Andrée Murphy

ANDREÉ MURPHY: Legacy vindication will come – but much too late

IN less than a fortnight, almost coinciding with the anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement, our society will be immersed in laws of impunity, disregard and denial with the Legacy Act.

ANDREÉ MURPHY: Leo's last word a powerful message to begrudgers

NEVER in my lifetime has a Taoiseach been on Teilfís Éireann talking about the aspiration to Irish unification and put the case for its desirability. On his way out the door, Leo Varadkar managed to pull off the unlikely and the exceptional – he became the modern Irish patriot we needed in a week when small-minded begrudgers tried to reduce the national debate to the last farthing and tell us our boundaries for self-determination.

ANDRÉE MURPHY: In the killing fields of Gaza, Israel crosses multiple red lines with impunity

In one 24-hour period, the nature of the Israeli genocide against the Palestinian people plunged to even deeper depths of inhumanity and crossed every red line of international law, with complete impunity.

ANDREÉ MURPHY: Let's reclaim the true spirit of the Proclamation

THIS Easter weekend O’Connell Street will be closed off in front of the GPO as the Rising of 1916 is officially remembered by the Irish government at the site of the most remarkable moment in Irish history, where men and women, mostly working class Dubliners, knowing they would be militarily defeated and would likely die, declared an Irish republic for men, women and children.

ANDREÉ MURPHY: Is reconciliation a ruse to stymie debate on change?

THE introduction of the word 'reconciliation' to the debate on a United Ireland is, to say the least, interesting.

ANDREÉ MURPHY: Botched referendum in the South a salutary lesson for the future

THE referendum results in the South on definition of care and family teach us much, but mainly: How not to run a referendum.

Andrée Murphy: Bridie Brown’s strength echoes through the years

"BRIDIE Brown is the most robust woman I have ever come across."

ANDREÉ MURPHY: Casement and Croker are part of our collective soul

I MAY have mentioned this before, but when I die I want my ashes sprinkled on Black Mountain, Dún Chaoin and on Hill 16.

ANDRÉE MURPHY: Why talk about planning without... planning?

BEFORE the Brexit vote in 2016 the internalised 'Northern Ireland plc' solution was having a day. All seemed rosy in the sunny uplands of the union.

ANDREÉ MURPHY: Rewriting history for the better

IN a week of historic developments, the attendance of both Michelle O’Neill and Emma Little Pengelly at the graduation of six PSNI officers in Garnerville was certainly worth noting.

ANDRÉE MURPHY: Debate about the future is possible beside good governance

GETTING down to the business of “government for the people” is always framed by an insinuation of constitutional bias – or maybe more than insinuation. From Day One of discussions about what is “acceptable” from devolved politicians we hear calls about “finding common ground” and working together on “bread and butter issues”.

ANDRÉE MURPHY: The future's bright, the future's Irish

THE nature of change on this island really could not have a more stark example than the contrast between unionism/loyalism and republicanism/nationalism this week.

ANDREÉ MURPHY: The danger of framing extremist views as legitimate

APPARENTLY some unionists are affronted that nationalists believe that Stormont is not up and running because they cannot handle the republican woman from Coalisland, Michelle O’Neill, being in the position of First Minister. And apparently saying that unionism doesn’t want Michell O’Neill as First Minister might be “dangerous” because it would suggest that the DUP is sectarian.

ANDRÉE MURPHY: Cold reality hits hard in the bleak midwinter

STANDING watching the snow fall, as if to make the ground and the air we breathe clean again, I think of the 100,000 public servants forced to strike for dignity, safety and decent pay.

ANDREÉ MURPHY: Healing for the living more important than hatred for the dead

IAN Jeffers became Victims Commissioner in the same month the British government published their Legacy Bill. The office was predictable clunky in response while experienced advocates across Ireland engaged comprehensively with these heinous proposals. However, Mr Jeffers recovered some credibility by launching his office’s findings on the needs of the bereaved of the conflict and recommended a scheme of reparations for all bereaved. Albeit in his last week in the office.

Soccer: Reds return to Cup final with Larne victory

Boxing: Wonderful Walker enjoys Beech party to land first title

Boxing: Farrell overcomes Kerr in title thriller

Gaelic Games: St Gall's see off Tír na nÓg in hurling opener

MINDFULNESS MOMENT: Unveiling the ancient origins of Easter

GERRY ADAMS: UN rep was right to censure Irish government 'zero' response to Gaza genocide

DÚLRA: How childhood spawned a love of spring

HEALTHWISE: Enjoy your Easter pleasures

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