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11th October 2026 - 14th October 2026
Analysis
Drumcree: How one decision reopened old wounds and raised the stakes
Brian Rowan retraced the roads of Drumcree last week, 28 years after reporting from the front line of the dispute, and found the ghosts of the past stirring once more.
Brian Rowan
Updated 12 Oct
7.2k
39
Last month
September 2026
Opiniondrumcree standoff
Burnham's new man in Belfast hasn't been here long enough to grasp how big a 's***show' this is
Brian Rowan
Updated 28 Sep
11.8k
20
All time
Northern Ireland
Brian Rowan: For too long, Colum Eastwood and his party have been running uphill in heavy boots
Brian Rowan
Updated 29 Aug 2024
8.9k
7
voices
Analysis: Stormont is too fragile to be confident after one day's success
Brian Rowan
4 Feb 2024
7.4k
30
dup says yes
Brian Rowan: Donaldson finally came through, but the real work starts now
Brian Rowan
Updated 30 Jan 2024
7.2k
6
Strikes
Brian Rowan: The people of Northern Ireland have finally had enough of its broken politics
Brian Rowan
Updated 19 Jan 2024
9.6k
22
Northern Ireland
Brian Rowan: 'The politics of this place is a story of power cuts rather than power sharing'
Brian Rowan
Updated 16 Jan 2024
14.1k
17
Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland: 'Stormont is now a mere soap opera on a hill over Belfast'
Brian Rowan
Updated 19 Dec 2023
18.0k
39
israel hamas
Brian Rowan on the Middle East: Where have all the leaders gone?
Brian Rowan
19 Nov 2023
9.8k
Northern Ireland
Brian Rowan: The head of the new Troubles legacy body will have a mountain to climb
Brian Rowan
20 Sep 2023
4.8k
5
Northern Ireland
Brian Rowan: Does it really matter if Stormont returns when it has failed over and over?
Brian Rowan
27 Aug 2023
11.3k
29
gfa 25
Brian Rowan: The magic of the Good Friday Agreement in 1998 was how a firm 'no' became 'yes'
Brian Rowan
7 Apr 2023
8.7k
2
Stormont
Brian Rowan: Northern Ireland cannot continue with pantomime politics and a pretend parliament
Brian Rowan
Updated 30 Dec 2022
11.6k
5
Northern Ireland
Brian Rowan: Would it really be progress if the Executive was restored?
Brian Rowan
Updated 28 Oct 2022
21.5k
31
Westminster woes
Brian Rowan: Truss' resignation and Conservative chaos spell disaster for Northern Ireland
Brian Rowan
Updated 21 Oct 2022
38.7k
16
Analysis
Brian Rowan: Can the parties of Northern Ireland truly make it work this time?
Brian Rowan
Updated 7 Oct 2022
12.6k
14
Opinion
Brian Rowan: How loyalist support helped an embattled David Trimble seal the Good Friday deal
Brian Rowan
26 Jul 2022
10.1k
3
the brexit boy
Brian Rowan: Boris Johnson's damage to Northern Ireland cannot be easily repaired
Brian Rowan
Updated 8 Jul 2022
24.0k
10
Stormont
Brian Rowan: Sinn Féin and Alliance's success represents a political shift in Northern Ireland
Brian Rowan
8 May 2022
21.4k
33
Opinion
Brian Rowan: Why Northern Ireland's elections could change everything - or change nothing
Brian Rowan
23 Apr 2022
14.2k
11
Northern Ireland
Brian Rowan: Poots can make promises on the protocol but it will be Boris' call
Brian Rowan
17 May 2021
22.0k
29
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