If the price of Irish unity was a new flag, would Sinn Féin agree to it?Newton Emerson: Unity advocates are ‘putting everything on the table’ then ducking under itThu Aug 19 2021 - 01:00
Newton Emerson: What can save Belfast in the face of rising sea levels?City’s Harbour Estate, one-fifth of the conurbation’s surface area, is on reclaimed landThu Aug 12 2021 - 01:00
Governments, landowners and developers value their cosy nexusProposed planning gain tax aims to send clear message that things have changedThu Aug 05 2021 - 01:02
Newton Emerson: Let’s be realistic about cross-Border high-speed railPoliticians announce ambitious plans but rail experts provide the reality checkThu Jul 29 2021 - 01:00
Newton Emerson: Stormont’s rejection of amnesty rings hollowNI parties miles apart on contentious issue, with little prospect of common groundThu Jul 22 2021 - 01:00
Newton Emerson: Painful debate lies ahead as North grapples with Troubles amnestyImmunity for testimony is one of at least half a dozen types of Troubles amnestyThu Jul 15 2021 - 00:51
Newton Emerson: EU deserves credit for realism not generosity over North protocolNI protocol is not immutable legal text that EU and fervent supporters proclaimThu Jul 08 2021 - 01:00
Newton Emerson: SF, DUP want to avoid Stormont collapse after gauging popular moodAny public concern about protocol will be focused on stability of StormontThu Jul 01 2021 - 01:00
Newton Emerson: Donaldson must reconcile unionism to the protocolAs Sinn Féin paints itself as the responsible party, new DUP leader must spot the dangerThu Jun 24 2021 - 01:00
Newton Emerson: Poots’s big mistake was to move too fastDonaldson can carve himself three months to have a firm conversation with his partyMon Jun 21 2021 - 01:25
Newton Emerson: Impact for Ireland of UK-Australia deal goes far beyond foodIrish people will be torn between European and English-speaking worldsThu Jun 17 2021 - 01:00
Newton Emerson: Poots the odd presence in his Stormont teamDUP leader needs to get a grip on party’s message, morale and disciplineThu Jun 10 2021 - 01:00
Newton Emerson: DUP set to appoint a Sinn Féin first ministerUnionism’s healthy internal revolution hands nationalists huge symbolic gainThu Jun 03 2021 - 01:00
Newton Emerson: Return to NI protocol needed to avoid disasterSeparate issues of smuggling and food safety being muddied by both sidesThu May 27 2021 - 01:08
Newton Emerson: Australia trade deal points to future for Northern IrelandDeal could result in best of both worlds for North’s agrifood industryThu May 20 2021 - 01:00
Newton Emerson: Scottish election result not good news for Irish nationalistsOutcome has highlighted difficulty of judging whether a referendum should be calledThu May 13 2021 - 01:15
Newton Emerson: amount of money trying to get into property is doomed to swamp supplyInvestors, landlords and owner-occupiers may all wish they had shared when they had the chanceThu May 06 2021 - 01:00
Newton Emerson: DUP could prove its most destructive having cornered itselfFoster departing deeply conflicted party as she announces decision to step downThu Apr 29 2021 - 01:00
Newton Emerson: DUP huff highlights problem of the ‘empty chair’Boycott of the North South Ministerial Council has potential to do real harmThu Apr 22 2021 - 01:00
Newton Emerson: London and Dublin are making a problem of a solution‘Totality of relationships’ body is being turned into a controversy of its own rightThu Apr 15 2021 - 01:00
Newton Emerson: Compromise on Northern Ireland protocol may be neededLaw and order not enough to halt loyalist protests driven by crime and politicsThu Apr 08 2021 - 01:00
Newton Emerson: North needs new policy on integrated educationOnly 65 of North’s 1,000 schools are integrated, covering just 7% of all pupilsThu Apr 01 2021 - 01:00
Jim O’Callaghan's united Ireland plan will be unpopular with FF base and Republic’s electorateMove represents brave step for a Fianna Fáil leadership contenderThu Mar 25 2021 - 01:00
When did we stop wanting a democratic China?Newton Emerson: The West has internalised idea that China’s system is as legitimate as any otherThu Mar 18 2021 - 01:00
Newton Emerson: EU attitude to goods checks in North is unhelpfulIs bureaucratic intransigence behind Brussels’s quest for border enforcement?Thu Mar 11 2021 - 01:00
Northern Ireland's health system is bucklingFaith in system could simply melt away, with profound political consequencesThu Mar 04 2021 - 01:00
Newton Emerson: Minding the cross-Border vaccine gapRestriction differences between North and South are set to dwindle as roadmap appearsThu Feb 25 2021 - 01:00
Newton Emerson: Republic’s shared-equity housing scheme threatens to push up pricesBetter British ideas are available to copy that would not push up property pricesThu Feb 18 2021 - 01:00
Newton Emerson: Cross-Border finger-pointing is pointlessOpinion: We have come full circle on the Covid-19 politics of partitionThu Feb 11 2021 - 01:00
Newton Emerson: Unionism to squander opportunity presented by EU blunderDUP will sit on sidelines instead of lobbying for frictionless sea borderThu Feb 04 2021 - 01:00
Newton Emerson: Bad faith is testing Brexit’s house of cardsStructures put in place to govern post-Brexit EU-UK relations look unstable and confrontationalThu Jan 28 2021 - 01:00
Newton Emerson: Stormont bemused by Republic’s stonewalling on Covid dataThe Republic has never taken cross-Border co-operation on Covid-19 seriouslyThu Jan 21 2021 - 01:00
Newton Emerson: SF, DUP refuse to concede their atavistic nationalism a huge strategic errorA 'win' in a border poll is not likely in the next few years, so why demand one?Thu Jan 14 2021 - 01:00
Newton Emerson: Unionists have no choice but to make the Irish Sea border workPost-Brexit problems likely to be aggravations rather than a big crisisThu Jan 07 2021 - 05:00
Newton Emerson: Covid means North has to relearn dangers of having too much moneyUS diplomat Martha Pope ahead of her time with observations on excess funding in 1997Thu Dec 31 2020 - 05:00
Newton Emerson: English Channel disruption is the futureThe question for Ireland is whether its lorries and ferries will be waved through the barricadesThu Dec 24 2020 - 00:00
Newton Emerson: Unionists facing citizenship conundrum after BrexitWho will a US company give the EU sales job to, an Irish or British passport holder?Thu Dec 17 2020 - 00:00
Newton Emerson: Foster’s lack of control over DUP is one of Brexit’s original sinsFirst Minister risks highlighting splits within her own party if she lauds sea border dealThu Dec 10 2020 - 00:00
Newton Emerson: Unionists will not get desired balance from public inquiriesThe Troubles will be seen through landmark cases such as Pat Finucane and the La MonThu Dec 03 2020 - 01:15
Newton Emerson: Joe Biden’s Brexit remarks show an opportunity for unionismUS president-elect did not seem like someone yearning to push for difficult change in IrelandThu Nov 26 2020 - 00:00
Sinn Féin is still trying to wish away economic realities of a united IrelandNewton Emerson: Party is peddling frustrating nonsense about the UK subventionThu Nov 19 2020 - 00:00
EU reveals indifference as it takes its threat to North’s food supply to the wireCommission is oblivious to rare show of Stormont unityThu Nov 12 2020 - 00:00
Success on housing in North could be Sinn Féin’s route to government in SouthParty on serious manoeuvres as its Minister outlines social housing reform in StormontThu Nov 05 2020 - 00:00
Newton Emerson: Money talks and waffle walks in Shared Island initiativeIf Republic really aspires to unity, it needs to show North the colour of its moneyThu Oct 29 2020 - 00:00
Newton Emerson: The North is not the reason there cannot be all-Ireland zero-CovidThe Government would not be pursuing zero-Covid strategy even in a united IrelandThu Oct 22 2020 - 00:00
Newton Emerson: Covid decisions highlight Stormont's design flawsSystem may not be ideal but aiming for all-party consensus in a pandemic is absurdThu Oct 15 2020 - 00:26
Newton Emerson: America’s real role in peace process has been leaning on Sinn FéinAny reversal of US policy due to Brexit should be handled with careThu Oct 08 2020 - 00:01
Bloody Sunday decision on soldiers shows limits of ‘truth or justice’ modelNewton Emerson: Approach does not satisfy the bereaved or resolve legacy issuesThu Oct 01 2020 - 00:00
Newton Emerson: Coronavirus has been good for Northern politicsVoter behaviour is forcing two big parties to get their act together against the virusThu Sept 24 2020 - 00:00
Newton Emerson: Brussels is threatening the North's food supplyBoth the EU and UK are cynically using Northern Ireland as a bargaining chipThu Sept 17 2020 - 00:00
