Fionola Meredith

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  We shouldn't fear an immigration debate... but let's tackle some myths first

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  We need to stop treating narcissists like Huw Edwards as national treasures

More Fionola Meredith

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  How Van Morrison shows Belfast is more than a divided city

  

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  If you think our leaders are bad, take look across Atlantic Ocean

  

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  Children and young people with special educational needs bearing brunt of Stormont failure

  

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  I’m all for a ‘smoky bacon border’ that protects our health

  

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  I’m not fussed about a statue – the best way to honour Van the Man is to witness him perform

  

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  I removed my children from conservative Christian organisation's fear-based and repressive RSE lessons

  

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  Hero-worshipping vaccines and their creators during a pandemic is never a good idea

  

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  No more tittle-tattle, Covid Inquiry must start digging deeper

  

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  NI politicians more focused on posturing than crumbling roads

  

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  Catch-22 in regrettable (the wrong if they don’t fit) trousers for McIlroy

  

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  It’s impossible to ditch tech, but the least adults can do is set a better example

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  Queen’s University deserves better than Hillary Clinton as chancellor

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  Only a sad creep would get a kick out of ‘art’ by loyalist killer Michael Stone

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  Why blasphemy laws are an affront to free speech

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  ‘Smoke-free generation’ has its benefits but people have rights

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  Brendan Rodgers shows that casual sexism is still alive and well

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  Social media shaming of Devenish women showed a very old form of misogyny hasn’t died out

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  Belfast comedian has surely pressed the self-destruct button on his own career

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  NI won’t become a better place because it’s led by two women

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  A truly shared society would educate its children together

Top Stories

• Northern Ireland

  Large crowds show support for migrants at Belfast rally, with peaceful scenes after days of violence

  

• Northern Ireland

  Northern Ireland’s far-right links return to the spotlight... and they go back decades

  

• Armagh

  ‘Fair play to Edwin Poots’: McNulty praises ‘gracious’ response from DUP Speaker about Stormont GAA reception

  

• Sam McBride

  Blair put intense pressure on Attorney General to drop case against leading Sinn Féin figure, saying lives were at stake

  

• Health

  Removal order issued to NI carer who assaulted ‘extremely vulnerable’ adult

  

Latest News

• World

  North Korean leader says thousands of flood victims will be brought to capital

  

• World

  Donald Trump headlines Montana rally after plane diverted

  

• Health

  Removal order issued to NI carer who assaulted ‘extremely vulnerable’ adult

  

• Reviews

  The new series of First Dates, like many of the daters, has been around a few blocks

  

• Features

  Tech Review: OpenRock X open-ear headphones finally break the ear-bud mould

  

• Olympics

  Rhys McClenaghan basking in Olympic spotlight after not shying away from golden ambitions

  

• Features

  Why the internet is praising ‘big dad energy’ Tim Walz as Kamala Harris’s pick for vice president

  

• Comment

  Perspectives: ‘As with other parts of the world, religion has benefitted us when its tenets are practised’

  

• Lindy McDowell

  Until he sorts his own X policing issue, Elon Musk would be better advised to stay out of two-tier policing debate

  

• Books

  Inside the ‘Crum’: the notorious jail that witnessed audacious escapes in its history