Newton Emerson: Something big written in ‘backstop’ small printText contains provision to add six areas of North-South co-operation to 12 in Belfast AgreementThu Mar 29 2018 - 05:00
Coveney blunders in on the British-Irish ConferenceTánaiste overstated role it gives Dublin in affairs of the North, with predictable consequencesThu Mar 22 2018 - 05:00
The Belfast Agreement is fading, not with a bang but with a whimperBradley’s Commons statement unilaterally puts the agreement up for casual renegotiationThu Mar 15 2018 - 05:00
Newton Emerson: Arlene Foster’s authority is ebbing awayDUP leader’s strangulated denials of the deal that never was have descended into farceThu Mar 08 2018 - 05:00
The DUP has played hardball and lostNewton Emerson: Party looks impotent on its constituents’ defining concernThu Mar 01 2018 - 05:00
Newton Emerson: London and Dublin handling of Northern crisis a fiascoFormer leaders Bertie Ahern and Tony Blair showed how co-operation should workThu Feb 22 2018 - 05:00
Newton Emerson: Notion of DUP split a useful tool for Sinn FéinNewton Emerson: Talk of DUP Stormont and Westminster divide is too simplisticThu Feb 15 2018 - 05:00
Newton Emerson: ‘Iran on the Bann’ is facing a new social border‘Backward’ Republic of Ireland becoming more progressive than conservative NorthThu Feb 01 2018 - 05:00
Newton Emerson: Infrastructure key to bridge-building in NorthUnionists missed chance for positive change with Belfast-Derry motorwayThu Jan 25 2018 - 05:00
Tone-deaf Arlene Foster still hitting the wrong notePower seeping away from a DUP leader who seems incapable of rapprochementThu Jan 18 2018 - 05:00
Newton Emerson: Karen Bradley can break logjam in the NorthNew Secretary of State could push for talks chaired by UK and Irish governmentsThu Jan 11 2018 - 05:00
Do Sinn Féin and DUP really want a stable Stormont?Powersharing rules must ensure a party walkout does not bring down StormontThu Jan 04 2018 - 05:00
A mini-peace process is needed to get Stormont talks movingUnless London and Dublin can work together, there’s little hope of DUP-Sinn Féin dealThu Dec 28 2017 - 05:00
Newton Emerson: What kind of joint authority is Dublin smoking?Government could kill Stormont by twisting Belfast Agreement to suit its Brexit needsThu Dec 21 2017 - 05:00
Sinn Féin writes itself out of the picture with appeal to VaradkarOpen letter signed by 200 northern nationalists suggests party has lost the initiativeThu Dec 14 2017 - 05:00
Brexit border row is another little DUP victory on road to defeatParty that is all tactics and no strategy has ultimately put the union at riskThu Dec 07 2017 - 09:05
Newton Emerson: Bertie’s Border solution is worth consideringRisk of civil disobedience could make the Border problem quietly disappearThu Nov 30 2017 - 05:00
Newton Emerson: Licensing next war is Adams’s real legacySinn Féin leader bought peace by setting stage for next conflictThu Nov 23 2017 - 05:00
Newton Emerson: North cannot become a stable Brexit bridgeIt is laughable to suggest Northern Ireland can function like Hong Kong after UK’s exitThu Nov 16 2017 - 05:00
Sinn Féin’s rise in Dublin confounds Belfast AgreementAs most popular party among under-35s in Republic, SF is also main oppositionThu Nov 09 2017 - 05:00
Newton Emerson: Why a Stormont deal remains likelySinn Féin and DUP supporters would have no option but to accept a new accordThu Nov 02 2017 - 05:00
Newton Emerson: Catalan crisis a double-edged sword for Sinn FéinMaking comparisons with Spanish situation only serves to show how accommodating UK isThu Oct 26 2017 - 05:00
Leo Varadkar courting trouble over Border pollUnpicking Belfast Agreement’s mechanism for referendum risks causing more uncertaintyThu Oct 19 2017 - 05:00
Newton Emerson: Curious tale of the Brexit dog that didn’t barkLeo Varadkar playing dangerous game by saying Ireland has no Plan B for BorderThu Oct 12 2017 - 05:00
Newton Emerson: For powersharing to work, the veto must goAll vetoes do is let both sides block each other, frustrating any possible consensusThu Oct 05 2017 - 05:00
The shallow pendulum swings back for British LabourNewton Emerson: Corbyn's rise means the UK may have to relearn some harsh lessonsThu Sept 28 2017 - 05:00
DUP cannot sell supporters an Irish language ActNewton Emerson: Stalemate and wasted energy may delay powersharing until springThu Sept 21 2017 - 05:00
Sinn Féin’s stance on Catalan independence is deeply hypocriticalSF is backing Catalonia’s separatists while trying to force unionists into a united IrelandThu Sept 14 2017 - 05:00
London and Dublin must be very careful on the NorthRow over Simon Coveney statement shows the fine line both governments treadThu Sept 07 2017 - 05:00
Newton Emerson: Remember the third tribe of UlsterAn independent North is not possible, but that the idea persists is revealingThu Aug 31 2017 - 05:00
Sinn Féin continues its irresponsible Stormont nonsenseNorthern unionists are ready to do a deal, but SF is engaged in a dangerous self-indulgenceThu Aug 24 2017 - 05:00
Newton Emerson: Identity cards are coming for us allUK-Irish identification likely alternative to policing already overwhelmed bordersThu Aug 17 2017 - 05:00
Newton Emerson: North gets new rules for art of riotingPSNI longer offers itself up as target for rioters but must clarify its strategyThu Aug 10 2017 - 05:00
Newton Emerson: Brexit will worsen Border smugglingThere is a significant risk that paramilitary funding will evade new customs measuresThu Aug 03 2017 - 05:00
Bid to end Stormont stand-off should be taken seriouslyNewton Emerson: Sinn Féin chairman’s call for Bill in ‘Belfast Telegraph’ worth consideringThu Jul 27 2017 - 02:00
Newton Emerson: Why is Coveney stirring Stormont pot?Minister blundering in with doom-laden pronouncements on Brexit was unhelpfulThu Jul 20 2017 - 02:00
Newton Emerson: North’s political donations row a bottle of smokeResults from any further transparency likely to disappoint conspiracy theoristsThu Jul 13 2017 - 02:00
Sinn Féin has never wanted an Irish language ActStormont stand-off is based on a misrepresentation of the party’s positionThu Jul 06 2017 - 02:00
Newton Emerson: Spare us the war talk from WestminsterLurid headlines in London about DUP-Tory deal contrast with realism in NorthThu Jun 29 2017 - 02:00
Newton Emerson: DUP Tory deal will make NI politics more complicatedOpinion: Belfast Agreement requires the British government to act with impartialityThu Jun 22 2017 - 02:00
The next loyalist death lands at Downing Street’s doorUnionist violence will no longer be compartmentalised following a DUP-Tory dealThu Jun 15 2017 - 02:00
A DUP-Tory alliance could make unionism unacceptableThe deal would have implications for Brexit, Stormont and Northern Irish societyMon Jun 12 2017 - 01:00
Newton Emerson: Why nationalism needs a Tory TaoiseachLeo Varadkar’s centre-right economic views essential to securing a united IrelandThu Jun 08 2017 - 02:00
Newton Emerson: A DUP victory will not be enoughSimply beating Sinn Féin may expose lack of policy to expand unionist appealThu Jun 01 2017 - 02:00
Newton Emerson: Corbyn’s view of North stuck in a time warpNotion of NI as former British colony was laid to rest with the Belfast AgreementThu May 25 2017 - 02:00
Newton Emerson: A Chinese lesson for CoveneyHong Kong’s anti-graft agency serves as a model for Minister’s campaign centrepieceThu May 18 2017 - 02:00
Newton Emerson: Dublin parties can resurrect StormontSinn Féin’s desire to enter a coalition in the South gives FF and FG leverage over the partyThu May 11 2017 - 02:00
Newton Emerson: Brexit is killing a ‘new Ireland’EU stance erases the question of whether Irish unity would mean an entirely new stateThu May 04 2017 - 02:00
Newton Emerson: Small NI hospitals are doomed, dangerousNuns and DUP ministers may be the last people on the island who concur with each otherThu Apr 27 2017 - 02:00
Newton Emerson: Snap election complicates Stormont stand-offTheresa May’s move may throw a spanner into talks on forming a devolved governmentThu Apr 20 2017 - 16:45
