Saturday marked the 420th anniversary of the death of Aodh Ruadh, Red Hugh, the last of the great Gaelic leaders of Donegal.
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Aodh Ruadh - A magnificent Gaelic leader
Saturday marked the 420th anniversary of the death of Aodh Ruadh, Red Hugh, the last of the great Gaelic leaders of Donegal.
Published September 15, 2022
Former Unionist: Why I’m now for Irish Unity
My conversion to the New Ireland cause was not an overnight decision and
predates Brexit. I have always felt Irish and while initially this was
in addition to feeling British, my thinking has changed over time.
Published September 7, 2022
‘Shot on sight’ – Paddy Mulvenna and Jim Bryson
The ambush in which IRA Volunteers Paddy Mulvenna and Jim Bryson were
assassinated by the British Army took place 49 years ago this week. An
account of their lives cut short, based on a report by Relatives for
Justice.
Published September 1, 2022
They say those who do not learn from history are condemned to repeat it. It’s 1979 all over. Here we go again.
Published September 1, 2022
Michael Collins is a divisive figure
There is no doubting the indelible imprint Collins left on the national
psyche.
Published August 25, 2022
The greatest friend to Irish republicanism
The writing is on the wall for the future of the Union, but those for
whom preserving it matters most are just too blind to see it.
Published August 25, 2022
Liz Truss is a prisoner of the extreme Brexiteers
Liz Truss has been wrecking the Good Friday Agreement by carrying out the actions the ERG has insisted on and which they insist on the DUP also obeying.
Published August 18, 2022
Arthur Griffith, the founder of Sinn Féin and one of the fathers of the
Irish Free State, died 100 years ago this week, on August 12, 1922.
Published August 11, 2022
Change starts with the man in the mirror
To conflate the modern-day GAA with the IRA and a battle for Irish unity
is typical of the whataboutery, the pathetic attitude and lack of
leadership that exists within political unionism.
Published August 11, 2022
The life and times of Rosie Hackett
The 1916 veteran and trade union activist Rosie Hackett was born 130
years ago this week.
Published July 28, 2022
This is a decade of opportunity
The Irish government’s refusal to even begin the preparations for Irish unity is increasingly untenable.
Published July 28, 2022
Martin intends to do nothing to promote Irish unity
Martin’s commentary on the north is entirely wrong. His appeal for
reconciliation before developing any political or constitutional
structures puts the cart before the horse.
Published July 21, 2022
The Orange Order: made to hate
Dare we hope that some day, a unionist leader will have the
cojones to call the Twelfth for what it is, and to work towards the ending of the
annual hatefest?
Published July 14, 2022
It feels like we are at a tipping point, or at least a crunch point –
again.
Published July 6, 2022
Goalposts being moved as unionism slides into minority
Naturally all the responses to the British government’s anti-protocol
bill have emphasised the plans to enable British ministers to ditch
pretty well anything and everything in the protocol they want except
three sections, Articles 2, 3 and 11.
Published June 30, 2022
We need a new legal definition of sectarianism entrenched in law with
legal sanctions and robust incitement to hatred provisions.
Published June 16, 2022
Vile song about a woman’s strangulation is a new low
Sectarianism met misogyny on the outskirts of an east Belfast Orange
hall last weekend, and what unfolded far surpassed the worst stereotype
some regularly complain their opponents foist upon them.
Published June 9, 2022
Last weekend marked the centenary of a Donegal-Fermanagh border battle,
part of the doomed ‘Northern Offensive’ campaign said to have been
encouraged by Michael Collins to unite supporters and opponents of the
Anglo-Irish Treaty to challenge the partition of Ireland it helped to
bring about.
Published June 1, 2022
Timely US visit confirms protocol is here to stay
The visit of Richie Neal and his congressional colleagues to Brussels,
London, Dublin and Belfast could not have occurred at a more opportune
moment.
Published May 26, 2022
Even in death, are lies exposed
Scenes from occupied Jerusalem, where the funeral of state-murdered
journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was attacked by Israeli forces, have
recalled for many the murderous and oppressive actions of the British
forces in Ireland. Maureen Clare Murphy writes from Palestine about a
dark week for the conflict there.
Published May 19, 2022
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