Italia 90 Revisited: There’s one thing nobody can fudge about Jack Charlton
Thirty years ago team spirit was one thing Jack Charlton's squad had in spades
Let’s have a competition for a new national anthem
Militaristic, nationalistic language of Amhrán na bhFiann will have to go
Seamus Mallon and John Hume were the two big beasts of the SDLP
Behind the spats was vital alliance of two of biggest men of modern non-violent nationalism
The Catholic Church and the Northern Ireland Troubles: A seminal book
Book review: Margaret Scull looks at the church’s role in the Troubles over 30 years
Seamus Mallon warns against premature Border poll
Vote could deliver ‘unworkable majority for unity’, says former NI deputy first minister
Seamus Mallon: Irish unity by numbers won’t work
Premature Border Poll may deliver narrow, unworkable majority for unity
Irish Pages: words for a time when hope and history no longer rhyme
The current edition of Northern Ireland’s literary journal marks 20 years of the Belfast Agreement – and the overriding mood is one of disillusionment and despair
Filming Dolours Price: ‘Her name is Latin for sorrow. That describes her life’
Journalist Ed Moloney on his interview with the compelling, acidic late IRA woman
‘Civic unionism’ group issues riposte to ‘civic nationalism’
Signatories motivated by desire to build a better society in Northern Ireland
Diarmaid Ferriter: a history of partition and Europe’s role
The British establishment lacked consistency while the Free State washed its hands
Anti-Catholic bigotry of many in DUP still significant
‘I wonder how many Northern unionists still hold appalling, near-racist views’
Andy Pollak: Good culture has the power to overcome bad politics
As the 1916 centenary dawns, we should focus on what unites us all, not what divides us
Loyalists reluctant to tell their stories, says NI playwright
Robert Niblock laments former loyalist paramilitaries’ lack of artistic expression
Rite & Reason: The Republic is now a warm place for Protestants
Senior politicians kowtowing to the Catholic hierarchy today ‘utterly unthinkable’
‘Unruly, fractious, disreputable’ – Irish Franciscans in Prague
In 1629 the Irish College founded there was the third on European continent
The Border: smart or dumb?
More co-operation, resource-sharing and travel between North and South would be smart. Talking about abolishing the Border altogether is dumb
Border should not limit activities of voluntary and community sectors
Opinion: Funding is estimated to have fallen by 35% over five years
Commerce across borders is history’s greatest pacifier
Comment: Business interaction doesn’t only reduce the propensity to violence out of self-interest – it brings people together
Dublin and London must not lose focus on North
Comment: Failure to engage in Northern Ireland’s affairs could lead to another cycle of sectarianism and violence
The Second Coming of Paisley. Militant Fundamentalism and Ulster Politics, Richard Lawrence Jordan
In claiming Paisley’s extraordinary volte face was based in theology, Jordan shows a poor understanding of Northern politics and Irish history
Governments must maintain focus on North-South co-operation
Retiring head of cross-Border body warns of potential return to tribal trenches
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