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Sinn Fein Votes Would Not Count In Westminster

A November interview via The Transcripts - Seán O’Rourke has Sinn Féin President Mary Lou McDonald with him in studio at Leinster House to discusses British Prime Minister Theresa May’s trip to...



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A Morning Thought @ 235

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Phil McDonnell

In the final TPQ end of year obituary feature, Anthony McIntyre eulogises a former republican prisoner.


I only learned a few months ago that Phil McDonnell had died. By that time he had been...



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Cutting Through McNarry's Insults

A letter from Martin Galvin published in the Irish News on New Year's Day, 2019 under the heading "Time for new policies which demand respect for Irish national rights and advocates."

Re: David...



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A Morning Thought @ 234

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Paddy Mulligan

Anthony McIntyre remembers an old friend from the Short Strand who died in May.

Paddy Mulligan was living on the Mountpottinger Road in East Belfast when I first met him back in 1974. His was the...



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Will Sinn Féin Take Their Seats In Westminster?

TPQ kicks off the New Year with a piece from Matt Treacy asking if Sinn Fein will take seats in Westminster.

Members of First Dáil 1919 With British Prime Minister Teresa May facing into a crucial...



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A Morning Thought @ 233

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Uri Avnery

Rabbi Michael Lerner remembers Uri Avnery, 1923-2018 leader of the Israeli peace movement Gush Shalom. The Uri Avnery Column was a regular feature on TPQ.


Tikkun grieves and mourns the passing of...



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Technology And Social Movements: Help Or Hindrance?

Barry Gilheany discusses the relationship between social movements and the development of modern technology. 

In this article, I examine Manuel Castells’ theory of the network society developed...



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