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King Charles III and Queen Camilla delight the public in Banbridge on a visit to Northern Ireland, Friday March 21 2025. They travel the length and breadth of our diverse United Kingdom Photo: Liam McBurney/PA Wire

Letter: Charles, Camilla and our wonderful citizens made it a special NI visit

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Letter: Kangaroo court justice has too often prevailed in our Anglican church

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Letter: Time Ireland stops piggybacking on Nato and helps stand against evil

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Letter: The knowledge from Ireland is not being used in the Omagh bomb inquiry

Farmers protest in Westminster, London, this month over the changes to inheritance tax rules in the budget. Politicians had already come out against that. Photo: Jonathan Brady/PA Wire

Letter: Shake-up in single farm payment scheme is another blow to farm families

Enoch Burke is an evangelical Christian from Castlebar, Co Mayo, who refused on principle to address a pupil in his school, Wilson's Hospital School in Co Westmeath

Letter: Burkes have been failed by the moral cowardice of many people

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage

Letters: Farage would be a principled premier

The 'establishment', including virtually every politician in NI, never tackles the blatant squandering of scarce cash and resources, writes G Murphy

Letter: Questions to be asked over drain of cash

Right now, 4.3 million children in the UK are living in poverty – a staggering nine in every classroom of 30

Letter: Help us to free children from the grip of poverty

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Letter: Zelensky could end up leading your sons to war

An NHS information sign telling people to ‘Stay at home, save lives' during the coronavirus pandemic. The data show that lockdowns may have prevented only 1,700 deaths in England and Wales

Letter: Data shows failures of covid-19 lockdowns

Members of Enoch Burke's family are ejected from the Ireland Funds 33th National Gala dinner at the National Building Museum in Washington DC on Friday, March 14

Letter: The Burkes have taken a Christian approach to their protest

Health reforms in England have prompted calls for radical changes to the service in Northern Ireland – with the current levels of bureaucracy and management again under scrutiny from local politicians

Letter: NI obviously needs an NHS shake-up

The Easter message forces everyone who hears it into a binary choice

Letter: Resurrection leaves us all with a choice

A recent meeting between Donald Trump, JD Vance and Volodymyr Zelenskyy veered sharply off track in front of the television cameras as the US president berated his Ukrainian counterpart

Letter: A serious risk to peace

Deputy first minister Emma Little-Pengelly met and had talks with President Donald Trump in Washington DC last week

Letter: Unionists will regret their time with President Trump in DC

A letter from Brian Pope:

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There is an important story to be told about those from this island who were loyal to the Crown during the American Revolution, writes Brian Crowe

Letter: ​1776 tributes should mark Ulster folk who became loyalists in America

Ukraine president and courageous democrat Volodymyr Zelensky was chided and belittled like an errant child on his visit to the White House, writes Michael Deasy

Letter: Dependence on the US has got to stop

First minister Michelle O'Neill and deputy first minister Emma Little Pengelly unveiled the Stormont Executive's Programme for Government earlier this month. Much is interesting, though hardly gripping, since there are so many pictures but so few firm commitments and targets, writes the Very Rev Dr Norman Hamilton

Letters: Ministers – properly finance our police service

There has been an increase in security force presence in Latakia, Syria, since an outbreak of violence claimed over 1,000 lives

Letter: Fake news of ‘Christian genocide’ is a danger to the church

US president Donald Trump’s suggested use of tariffs has caused concern in many nations. Tariffs are taxes charged on goods imported from other countries. The companies that bring the goods into the country pay the tax to the government

Letter: ​Unionism should mimic resolve of Canadians

The BBC recently scrapped its Gaza: How to Survive a War Zone documentary after it emerged its 13-year-old narrator was the son of a Hamas official. It said it has 'no plans to broadcast the programme again in its current form'

Letter: ​Censorship of war coverage is damaging reputation of BBC

The scale of destruction is laid bare at apartment blocks in Yarmouk camp outside Damascus, Syria, reduced to rubble following an airstrike

Letter: Aggression is rewarded with relative silence

Enoch Burke is an evangelical Christian from Castlebar, Co Mayo, who refused on principle to address a pupil in his school, Wilson's Hospital School in Co Westmeath

Letter: Enoch Burke case shows that ‘great’ Ireland is a fairy story

The Boyne Bridge, near Sandy Row in central Belfast, has been demolished - despite protests from local residents - as part of the redevelopment of the streets around the new Grand Central Station.

Letter: Removal of Boyne Bridge is necessary

The 1998 Belfast Agreement saw terrorists/paramilitaries being given legitimacy, then lauded on the world stage, without acknowledging their wrongdoing

Letter: Justice and truth blurred in a cesspit of falsehoods

Thales in Belfast is to supply 5,000 air defence missiles to Ukraine. However, first minister Michelle O'Neill has said she is "incredulous" at the UK government deal, stating "rather than buying weapons of war, I would rather see the money invested in public services"

Letter: Time for realism in Irish and SF foreign policy

A letter from Johnny Andrews:

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On October 7, 2023, the militant group Hamas launched what would become the deadliest terrorist attack in Israeli history. Some 1,200 civilians were murdered

Letter: Turning a blind eye to Israel

The two biggest EU member states, France and Germany - the so-called ‘engine’ driving the Euro-zone, are now marooned in political paralysis and economic stagnation

Letter: Euro-zone a good example of a reversal of fortune

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has welcomed the PKK’s declaration of a ceasefire after a 40-year conflict, but warned that Turkiye will be ready to keep fighting if the outlawed Kurdish group fails to disband

Letter: Ceasefire shows that dialogue and inclusion work

US President Donald Trump greets British Prime Minister Keir Starmer at the White House on February 27, 2025. Trump should be given a bill to use the Diego Garcia military base (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

Letter: The USA has always put its own interests first

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Letter: Somehow I don't think Trump will be upset to miss the sisters in arms

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Letter: Unionists keep being taken by surprise

On February 25, the Prime Minister, Keir Starmer, announced that the UK would raise its defence spending to 2.6% of gross domestic product (GDP) in 2027

Letter: It's long past time that the UK put itself first

US President Donald Trump has suspended military aid to Ukraine

Letter: Events in US pale when compared to NI

A huge display honouring IRA killer Brendan 'Bik' McFarlane by Celtic fans at a match last week has been condemned by the DUP

Letter: Outrage over IRA celebrations

Books make unionists think about life in a united Ireland

When he looks back on this period, Donald Trump will regret his description of Volodymyr Zelensky, writes Lord Empey

Letter: ​President Zelensky is no dictator – but Putin is

Traffic problems, due to the construction of Grand Central Station and demolition of Boyne Bridge, have negatively impacted on and highlighted the plight of Sandy Row traders

Letter: Development plan could see Sandy Row thrive again

In 2022, Hilary Benn asked: "The practical question is how would an orange with black spot sold in a supermarket in Armagh actually get to an orange grove in Spain, Italy or Greece?"

Letter: Making a mountain out of a molehill

Transformation alone cannot address the decades long underinvestment in our water infrastructure, but it could provide much needed reassurance to the public that every pound is being spent wisely

Letter: No revenue raising for water sector without change

The aftermath of 1992 Clonoe ambush. A monster machine gun usually fitted to a Russian tank was bolted on to a tipper truck by the IRA terror gang. These were not jolly nice chaps who come quietly

William Matchett: Elite military was last defence against heavily armed IRA

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Jim Allister: Another IRC report that does not examine the status of the IRA

Opponents of assisted suicide expressed concerns at the outset about the rushed timetable and about the Private Members Bill process itself. Those concerns if anything underestimated the problems (Photo by BENJAMIN CREMEL/AFP via Getty Images)

Carla Lockhart: Safeguards in ‘Assisted Dying’ bill already being watered down

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Letter: Like many institutions within our society the law has been divided

We could have remembered with respect those who as judges, prosecution or defence lawyers continued to work through our democracy’s legal system, despite considerable personal risk from republican terrorists

Trevor Ringland: We must ask if lawyers are helping a false Troubles narrative

Marking its 140th anniversary in 2025, SSAFA has come a long way since its inception in 1885

Letter: Submissions sought for archive

The aftermath of the Clonoe ambush, showing the IRA's heavy machine gun mounted on the lorry. Four Provisional IRA member were shot dead by soldiers minutes after they had carried out a gun attack on Coalisland RUC station in February 1992