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Trump is unwittingly helping US to confront its Confederate past
Edward Luce: Not since Woodrow Wilson has a US president been so admiring of America’s defeated enemy
Shane Lowry agreeing to play in Saudi Arabia is an unfortunate choice
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Sky goes full Obama as Fallon Sherrock darts into history books
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Rose of Tralee: ‘A misty-eyed drunk on a New York barstool’
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Brendan O’Connor show: Majella O’Donnell could interview herself
TV Review: Presenter Brendan O’Connor is outmanoeuvred by his chat show guest
What Northern Ireland’s civil rights movement means to Miriam O’Callaghan
RTÉ’s documentary about the 1968 protests is part history show, part personal journey
America has romanticised the civil rights movement
Some 50 years after Martin Luther King’s death, racial inequality still pervades US society
An introvert’s survival guide to the workplace
Experts give tips on how introverts can cope with the social pressures of today’s office
‘Their time is up’: Oprah’s inspiring Golden Globes speech
‘A new day is on the horizon’: Oprah Winfrey thanks those who shared abuse stories
Detroit house of Rosa Parks relocates to Berlin
Artist Ryan Mendoza moved US civil rights heroine’s home to restore its dignity
Loving review: Ruth Negga, Limerick’s greatest export since Richard Harris
Jeff Nichols’s crusading love story bravely focuses on the domestic over the public, the personal over the political
Online idiots of the far right and hard left turn on their own
Today’s alt-righters and SJWs have far more in common than they care to know
Hajj diary: ‘I dread the crowds, the heat and the logistics’
A Muslim whose faith had begun to shatter recounts her first pilgrimage to Mecca
Noel Whelan: Sinn Féin and the Gerry Adams nerves
Replacing him is a challenging prospect – but his recent gaffes have been a liability
Pat Leahy’s Week: Brass neck is handy for the Dáil dance
Fine Gael is in the driving seat in Leinster House, but its destination remains unclear
Kenny buoyed by ‘constructive’ talks with Green Party
Fine Gael leader welcomes ‘very good’ meeting on formation of next government
SDLP’S Colum Eastwood ready to reboot ‘most successful party in Irish history’
At 32, Derry-born successor to John Hume and Mark Durkan is charged with his party’s resurrection
Redesigned $10 US bill to feature a woman
Treasury department to collect public input in town hall meetings and via social media
Our selfies alone: the Belfast mayor who’s even faster than his Twitter
Máirtín Ó Muilleoir, the funny, fast-talking Sinn Féin lord mayor of Belfast, does it his way: he is a prolific tweeter, he decided to retain the royal portraits in his parlour, and he once brought a DUP man to Mass
Reaction to racist rant shows GOP in thrall to extremists
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