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Brendan Hughes: DUP needs new approach as Leo Varadkar offers olive branch

The Taoiseach has made conciliatory remarks over Brexit's Northern Ireland Protocol but unionist parties remain unmoving

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Brendan Hughes: Brexit NI Protocol letter prompting unionist fury stated the obvious

The reaction yet again shows the impossible task the government faces in attempting to meet the high bar of unionist demands

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Brendan Hughes: Partygate, Boris Johnson mutiny and the Liz Truss lettuce - a look back at the political year of 2022

The upheaval of the past year has left many feeling as wilted as the lettuce that outlasted Liz Truss

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Brendan Hughes: Peace walls a reminder much work still to be done to build better future

Stormont is nowhere near meeting its 2023 objective

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Brendan Hughes: Three small changes to buses Stormont parties are afraid to support

Without a step-change, staff office dos will face many more years of transport nightmares before Christmas

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Brendan Hughes: DUP with egg on their face once again after falling for Tory promises

But there are no guarantees energy payments would have been delivered any quicker if an Executive had been up and running

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Brendan Hughes: NI secretary must shoulder some blame for Stormont budget mess

Chris Heaton-Harris hit out at Stormont parties, but he must also shoulder some of the blame for the current problems

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Brendan Hughes: Parish-pump politics adding to pressure on health service

With years of political failure to make the necessary decisions, it is little wonder this week has seen pressures on hospitals pile up

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Brendan Hughes: Sinn Fein leader's IRA remarks a problem for coalition partners

Mary Lou McDonald's comments have drawn criticism from relatives of IRA victims and political opponents

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Brendan Hughes: DUP leader's Brexit Protocol claims spectacularly backfired

It places the DUP in the uncomfortable position of appearing at odds with the stance of the public health service itself

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Brendan Hughes: DUP trying same tactic twice would take voters for granted

While Sir Jeffrey Donaldson will be leading the DUP into another election, it appears he personally might be sitting this one out

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Brendan Hughes: Tories bringing back Boris Johnson as PM would be act of desperation

"Boris or bust" waves a wand of political amnesia, willfully forgetting the reasons why he was ousted in the first place

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James Nesbitt 'saddened' by graffiti targeting him after speaking at Ireland's Future event

"I got home very, very late and I woke up to quite a storm and it's a bit unnerving of course and it also saddens me a bit."

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James Nesbitt 'targeted with 'crosshairs' graffiti after he speaks at Ireland's Future

The Coleraine actor had been a keynote speaker at the event in Dublin to explore planning for an Ireland united

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Brendan Hughes: DUP not alone in seeking to control the media narrative

Excluding journalists from party conferences is wrong, but other parties should also consider their actions if they truly believe in freedom of the press

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Brendan Hughes: DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson must find a way of saving face

It appears AWOL Sir Jeffrey has spoken more times this week to loyalist activist Jamie Bryson than addressing the public

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Prime Minister Lis Truss says 'no reason' why Stormont should not be re-established

Northern Ireland's powersharing institutions have been dormant for months due to a DUP protest against the protocol

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Brendan Hughes: SDLP-Fianna Fáil partnership was always a classic fudge

Reports signalling an end to the link-up come as no great surprise. For many, the deal seemed dead on arrival three years ago

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Brendan Hughes: Delving deeper into Census 2021 shows changes and challenges ahead

The figures should help policy makers plan for the future in areas including education, healthcare, housing and the economy

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Relationships in Northern Ireland 'more important than unity poll at this time'

Mr Coveney's comments come after census figures showed Catholics outnumber Protestants in Northern Ireland for the first time since the partition of the island

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Analysis: Census 2021 shows 'Protestant state for a Protestant people' is gone

It would be wrong to jump to conclusions over what a religious headcount means for any future border poll on a united Ireland

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Census 2021: People in Northern Ireland have 'multiplicity of identities' experts say

Two academics give their analysis of the latest Census 2021 results

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Brendan Hughes: Political unionism only has itself to blame for optics

While it is easy to demonise the press, it is a consequence of the DUP blocking Stormont over Brexit's Northern Ireland Protocol which made Sinn Féin's role much more pronounced

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Brendan Hughes: With the Queen's passing, the Union faces a more uncertain future

It will be challenging for the new King to follow in his mother's footsteps, who ascended to the throne in a very different era

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Brendan Hughes: Big challenges but low bar of expectations for next Northern Ireland secretary

For a role long seen as a poisoned chalice, it is perhaps refreshing that someone appears to actually want to be appointed as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland

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