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Patricia Mac Bride: Micheál Martin is fighting the wrong battles over a border poll and Irish neutrality (opens the original)
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TULLAMORE is no stranger to hot air causing a bit of chaos. In 1785, a hot air balloon crashed into the town, sparking a massive fire and destroying more than 100 homes. This week, hot air of a different origin could create even more heat in the Fianna Fáil camp as the party rolls into town for its annual think-in ahead of the new Dáil term. Itâs coming at an interesting time, when Michéal Martin has been shadowboxing his way through the summer with his own party. Andy Burnhamâs ill-judge
Patricia Mac Bride: Weâve spent decades learning how to live with differences. The Fleadh found the rhythms that connect them (opens the original)
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Hereâs me sitting writing a column in a caravan in the shadow of Samson and Goliath, feeling like Iâm in a parallel universe. I canât fully describe what Iâve been part of this last week. There are some occasions when a city hosts an event, and there are others when an event tells the world something about the city itself. Fleadh Cheoil na hÃireann coming to Belfast belongs firmly in the second category. It was estimated that 800,000 would take part in the eight-day festival of competit
Patricia Mac Bride: Belfast is ready to show the world that the Gaelic Revival never truly ended (opens the original)
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BELFAST is set to transform into the global capital of Irish culture as three monumental events â Belfast TradFest, Féile an Phobail and Fleadh Cheoil na hÃireann â all converge on the city in the coming weeks. The Fleadh is the worldâs largest celebration of traditional Irish music, song and dance. For the first time in its 75-year history it will cross the front gates of Belfast City Hall, with over 800,000 visitors expected to visit over the eight-day event. Alongside the 700 events o
Patricia Mac Bride: The question isnât whether unionist culture should be celebrated, but how (opens the original)
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By this morning, the embers will be smouldering on the last of the Eleventh Night bonfires. This year, another person has lost their life in whatâs been described as a tragic accident after falling from a bonfire in the Braniel estate in Belfast. Two family homes in Greenisland, Co Antrim were also gutted in a blaze thought to have been caused by a nearby pyre. Supporters often describe bonfires as cultural expression sites, but the reality of many loyalist bonfires is far more troubling. They
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