A group of Scottish nationalists created a controversy this week when they symbolically 'closed the border' with England in a protest aimed at the coronavirus crisis. It signifies a new exhaustion in Scotland with a visibly collapsing England. An analysis of the increasingly popular idea of Scottish independence by Paul Kavanagh (weegingerdug).
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Scotland is turning the corner
A group of Scottish nationalists created a controversy this week when they symbolically 'closed the border' with England in a protest aimed at the coronavirus crisis. It signifies a new exhaustion in Scotland with a visibly collapsing England. An analysis of the increasingly popular idea of Scottish independence by Paul Kavanagh (weegingerdug).
Published July 11, 2020
Bobby Storey led from the front
In Ireland’s centuries long struggle for independence, exceptional men and women, heroes, emerged, which set them apart and around whom people rallied, inspired and motivated by them.
Published July 3, 2020
Derry 1920 - A civil war of independence
A century ago this month, conflict erupted in Derry with British state forces openly colluding with UVF gangs to quell the nationalist surge for independence.
Published June 12, 2020
Olaudah Equiano’s Irish friends
Olaudah Equiano, a former slave and the author of an influential memoir, visited Dublin and Belfast in the 1790s, mingling among the most progressive voices of the day in Irish society.
Published June 5, 2020
Even though 47 years have passed, the family of Michael Leonard is still determined to find out the full truth about his murder by the RUC on a lonely country road in Fermanagh near the border with Donegal.
Published May 22, 2020
Irish unification is still inevitable
Kevin Meaghar looks at the state of the debate on Irish Unity as the idea continues to go mainstream.
Published May 22, 2020
What is the name of this place anyways?
This week the name of this place we live in caused a bit of a political stir. The Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar called Belfast members of Fine Gael, “overseas members” and a former Tyrone football player referred to Tyrone as “Up here in the UK”. But the truth is the names used for Ireland do matter and have always been contentious.
Published May 15, 2020
Áine and Eibhlín Nic Giolla Easpaig
A review of the autobiographical book ‘Sisters in Cells’ by Bernadette Hyland.
Published May 8, 2020
A historical account of this week in 1916, when the executions of the Easter Rising leaders took place.
Published May 8, 2020
Self evident that we need an all-island approach
Are we really going to have shops and hairdressers open and journey distances extended at different times north and south for political reasons?
Published May 1, 2020
An extract from of the contribution by historian Stephen Coyle at The
Year of Revolution: 1920, seminar held by Sinn Féin Poblachtach in
Wynn’s Hotel on February 15, 2020.
Published April 24, 2020
A further extract from the Irish War of Independence and the IRA, 1916-1921,
by Colm McInerney
Published April 17, 2020
An extract from the Irish War of Independence and the IRA, 1916-1921, by Colm McInerney.
Published April 3, 2020
North and South must harmonise pandemic response
In this coronavirus pandemic, Ireland’s geographical advantage is being squandered by the adoption of very different approaches to dealing with the disease.
Published April 3, 2020
The necessary cancellation of Easter Rising Commemorations does not mean we should not celebrate these events.
Published March 27, 2020
The centenary of an Irish martyr
A tribute to Tomás Mac Curtain, Cork Lord Mayor, who was born on 20 March 1884 and died on the same date in 1920, shot dead in his home.
Published March 20, 2020
Deliver a government of change
A comment on the recent efforts to form a coalition government in Dublin by John Bandon.
Published March 13, 2020
A historical account of an incident in which the RIC opened fire on a crowd of hungry Ennis people as local food produce was being exported by landlords.
Published February 28, 2020
A police chief interfering in a country’s electoral process is something
we have come to expect – but usually in Third World dictatorships.
Published February 28, 2020
An essay originally written by Bobby Sands in the H-Blocks of Long Kesh
in 1979.
Published February 21, 2020
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