A contemporaneous account of the last-ditch efforts to save the life
of IRA hunger striker Bobby Sands, who died this week 38 years ago.
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A contemporaneous account of the last-ditch efforts to save the life
of IRA hunger striker Bobby Sands, who died this week 38 years ago.
Published May 4, 2019
An infamous event in Britain’s colonial occupation of India took place a
hundred years ago this week. A historical account of the massacre at
Jallianwala Bagh in Amritsar on Apri 13, 1919.
Published April 13, 2019
Amid the Brexit chaos, Scotland is a beacon of sense
An analysis piece from the Enniscorthy Guardian looks at how Scotland’s
approach to Brexit resonates in Ireland.
Published April 13, 2019
A referendum on unity is coming
The fiasco that is Brexit, and the Tory and DUP shambles of a response
to it, have together opened up a willingness for a real and meaningful
conversation on Unity.
Published April 6, 2019
North Armagh-based human rights lawyer Rosemary Nelson was assassinated
20 years ago this week in an attack in which high-level collusion is still
suspected. A report by Beatrix Campbell on the smears and
disinformation which continued long after her death.
Published March 16, 2019
Bloody Sunday - the top brass gets away with it
There may be only one thing that the Bloody Sunday families and the
defenders of the Parachute Regiment are agreed on following the
announcement that a former lance corporal is to be charged with two
murders and four attempted murders: that it is perverse and unfair that
one low-ranking soldier should be made to carry the can for what
happened in Derry 47 years ago.
Published March 16, 2019
How the truth of Loughinisland is still suppressed
A background to the continuing police harassment of two journalists
involved in making the film ‘No Stone Unturned’ by its director Alex
Gibney.
Published March 2, 2019
Victory for the Chagos Islanders
The International Court of Justice in The Hague has handed down a
momentous judgement that says Britain’s colonial authority over the
Chagos Islands is no longer legal. John Pilger, whose 2004 film,
Stealing a Nation, alerted much of the world to the plight of the
islanders, tells their story.
Published March 2, 2019
25th Anniversary of the murder of Sean McParland
Sunday 24th February 2019 marks the 25th anniversary of the murder of
Sean McParland.
Published February 23, 2019
The Good Friday Agreement is written in sand
An intrinsic part of the Good Friday Agreement - an
agreement that brought peace and stability to the island of Ireland - is
quickly disappearing.
Published February 23, 2019
More than three and a half years - yes, three and a half years! - after
the conclusion of all the evidence in the inquest into the murder of
Roseanne Mallon, Sir Reginald Weir sat down in Nisi Prius court in
Belfast city centre and declared he could find neither direct nor
indirect evidence of collusion between the loyalist killers and any
state agency in the case.
Published January 12, 2019
The afterlife of the Nelson Pillar on O’Connell Street is every bit as
interesting as its lifespan, and from the late 1960s onwards various
committees and campaign groups lobbied with the aim of placing a
monument in the location where Nelson had stood.
Published December 15, 2018
Hard Brexit must mean a Border Poll
The timing for making an argument for a Border Poll or as its now being
called a Unity Referendum has become a bone of contention. The
negativity about the timing of holding one is creating negativity at the
very time we need to examine the issue positively.
Published December 15, 2018
The 1918 election, a turning point in history
The general election of 1918 provided Sinn Fein with a democratic
endorsement both to establish Dail Eireann and proclaim a republic.
Published December 8, 2018
Excessive threatening language has long been part of political unionism’s response when faced with the prospect of change.
Published November 24, 2018
Bridget Dirrane is a remarkable person in the history of Ireland.
Published November 17, 2018
The GFA is under siege - and so is my right to be Irish
A community is, in the here and now, being
marginalised, penalised and discriminated against, the effect of which
is catastrophic. And the cause is their identity.
Published November 17, 2018
The last British soldier shot for mutiny
An account of the awakening of an Irish soldier who led a mutiny against
the British Army over its atrocities in India and Ireland, and his
subsequent execution, 98 years ago this week.
Published November 3, 2018
I am a political prisoner, held hostage by Spain
For a year now, I am held without bail and without even a trial date for having
defended fundamental rights in any democracy, such as the freedom of
speech and the freedom to meet and protest.
Published October 20, 2018
In the Ireland of 1922, a civil war tore through the land and in its
path it ripped apart families and friendships. It also created a deeper
wedge in an unstable society where the church grappled for top position
in an emerging new state.
Published October 13, 2018
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