A total of 3,500 relatives of victims have signed an open letter calling on the London and Dublin governments to implement previously agreed proposals to deal with the legacy of the recent conflict in the north of Ireland. A commentary by Mark Thompson of Relatives for Justice on the background to the letter, included below.
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Avoidance and denying rights is not sustainable
A total of 3,500 relatives of victims have signed an open letter calling on the London and Dublin governments to implement previously agreed proposals to deal with the legacy of the recent conflict in the north of Ireland. A commentary by Mark Thompson of Relatives for Justice on the background to the letter, included below.
Published January 22, 2021
Not preparing for a United Ireland is irresponsible
The young people of Ireland know that the key to a better, stronger and brighter future lies in their hands. The time is coming, very shortly, where they will seize the opportunity that is being presented to them.
Published January 16, 2021
DUP disparages constitutional change while denying it
One of the more enjoyable aspects of last week was watching the mental gymnastics of Arlene Foster and other representatives of the Democratic Unionist Party.
Published January 9, 2021
DUP betrayed again by a British government
British policy is dictated by British interests. It has always been so. The fact that Prime Minister Boris Johnson has again betrayed unionists over Brexit should have come as no surprise to anyone with even the most rudimentary understanding of how British policy works.
Published December 30, 2020
A tragedy that injustice inflames
The last time I saw Patrick, he was restating his father’s wish that there be a human rights-compliant investigation into his mother’s killing. At the age of 34 he, like so many others affected by conflict, has now died without seeing truth, justice or acknowledgment.
Published December 11, 2020
This week 100 years ago on a roadside in County Cork, a small group of young men in with hardly any military training lay in wait for their enemy. History was about to be made.
Published December 4, 2020
The British govt is still hiding the truth
On 12 February 1989, my father, the human rights lawyer Pat Finucane, was murdered by loyalist paramilitaries as we sat together at the dinner table in the kitchen of our home in Belfast. I was eight years old.
Published December 4, 2020
Why I want to see a united Ireland
Ireland international soccer star James McClean wrote this article on his reasons for supporting Irish Unity.
Published November 20, 2020
Cheating politicians cheat us all
Leo Varadkar is either a liar or a very unlucky man.
Published November 6, 2020
A new conversation about a united Ireland
A discussion on Irish Unity must be permitted to advance if those already sceptical about delivery of the promises of peace are not to lose faith entirely.
Published November 6, 2020
When Boris Johnson tells you that his government is determined to defend
the Good Friday Agreement – don’t believe a word of it.
Published October 23, 2020
The dramatic death took place 100 years ago this week of a revolutionary who became synonymous with Ireland’s fight for independence.
Published October 9, 2020
Majella O’Hare was just 12 years of age when she was shot twice in the back by a British paratrooper on her way to Mass in Whitecross, County Armagh, on August 16, 1976.
Published October 9, 2020
Bloody Sunday: ‘They want us to shush’
Many people outside Derry say - and others may frequently feel like saying - that the city does go on a bit about its grievances. This week is no exception, with another eruption of rage over Bloody Sunday.
Published October 2, 2020
Tuesday September 22nd, marked the 100th anniversary of the most
significant event in the War of Independence in Clare.
Published September 25, 2020
The appointment of Drew Harris, revisited
Politicians on both sides of the Atlantic have this week called
for the current Garda Commissioner, former RUC Assistant Chief Constable
(ACC) Drew Harris, to resign from his post over his past connection to
collusion in the north of Ireland.
Published September 25, 2020
Unquiet Graves and the continuing cover-up
‘Unquiet Graves’ was on RTÉ ONE last night and it made for hard viewing.
Published September 19, 2020
‘A choice between Brexit Britain and a New Ireland’
Ireland is entering a decade of opportunity, according to Sinn Féin’s
Deputy First Minister Michelle O’Neill.
Published September 11, 2020
Johnson’s behaviour is no surprise
The only surprise about the British government’s unilateral plans to
legislate for its own version of the procedures for operating the Irish
Protocol in the Withdrawal Agreement is that anyone is surprised.
Published September 11, 2020
The killings near Drumnakilly, County Tyrone, of brothers Martin and Gerald Harte, and Brian Mullen, three local IRA Volunteers, took place on 30th August 1988, 32 years ago this week.
Published September 4, 2020
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