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Louis van Gaal vindt het vanzelfsprekend dat de KNVB bij hem is uitgekomen in de zoektocht naar een nieuwe bondscoach van het Nederlands elftal. De ervaren trainer werd dinsdag gepresenteerd op het bondskantoor in Zeist.

Het is slechts een kwestie van tijd voordat Romelu Lukaku de overstap maakt naar Chelsea. Internazionale wil met het geld dat vrijkomt aankloppen bij PSV voor Denzel Dumfries, weet Gianluca Di Marzio.

» Peadar Whelan The families of ten nationalist civilians shot and killed by the British army in Ballymurphy in August 1971 welcomed the findings of coroner Mrs Justice Siobhan Keegan who declared all of the dead innocent and found that the British army used disproportionate force when killing their loved ones in a series of shootings known as the Ballymurphy Massacre. However their elation was “stolen” from them by the refusal of British Prime Minster Boris Johnston to apologise directly ...

Book review: Danny Morrison looks at the story of Irish partition "How (author, Ivan) Gibbons can claim that although partition was messy and a second-best solution, it was pragmatic and avoided mass civil strife baffles me - given the thousands who died overall" King George arriving to open the new parliament of Northern Ireland in Belfast, 1921. Sun, 02 May, 2021 - 14:00 Danny Morrison Ivan Gibbons  Haus Publishing, H/B £12.99  Its one-hundredth birthday falls on May 3, yet no unionist or...

» Ciarán Quinn "Irish unity is no longer an aspiration; it is achievable. It is no longer a fanciful option; it is the strategic interest of all Ireland" - Ciaran Quinn The most obvious lesson from Brexit is that Ireland north or south can no longer be a hostage to the whims of Westminster. It is a truth known to generations of republicans. It is a lesson learned by every generation of Unionist leadership.  It is a fact yet to be acknowledged by the Irish government establishment. Successive...

BBC News By Mark Simpson image copyrightMirrorpix/Getty Images image captionCrowds gathered outside Belfast City Hall in June 1921 for the opening of the Northern Ireland parliament Twenty-four words changed the island of Ireland just before Christmas 100 years ago and they continue to divide politicians today. The words, which created an Irish border for the first time, are contained in the 1920 Government of Ireland Act. "Northern Ireland shall consist of the parliamentary counties of Antrim,...

Northern Ireland leaders differ on events of 1920 Updated / Wednesday, 23 Dec 2020 15:52 Northern Correspondent There are no parties to mark the event, but Northern Ireland was legally conceived on this day 100 years ago. The Government of Ireland Act, which formalised partition, gained Royal Assent on 23 December 1920. It stated that: "Northern Ireland shall consist of the parliamentary counties of Antrim, Armagh, Down, Fermanagh, Londonderry and Tyrone, and the parliamentary boundaries of Be...

» Declan Kearney Sinn Féin National Chairperson "The time has finally arrived to begin an inclusive, democratic discussion about managing a transition towards a new agreed constitutional settlement in Ireland. A new Ireland agreed by the people of Ireland" There has been an outburst of feigned outrage and hypocrisy during the last two weeks about IRA actions in the past, including recent phases of our history. This is driven by political agendas which often attract uncritical media commentary...