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Neil McCarthy

Dublin, London

Writer and Columnist at Belfast News Letter

writer, teacher and occasional piano player / @News_Letter columnist / also found @spikedonline and @TheConWom

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  • Neil McCarthy: Unionists are wisely ducking nationalist efforts to make them seem anti-Irish

    2 weeks ago | newsletter.co.uk | Neil McCarthy

    Sinn Fein’s solo run on Irish signs at Grand Central Station is more mischief making. But pPositive unionism has focused upon the real problem with the nationalist language campaign: their lack of respect for democracy​Imagine if the row over Irish language signage at Belfast’s new Grand Central Station had happened twenty years ago.

  • Neil McCarthy: Unionists are wisely ducking nationalist effort to make them seem anti-Irish

    2 weeks ago | newsletter.co.uk | Neil McCarthy

    SF’s solo run on Irish signs at Grand Central Station is more mischief making​Imagine if the row over Irish language signage at Belfast’s new Grand Central Station had happened twenty years ago. Thank you for signing up!Did you know with a Digital Subscription to Belfast News Letter, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later. Submitting...

  • Houellebecq's Annihilation: an unlikely antidote to nihilism

    Feb 16, 2025 | spiked-online.com | Neil McCarthy |Tom Slater

    His final novel strikes a rare note of hope among his usual cynicism and despair. Share Topics Books Culture Want to read spiked ad-free? Become a spiked supporter. French master Michel Houellebecq has said that his latest novel, Annihilation, will be his last. If that does prove to be true, his departure will deprive us of a rare literary voice.

  • The dystopian stupidity of woke

    Aug 25, 2024 | spiked-online.com | Neil McCarthy

    Lionel Shriver's Mania is a stunning satire of progressive intolerance. Share Topics Books Culture Politics Want to read spiked ad-free? Become a spiked supporter. Amid the conformism of contemporary literary culture, a new book by Lionel Shriver is always going to be an exciting event.

  • Neil McCarthy: ​The certainties of the Northern Ireland conflict are blurring as a new conflict looms

    Aug 13, 2024 | newsletter.co.uk | Neil McCarthy

    By Neil McCarthyPublished 14th Aug 2024, 08:04 BSTUpdated 14th Aug 2024, 08:09 BSTAnti-Islam protestors in Belfast waved union flags and Irish tricolours side by sideWe have seen some extraordinary images in Northern Ireland in the last couple of weeks. We have seen some extraordinary images in Northern Ireland in the last couple of weeks.

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29 Apr 25

RT @DaveIphone215: @BenLowry2 @NeilMcCarthy99 For years, nationalists have been denied their right to the Irish language—no wonder they’re…

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Neil McCarthy @NeilMcCarthy99
29 Apr 25

RT @McKinleyAn: A good piece from @NeilMcCarthy99

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29 Apr 25

RT @BenLowry2: A well argued essay from @NeilMcCarthy99 on how unionists have been clever in their response to attempts to impose the Irish…