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Ed Curran

Question of identity: Rory McIlroy and Graeme McDowell should be admired ? whatever their allegiance

Whatever flag Rory McIlroy carries we should be proud of him

If the BBC's Question of Sport were to have a panel of stars from Northern Ireland, the programme might be more appropriately called Question of Identity.

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Carson points the way but petty unionists go the other

Tuesday, 9 October 2012

We are left to ponder another of life's little unionist mysteries: why did Mike Nesbitt sack John McCallister?
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Our parties must look to 2012 and not 1912 or 1916

Tuesday, 2 October 2012

The Covenant centennial drums have fallen silent. The ranks of marching men and bands have melted away. The entire community can be thankful that the first major anniversary of the 21st century has passed relatively peacefully.
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Ulster Covenant: Whether we like it or not, unity is our way forward

Monday, 24 September 2012

The signing of the Covenant was impressed upon me from an early age, because my father took part in the great demonstration to Balmoral showgrounds on Easter Tuesday 1912.
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Robinson flags up danger of dismantling the Union

Tuesday, 18 September 2012

With a Saltire in one hand and a Union flag in the other, Scottish independence can be defeated, according to First Minister Peter Robinson.
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New blood but Secretary of State Theresa Villiers faces same old problems

Monday, 10 September 2012

The glass ceiling has cracked again over Hillsborough Castle. Forty years after the very first Secretary of State, William Whitelaw, Northern Ireland has only its second woman in charge.
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Political leaders need to rein in Orange disorder

Monday, 3 September 2012

Thanks to the Orange Order in July and the Royal Black Preceptory in August, Northern Ireland managed to squeeze itself into the silly season headlines again for all the wrong reasons.
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How we can breathe new life into our dying villages

Tuesday, 28 August 2012

What terrorist bombs failed to do over 30 years, we - the public - are now achieving with our shopping habits. Without so much as a gram of Semtex, we are succeeding in tearing the very heart out of our cities, towns and villages - and no one seems capable of stopping the destruction.
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What will this Assembly’s answer be to new reform?

Monday, 20 August 2012

The Secretary of State, Owen Paterson, is right to prompt a public debate on the future of Stormont. Although barely run in, this rare 21st century invention is already in need of a stiff MoT test. There is surely nothing like it in the Western world.
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Team NI deserves to be treated better than this

Tuesday, 14 August 2012

Should the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland be condensed into "Team GB" for the Olympic Games?
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Murphy has questions to answer on appointments

Tuesday, 7 August 2012

Did the former Sinn Fein minister Conor Murphy discriminate on religious grounds against Protestants? Did he appoint a Catholic to the post of chair of Northern Ireland Water in the knowledge that the best candidate was Dr Alan Lennon, a Protestant?
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London going for gold as best Olympics venue ever

Tuesday, 31 July 2012

Could anyone do it better than the Chinese? The answer is emphatically that London and the UK are doing the Olympic Games of 2012 better than anyone might have imagined.
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Slow but steady march on road to peaceful parades

Tuesday, 24 July 2012

Things are starting to look up for the Orange Order. The marching season passed its peak with less unrest and tension than probably at any time in the past 40 years.
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Graduates can show Orange Order new road to the future

Tuesday, 10 July 2012

The summer university graduation ceremonies are in full swing and the Twelfth is almost upon us. The month of July in Northern Ireland would not be the same without these two very different traditions.
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This handshake was for Sinn Fein's slow learners

Tuesday, 3 July 2012

The Jubilee crowds have dispersed. The euphoria of cheering and flag-waving is over. The Queen has gone back to her palace. And Martin McGuinness is like a cat with cream on his whiskers.
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Why Royal visit will truly be a handshake of history

Tuesday, 26 June 2012

When the Queen visits Northern Ireland tomorrow, we will be a witness to history in the making. Her visit will be like none other that has gone before.
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No matter what slogans say political inertia rules the day

Tuesday, 19 June 2012

Given the dismal ratings for Stormont, what can be done about it? One might expect the parties in the Executive to examine every negative finding in the Belfast Telegraph poll and set about to do things better.
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Ireland is becoming land of saints and secularists

Tuesday, 12 June 2012

Is today's Catholic really a Catholic? How do we define a Protestant? I ask the questions in the light of opinion polls which reveal not only a startling decline in religious belief and church-going among Catholics in the Republic, but also that many people in Northern Ireland do not wish to be termed Protestant or Catholic.
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One handshake shouldn't overshadow Queen's tour

Tuesday, 5 June 2012

The Queen is centre-stage - and rightly so on this special Jubilee Bank Holiday.
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Can Stormont closed shop lead us to future we crave?

Tuesday, 29 May 2012

It is becoming more evident by the day that the Stormont coalition of five parties is really a stitch-up between the Democratic Unionists and Sinn Fein. The decision-making process over the Girdwood site in north Belfast illustrates the manner in which the Executive works.
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Ulster did lose but fans and sport were the real winners

Tuesday, 22 May 2012

Ulster's dream is over - if only until next year. The thousands of us who crossed the Irish Sea to throng the streets of west London, trooped out of Twickenham in the gathering dusk of Saturday evening, downcast, yes, but not dispirited.
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