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The Consent Vote and Omagh

The Consent Vote and Omagh

For Ireland, 1998 was a year in which constitutional argument, electoral choice and ordinary grief...

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Stormont’s First Cabinet

Stormont’s First Cabinet

For Ireland, 1999 was a year in which agreements made on paper began to acquire...

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Dundalk, Devolution and £4.40

Dundalk, Devolution and £4.40

The year 2000 was publicly received as a millennium threshold, although the twenty-first century in...

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Proleek, Nice and New Policing

Proleek, Nice and New Policing

A Prosperous State, Exposed In 2001 Ireland appeared unusually confident. The Republic was still benefiting...

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The Euro in Irish Hands

The Euro in Irish Hands

On New Year’s Day, the most immediate sign that Ireland had entered a new phase...

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Shannon, Stormont and Croke Park

Shannon, Stormont and Croke Park

In 2003 Ireland was conspicuously connected to a troubled wider world. The impending invasion of...

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Phoenix Park Welcomes Europe

Phoenix Park Welcomes Europe

Ireland in 2004 projected confidence abroad and experienced rapid change at home. The Fianna Fáil–Progressive...

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Rossport and the Last Arsenal

Rossport and the Last Arsenal

For Ireland, 2005 was a year in which apparently separate arguments exposed the pressures of...

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St Andrews and the Port Tunnel

St Andrews and the Port Tunnel

Ireland in 2006 appeared, at first glance, to be moving confidently through an era of...

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Paisley and McGuinness

Paisley and McGuinness

Ireland in 2007 combined the confidence of an apparently prosperous island with two powerful signs...

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