‘Productive discomfort’: artists grapple with identity’s contradictions in live ARINS podcast

‘Productive discomfort’: artists grapple with identity’s contradictions in live ARINS podcastby Allan LEONARD8 May 2026 Belfast Exposed gallery on Donegall Street hosted a live recording of the ARINS “My Identity” podcast on 8 May 2026, as part of the BIEN programme — an ongoing series of exhibitions and events under the title “British? Irish? Either?... Continue Reading →

GAA chiefs in Co Tyrone have said they are aware of the removal of advertising banners bearing a map of Northern Ireland from a ground at the weekend. Four banners were removed during a club championship fixture at Galbally on Saturday evening. The Tyrone senior, intermediate and junior championships are sponsored by Donnelly Vauxhall, which... Continue Reading →

GAA chiefs in Co Tyrone have said they are aware of the removal of advertising banners bearing a map of Northern Ireland from a ground at the weekend. Four banners were removed during a club championship fixture at Galbally on Saturday evening. The Tyrone senior, intermediate and junior championships are sponsored by Donnelly Vauxhall, which... Continue Reading →

Banners with Northern Ireland map removed at GAA match

GAA chiefs in Co Tyrone have said they are aware of the removal of advertising banners bearing a map of Northern Ireland from a ground at the weekend. Four banners were removed during a club championship fixture at Galbally on Saturday evening. The Tyrone senior, intermediate and junior championships are sponsored by Donnelly Vauxhall, which... Continue Reading →

Sir, – Once upon a time, I was an ardent nationalist; it wasn’t, in retrospect, an intellectual position. I was younger then and easily moved by simplistic slogans and melancholic tunes. Education, maturity and the power of empathy ended my conceited sense of myself as belonging to a race of people that were intrinsically more... Continue Reading →

British identity and Northern Ireland

Sir, – Once upon a time, I was an ardent nationalist; it wasn’t, in retrospect, an intellectual position. I was younger then and easily moved by simplistic slogans and melancholic tunes. Education, maturity and the power of empathy ended my conceited sense of myself as belonging to a race of people that were intrinsically more... Continue Reading →

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