerick have now set up the Joe Drennan Memorial Prize to honour a new generation of journalists - one open to ALL third-level students, not just those studying for journalism degrees

Journalism prize established in memory of hit-and-run victim Joe Drennan University of Limerick and The Irish Times announce award for third-level students across Ireland

Joe Drennan would have gone far in journalism, but, instead, the University of Limerick student was killed cruelly by a hit-and-run driver in Limerick in 2023.

Opinion: Britain's Troubles Bill risks undermining the Belfast Agreement The conflict began 57 years ago, yet politicians are resisting letting the past become the past

The views of some of the most senior officers in the British Army - ‘We ran the British army. In Northern Ireland, let the past be the past’

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Priceless….

Embracing Anglo-Irish history will never oblige us to think better of Cromwell, says Martin Most British historians have ‘no interest’ in Ireland, says academic as Cambridge announces new Anglo-Irish post

The teaching of history, and why it matters in dark times- in Cambridge University, and everywhere else - Remember the past, or repeat its mistakes, says academic

Embracing Anglo-Irish history will never oblige us to think better of Cromwell, says Martin

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Castle Leslie: A divided estate, a nightclub, a ‘hippie colony’ and now a thriving hotel The estate, which runs alongside the Border in Co Monaghan, has borne the Leslie name for 400 years and is ‘part and parcel of the community’

An Irish reunification story, but not one that people might expect - Once divided, the Castle Leslie estate in Monaghan has been brought back together again, and now plays a critical part in the local Border economy
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The idea that these people are in charge of AI should frighten everyone.

Stop fixating on Border polls and start a respectful conversation about Ireland’s future Surveys turn everything into a binary choice when understanding for the beliefs of others is needed

Stop banging on about Irish unity polls. Instead, let’s have a respectful conversation about the island’s future, says Graham Spencer
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Stop fixating on Border polls and start a respectful conversation about Ireland’s future Surveys turn everything into a binary choice when understanding for the beliefs of others is needed

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Fergal Keane: veteran Irish foreign correspondent leaves BBC after 37 years Threats to a free press from oligarchs are now greater than ever, warns journalist as he departs reporting role

Oligarchs seeking to destroy the free Press, says Fergal Keane, veteran Irish foreign correspondent, as he leaves BBC after 37 years
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In Boston ICE randomly pulled over this huge white Irish guy with a Mass drivers license, 20 years in the states, legal status, pending green card and have held him for 5 months, his citizen wife paid a $4k bond that was ignored(!) ICE forged his signature on deportation agreement, no appeal

The Irish Constitution: Leading judge on how it could impact the drive for a united Ireland The Constitution, designed to achieve unity, ‘may ultimately complicate that ambition’, not ‘because it was weak and inflexible’ but ‘rather because it was sufficiently flexible and strong’

The Irish Constitution: Leading Irish Supreme Court judge on how it could impact the drive for a united Ireland

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Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.

No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.

Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Ex-SAS commander in North: ‘The idea that we played hard and fast with the law is nonsense’ Former British special forces soldiers reject allegations the regiment was central to a ‘shoot-to-kill’ policy during the Troubles

Ex-SAS commander in Northern Ireland: ‘The idea that we played hard and fast with the law is nonsense’

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