
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

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

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

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

An analysis of the outcome of the general election and the current political
dynamic in the 26 Counties by Ruairi Creaney.
Published February 21, 2020

Regardless of when or whether Sinn Féin ends up in government, as Tony Blair’s former adviser Jonathan Powell says, the outcome of the election will make demands for movement on Irish unity stronger.
Published February 14, 2020

This state was founded by those who fought for Irish Independence between 1919 and
1921 and it would be bizzare if this state were to commemorate those who
fought to suppress it’s establishment.
Published January 10, 2020

The Government must go beyond deferral and scrap any plan now or in the
future to commemorate the role of the RIC and the DMP. The shallowness
and opportunism of their position on these events has been exposed. So
has the posturing of the Fianna Fáil Leader.
Published January 10, 2020

Michael Finucane, the eldest son of Pat Finucane and a practising lawyer
based in Dublin, on his response to revelations about the murder in
declassified papers.
Published January 3, 2020

A lot of emphasis on the fact that, after Thursday’s election, for the
first time there are more nationalist MPs than unionist; Sinn Féin and
the SDLP outnumber the DUP 9-8.
Published December 14, 2019

Unless you have been living under a rock, you can’t but have noticed
that the prospect of Irish reunification has been gaining ground these
past three years.
Published November 30, 2019

The following is the address by Saoradh chairperson Brian Kenna to the
party’s annual conference in Newry last weekend.
Published November 16, 2019

A review by Rory Carroll of ‘Burned - The inside story of the ‘cash for
ash’ scandal and Northern Ireland’s secretive new elite’, by Sam McBride.
Published November 16, 2019
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