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# Unionism

Last year
2022
# Northern Ireland
Coveney says he will not stop visiting NI or be intimidated by loyalist threats
Coveney said those objecting to his presence north of the border were not reflective of the majority of people.
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Nov 2nd 2022, 5:52 PM
# Orange Order
The Twelfth of July: Belfast Orange lodge says Protocol debate driving influx of new members
12th of July celebrations made a full return to Northern Ireland today.
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Jul 12th 2022, 11:59 PM
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# State of the Union
'A lot of people feel they’re not being listened to': What do NI's unionists want after Brexit?
Not all unionists are opposed to the Protocol – so how will their politics change in the years ahead?
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Dec 11th 2021, 9:00 PM
# protocol protest
Anti-protocol demonstration staged in loyalist area of Belfast
TUV leader Jim Allister and loyalist activist Moore Holmes were among the speakers.
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Sep 17th 2021, 10:52 PM
# Unionism
Backlash over Arlene Foster's ousting continues as Edwin Poots to be ratified as DUP leader
Agriculture Minister Poots narrowly defeated Jeffrey Donaldson MP.
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May 27th 2021, 3:16 PM
# ULSTER SAYS NEW
One of these men will today be elected DUP leader, here's what they want and how the voting takes place
It’s the first leadership election in the party’s history.
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May 14th 2021, 6:00 AM
# All-Ireland
A Dáil committee is talking to unionists to prepare for a possible united Ireland
Senator Mark Daly says ‘the lesson of Brexit’ is that you must prepare.
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Feb 17th 2018, 4:00 PM
# Beware the ides of March
Arlene Foster says all is well in the DUP despite rumours of revolt
Unionist parties have lost their absolute majority for the first time since partition in 1921.
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Mar 6th 2017, 9:18 PM
# The IRA debate
Peter Robinson is back from his holidays and he's taking aim at the UUP
The first minister’s back on the scene – and he’s had a thing or two to say about the raging IRA debate.
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Aug 31st 2015, 6:20 PM
# Gregory Campbell
'Curry my yoghurt' DUP MP receives death threat
Over the weekend, Gregory Campbell said he’d treat an Irish Language Act as “toilet paper.”
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Nov 24th 2014, 3:23 PM
# Northern Ireland
Peace process should not be put at risk over parades - Adams
The Sinn Féin leader was speaking in the wake of yesterday’s negotiation walk-out by Unionist parties.
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Jul 4th 2014, 1:29 PM
Voices
Column: Bold gestures are necessary for a genuinely inclusive Northern Ireland
As President Michael D Higgins takes part in an historic trip to the UK, we should reflect on what other valuable gestures could help heal old wounds, writes David McCann.
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Apr 9th 2014, 8:00 AM
# Haass proposals
McGuinness claims 'extreme loyalism' is setting the unionist agenda on Haass proposals
The Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland made the comments as the Haass-O’Sullivan team published a summary of the proposed deal.
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Jan 6th 2014, 4:55 PM
# The Troubles
'Desperate' Ireland wanted Britain to send NATO troops to Northern Ireland
A Wikileaks cable reveals that Garret FitzGerald asked the United States not to oppose any British reassignment of troops.
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Apr 13th 2013, 8:30 AM
# Protests
Timeline: How the flags drama unfolded in Northern Ireland
It began with a vote and ended with burnt-out offices, dozens of injuries and arrests, and a sense that a fragile peace had been disrupted.
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Feb 9th 2013, 8:45 AM
Voices
Column: Border poll? Frankly, now isn’t the time
Calls for a vote on reunification betray an ignorance of the real issues affecting Ireland today, writes David McCann.
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Jan 23rd 2013, 7:00 AM
# Unionism
Grand Secretary of Orange Order calls image 'outrageous and unacceptable'
Drew Nelson was responding to a photograph which appeared to show a bandsman urinating outside a Catholic church during Saturday’s marches.
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Oct 1st 2012, 1:07 PM
# Unionism
PHOTOS: Thousands march in Belfast for anniversary of Ulster Covenant
The parades have passed off peacefully so far, despite fears of violence breaking out along part of the route.
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Sep 29th 2012, 2:27 PM
# Parades
Loyal order apologises to Catholic parish for marching band music
The Royal Black Institution, a Protestant fraternity, played music outside a Catholic church in spite of advice from the Parades Commission.
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Sep 6th 2012, 11:12 AM
Voices
Column: ‘Listening to a dull speech in Stormont was the happiest day of my life’
Senator George Mitchell, who oversaw the negotiation of the Good Friday Agreement, recounts his experiences planting the first seeds of peace.
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Apr 27th 2012, 7:30 PM
# United Ireland?
Adams outlines seven-point plan for a United Ireland
The Sinn Féin president outlines seven points which he says can build popular support for reunification on both sides of the border.
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Apr 7th 2012, 1:50 PM
# Border poll
Referendum on united Ireland 'inevitable' - Adams
The Sinn Féin president hit out at the UK Northern Ireland secretary, who this week rejected the possibility for a “border poll” on the region’s status.
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Mar 10th 2012, 10:45 AM
# Northern Ireland
New £2m fund to bring down Belfast's 'peace walls'
An independent international fund is putting up £2m to bring about the conditions allowing Northern Ireland’s ‘peace walls’ to fall.
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Jan 18th 2012, 1:57 PM
# Scotland
Disbanding Scottish Conservative Party would 'damage the union'
Proposals by the favourite to be the next leader of the Scottish Conservatives to disband the party in that country have been met with a mixed reaction.
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Sep 4th 2011, 12:23 PM