Increasing numbers of Irish republicans are being detained without bail
and with little prospect of facing trial. Members of the Soaradh
leadership have now endured three years of ‘internment by remand’. The
party is calling on all republicans and human rights groups to speak out
about the mounting scandal.
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Today marks the start of the marching month of July. It is sometimes
called the mad month which, just like clockwork, sees bonfires in
built-up areas, parades (and feeder parades), speeches and resolutions,
banners, and all the rest.
A fundamental lack of understanding between people North and South is
the greatest barrier to reconciliation of this island.
In this 225th anniversary year of the 1798 rebellion, common sense
should dictate the way we view the death of Ireland’s greatest patriot.
By Paddy Cullivan (For the Irish Times).
Not a single reputable legal expert has expressed support for a bill
which is concocted only to whitewash the actions of British military
personnel here.
The Highland Clearances in Scotland were part of a process of agricultural change
throughout Britain, but the late timing, the abruptness of the change
from the Clan System in the Scottish Highlands and the brutality of many
of the evictions gave the Highland Clearances particular notoriety.
Rishi Sunak represents no-one in the north, has no legitimacy to speak for anyone here.
Yet he is trying to concoct a secret deal with the DUP that will provide them with a fig
leaf to cover a return to Stormont.
One hundred years ago this week, the Civil War came to an end. Peace
settled on the country, but the conflict left a bitter legacy that not
only divided the country politically but also broke families apart — and
the effects reverberated through generations.
Frankly, there will be an audible sigh of relief in Westminster if it
looks like Northern Ireland will be voted out of existence in the next
few years.
Imagine people in Britain were told Brexit would not happen because only
a narrow majority had voted for it? That the issue was so divisive it
required a supermajority of 60 percent before it passed?
Britain’s role in the Nakba, the Palestinian displacement of 75 years
ago, is not restricted to its actions in the 20th century, writes Leanne
Mohamad, a British Palestinian human rights activist based in London.
In a rare interview the brothers and sisters of Adrian Carroll have told
how they continue to “remember him every day” despite the passing of
four decades.
Black flag vigils are taking place in Dublin and elsewhere on Friday to
mark the anniversary of the death of 1981 hunger striker Bobby Sands.
The following piece by Sands was originally published in 1978.
Following the reported death of Freddie Scappaticci, Anthony McIntyre
recalls the bitter divisions over the ‘Stakeknife’ allegations that the
head of the Provisional IRA’s Internal Security Unit was a British
agent. For The Pensive Quill.
A quarter century on from the Belfast Agreement, we look to the next 25
years, committed to work together to build a better, more prosperous
future for all the people of this island.
Joe Biden’s visit to Belfast, or more accurately, a carefully restricted
bit of Belfast, wasn’t the visit he intended or had hoped it to be.
An interview given by former Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams to Freya
McClements of the Irish Times to mark the 25th anniversary of the Good
Friday Agreement.
A Belfast court has posthumously awarded compensation to the family of
Liam Holden, who was tortured and assaulted by British soldiers in the
1970s. Documents show the use of electric shocks and sexual assault were
commonly inflicted on prisoners.
Sinn Féin Party Leader Mary Lou McDonald recently held a wide-ranging
interview with German publication ‘Der Spiegel’ about why she thinks a
reunification referendum could take place within a decade.
Unionists should be thanking Rishi Sunak, who has made the idea of grown-up politics and the severing of knotty political problems doable.