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Stephen Collins: Andy Burnham has a mission. Now he needs a mandate to deliver it (opens the original)
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Andy Burnham’s openness to the United Kingdom rejoining the European Union is a signal of a leader with a mission. His bold declaration at his party conference this week that he will tackle some of the biggest issues facing the UK, including a return to the EU and the introduction of proportional representation, shows a determination to be a prime minister of consequence. On the domestic front, he has faced up to the unsustainable pension triple-lock, which is providing locked-in benefits to ben
Stephen Collins: Trump is less interested in Ireland than in creating mayhem (opens the original)
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US president Donald Trumpâs ability to create confusion and mayhem wherever he goes was on display last weekend when he casually backed the notion of a united Ireland. His host Taoiseach Micheál Martin was taken aback, while some of Trumpâs most vocal critics in this country were delighted with his sudden burst of enthusiasm for Irish nationalism. Given Trumpâs support for anti-establishment nationalist parties across Europe, his united Ireland démarche may well have been a deliberate st
Stephen Collins: Free education was a gamble that is still paying off (opens the original)
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One of the most momentous events in the history of the Irish State occurred 60 years ago this month when the buccaneering minister for education Donogh OâMalley stunned everybody, including his government colleagues, by announcing the introduction of free education. There was consternation by the Department of Finance, which had been kept in ignorance of his planned announcement, despite the huge implications for the exchequer. And there was initial scepticism about whether OâMalley would be
Stephen Collins: Water rationing is probably inevitable unless people are made to pay for it (opens the original)
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Water shortages across much of the country this summer have highlighted one of the big failures of our political leaders â the inability to implement a system of water charges that will get people to pay attention to the quantity of water they use in their everyday lives. If the warm, dry summer of 2026 is a harbinger of things to come then acute water shortages will become a feature of life, particularly for people living in the east of the country which is significantly drier than the west.
Stephen Collins: State must stop promoting the myth Irish independence was achieved through violence (opens the original)
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The recent interception by gardaà of a powerful bomb allegedly intended to cause death and destruction in Northern Ireland was a salutary reminder that the offshoots of the IRA have still not gone away. It was truly disheartening that the latest alleged bomb plot came just days after the 50th anniversary of the murder of the British ambassador to Ireland, Christopher Ewart-Biggs, whose car was blown up by an IRA bomb just outside his residence on what was then a quiet country road in south coun
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