Paul Breen looks at recent comments by Irish Taoiseach Simon Harris that the younger generation in the Irish Republic is “more familiar” with other European cities than they are with Belfast or Derry.
This week Paul Breen recounts a tale from his time as a student in St. Michael's College Enniskillen
After recent events it would be very easy to assume that the Stormont Powersharing arrangements are in jeopardy. However, I don’t believe that’s going to be the case. When Michelle O’Neill assumed her position as First Minister of the newly-restored Northern Ireland Assembly, Saturday, February 3, 2024 became the day that changed everything – not just symbolically, but practically, too.
Recently an American friend said something that rings very true, when he said that “sometimes it feels as if Ukraine has shifted just a couple of miles south of Manchester”.
In this part of the world when we think of the word ‘occupation’, we probably think of it in two senses – someone’s job, and the British Army’s involvement in the conflict here, if you’re of a Nationalist background.
The wheels of power sharing have only started rolling in recent weeks. However, already it seems that promises are not being kept.
Once upon a time, a state of religious harmony existed within the island of Ireland.
The Impartial Reporter has always gone on sale on a Thursday in my lifetime. So that means I’ve only ever read or seen a single copy that was dated 29th February. That was 28 years ago, back in 1996, before we’d any of the digital versions we have nowadays.
While 'technology' is new and evolving to most of us, the way we use it can link us to the past, and keep previous generations and ancestors very much part of our lives.
This past couple of years, a lot of tongues have twisted around the issue of coaxing Stormont’s pol-iticians back into power.
