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RT by @politicsIN: The coining of the now infamous phrase “ballot box in one hand... Armalite in the other” wasn’t rehearsed, according to its author Danny Morrison. It came to him just as he reached the podium to speak at Sinn Féin‘s 1981 ard fheis. Those words came to represent a key juncture in the republican movement’s history. The policy of abstentionism was jettisoned soon after by Sinn Féin – then widely described as the political wing of the IRA – as it sought to emulate the electoral successes witnessed during the Hunger Strike. For Morrison, then aged 28 and Sinn Féin’s director of publicity, his imprisoned comrades’ campaign for political status, which saw 10 young men die over a two-and-a-half month period in 1981, including three INLA inmates, was “pivotal” and “the most astonishing event of the conflict”. Read @politicsIN two-part interview with @molloy1916. Part one: https://tinyurl.com/5n6ddtr7 Part two: https://tinyurl.com/muhwve5d

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Published: May 12, 2025 09:59

The coining of the now infamous phrase “ballot box in one hand... Armalite in the other” wasn’t rehearsed, according to its author Danny Morrison. It came to him just as he reached the podium to speak at Sinn Féin‘s 1981 ard fheis. Those words came to…

Part One of my interview with veteran republican Danny Morrison is free to read until midnight Sunday @irish_news https://www.irishnews.com/news/northern-ireland/rebel-writer-and-occasional-reconciler-former-sinn-fein-publicity-director-danny-morrison-on-his-decades-of-activism-the-search-for-peace-and-unionisms-decline-TW3TJCAZLRHHNOLA7H4HX22FVE/

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Published: May 10, 2025 09:13

Part One of my interview with veteran republican Danny Morrison is free to read until midnight Sunday @irish_news irishnews.com/news/northern-…

RT by @politicsIN: Fire service spends more than £5m tackling rural wildfires https://www.irishnews.com/news/northern-ireland/fire-service-spends-more-than-5m-tackling-rural-wildfires-6XBUSGRHQREGROXQNURRFW2LPQ/

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Published: May 5, 2025 07:04

Fire service spends more than £5m tackling rural wildfires irishnews.com/news/northern-…

RT by @politicsIN: Prominent Belfast pub owner Willie Jack says he has ‘no idea’ who is opposing Hill Street pedestrianisation https://www.irishnews.com/news/northern-ireland/prominent-publican-willie-jack-says-he-has-no-idea-who-is-opposing-hill-street-pedestrianisation-ZNEVHQUNIVA5HLR7EGCDO5BQPE/

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Published: May 5, 2025 06:16

Prominent Belfast pub owner Willie Jack says he has ‘no idea’ who is opposing Hill Street pedestrianisation irishnews.com/news/northern-…

RT by @politicsIN: Tributes paid following death of Newry man Peter McParland, soccer player who bagged five goals in a World Cup finals https://www.irishnews.com/news/northern-ireland/tributes-paid-following-death-of-newry-man-peter-mcparland-soccer-player-who-bagged-five-goals-in-a-world-cup-finals-SVSF5ZG2QBGKVJ6LSB373PBI7Q/

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Published: May 4, 2025 21:34

Tributes paid following death of Newry man Peter McParland, soccer player who bagged five goals in a World Cup finals irishnews.com/news/northern-…

Agriculture Minister Andrew Muir accuses UFU of ‘knee-jerk reaction’ to latest water quality improvement plan https://www.irishnews.com/news/northern-ireland/agriculture-minister-andrew-muir-accuses-ufu-of-knee-jerk-reaction-to-latest-water-quality-improvement-plan-VB24DVYEJJHX5OJMVTZMNTRAQY/

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Published: May 2, 2025 16:57

Agriculture Minister Andrew Muir accuses UFU of ‘knee-jerk reaction’ to latest water quality improvement plan irishnews.com/news/northern-…

Newry, Mourne & Down District Council should now endeavour to quicky find a way to spend the £30m of City Deal funds in Downpatrick, where it's desperately needed

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Published: May 1, 2025 11:44

Newry, Mourne & Down District Council should now endeavour to quicky find a way to spend the £30m of City Deal funds in Downpatrick, where it's desperately needed

NEW: In a statement issued this morning, the National Trust has said it will not be considering leasing Thomas's Quarry on Slieve Donard to Newry, Mourne & Down Council. As I understand it, that's effectively the end of the council's gondola project

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Published: May 1, 2025 09:39

NEW: In a statement issued this morning, the National Trust has said it will not be considering leasing Thomas's Quarry on Slieve Donard to Newry, Mourne & Down Council. As I understand it, that's effectively the end of the council's gondola project

NEW: Larger unionist parties fail to support TUV Irish language signs petition https://www.irishnews.com/news/politics/larger-unionist-parties-fail-to-support-tuv-irish-language-signs-petition-PORPXAU7RFF73PWNJBA2T2W5SQ/

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Published: April 29, 2025 16:28

NEW: Larger unionist parties fail to support TUV Irish language signs petition irishnews.com/news/politics/…