"Northern Ireland operates with the expectation that you’re born into one tribe. Your identity is fixed at birth: immutable and unyielding."
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"This is cynical, but could be electorally effective. When Sinn Féin last collapsed Stormont, it was handsomely rewarded by nationalist voters. But there is a risk that this is simply too transparent..."
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A DUP councillor has implied there was a link between the way women dress and an alleged sexual assault in Ballymena last summer — which a fellow party member branded as “stupid”.
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Is Assembly Speaker Edwin Poots out of control? @SJAMcBride joins @CiaranDunbar on the latest episode of The BelTel to discuss a strange decision, a huge U-turn... and no explanation