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Slugger O'Toole

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What ‘Before the Vote’ gets right and wrong about the economic future…

Chapter 8 of John Doyle’s Before the Vote: Planning for a united Ireland argues that economic convergence between North and South is “the most likely result of Irish unity”, and tha
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sluggerotoole.com What ‘Before the Vote’ gets right and wrong about the economic future… Chapter 8 of John Doyle’s Before the Vote: Planning for a united Ireland argues that economic convergence between North and South is “the most likely result of Irish unity”, and that Northern Ireland...
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Unionists appear to think they can win by adopting Sinn Fein’s posture of competitive grievance and victimhood.

From faraway London, I struggle to explain to myself why unionism can’t create a strategy for survival. The doom theory of inevitable eclipse
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sluggerotoole.com Unionists appear to think they can win by adopting Sinn Fein’s posture of competitive grievance and... From faraway London, I struggle to explain to myself  why unionism can’t create a strategy for survival. The  doom theory of inevitable eclipse naturally favoured by nationalists committed  to unity...
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No Way Out – Unionism in Crisis

When the history of the reunification of our island comes to be written, the past few days will surely not pass without comment. What I would argue is the most trusted polling organisation in the north, Lucid Talking, con
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sluggerotoole.com No Way Out – Unionism in Crisis When the history of the reunification of our island comes to be written, the past few days will surely not pass without comment. What I would argue is the most trusted polling organisation in the...
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40th years later, questions about Ulster Resistance still go unanswered…

Belfast Glenariff is one of our regulars in the comment zone Today, the 10th November 2026 marks the 40th Anniversary of the formation of Ulster Resistance. Very little is still k
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sluggerotoole.com 40th years later, questions about Ulster Resistance still go unanswered… Belfast Glenariff is one of our regulars in the comment zone Today, the 10th November 2026 marks the 40th Anniversary of the formation of Ulster Resistance. Very little is still known about this...