Noel Doran
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Noel Doran: The truth about immigration in Northern Ireland (opens the original)
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WE are well used to claims from a variety of sources - some fringe figures and others who are actually elected representatives - that a rising tide of immigration is changing our society beyond recognition. It is this kind of thinking, together with suggestions that newcomers are being unfairly handed houses and a range of benefits, which directly contributed to the serious race violence witnessed in loyalist parts of Belfast and other places, including Ballymena, for the last three summers in a
Noel Doran: Andy Burnham should learn from Tony Blair about Ireland (opens the original)
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WE did not have to wait for long for Andy Burnham to confirm that he is the latest in a long line of UK prime ministers who often struggle to speak coherently and confidently about Irish issues. Tony Blair had many other failings but, of all the holders of the post in the last 50 years, he was probably the only one who entered office with a clear understanding of Irish history and a related determination to encourage the search for progress. Burnham, despite his Liverpool/Irish family connection
Noel Doran: How the horrors of 9/11 paved the way for decommissioning (opens the original)
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THE world changed forever through the 9/11 catastrophes in the United States, 25 years ago this Friday, with the full scale of the consequences still unfolding internationally and impossible to finally calculate. While almost 3,000 people died almost immediately in the devastation after four airliners were hijacked by the extremist Muslim group al-Qaeda, detailed academic studies suggest that the number of fatalities recorded during the subsequent conflicts as part of what the US administration
Noel Doran: Welcome to Belfastâs Ormeau Road, the coffee capital of Ireland (opens the original)
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CONSIDERABLE attention is rightly being paid to the deterioration of high streets across Ireland and the UK, with notable recent interventions from Andy Burnham and RTÃâs Prime Time programme. Burnham said earlier this month that main thoroughfares were the âbeating heartâ of local communities, but accepted they had become unrecognisable after decades of decline, and announced new powers for district councils in Britain which are intended to address the problem. It remains to be seen how
Noel Doran: Letâs celebrate success â even if some unionists still donât feel ready (opens the original)
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KOBE McDonald has become arguably Irelandâs most celebrated citizen, even though he is still only 18 and it seems likely that he will be a resident of Australia for at least the next three years and possibly longer. His rise to sporting stardom has been verging on the astonishing, given that he left school just a matter of weeks ago and then found himself at the heart of Mayoâs epic GAA All-Ireland triumph for the first time in 75 years. McDonald, having made his championship debut in April,
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