Fifty years ago this week in the space of five days, the north of
Ireland changed for ever.
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August 1969 - when ‘the Troubles’ began
Fifty years ago this week in the space of five days, the north of
Ireland changed for ever.
Published August 17, 2019
The Gaelic League and the 1916 Rising
This week 126 years ago – 31 July 1893 – the Gaelic League (Conradh na
Gaeilge) was founded. A look at the role it formed in the Easter Rising.
Published August 2, 2019
Expecting Ireland to be servile is part of a British tradition
An analysis piece by Limerick academic Richard McMahon which was
published in both the Irish and British media this week
Published August 2, 2019
Voting for the next President of Ireland
The right of citizens living outside the southern State to vote for the
President of Ireland is now a significant issue of debate, especially
here in Dublin. This is a campaign we should all get behind, writes Gerry Adams.
Published July 26, 2019
Francie McCloskey’s last hours
A series of events has taken place this week to mark the 50th
anniversary of the murder of Francie McCloskey, considered by many to
have been the first fatality of the current phase of the conflict.
Published July 19, 2019
UDR must be held to account for Patsy Kelly murder
Long before the deadly word ‘collusion’ entered into the public
vocabulary of the conflict, Teresa Kelly and her family experienced ‘collusion’ in all its
grotesque forms.
Published July 19, 2019
We need to talk about the Monarchy
On the occasion of the royal visit to Scotland to mark the 20th
anniversary of the Edinburgh parliament, a Scottish republican examines
the future role of the British Royal family.
Published July 12, 2019
Catalans protest outside the European Parliament
The Catalan independence movement has made a new show of strength in
Europe with a protest against the exclusion of its three MEPs.
Published July 5, 2019
British Army snipers killed five civilians at the Springhill estate in
west Belfast on 9 July 1972, eleven months after the Ballymurphy
massacre, and 47 years ago this week.
Published July 5, 2019
Miriam Daly, an Irish republican socialist and university lecturer, was
assassinated by the loyalist Ulster Defence Association (UDA) in a
killing which continues to provoke questions. Her body, bound and shot,
was found by her nine-year-old daughter after she returned from school
in Andersonstown, 39 years ago this week. In this interview, Anthony
Neeson spoke to Jim Daly, her widower
Published June 28, 2019
Voting rights extension is a no-brainer
An analysis by Brian Feeney of the move by the Dublin government to
extend voting rights to northerners and emigrants in the case of
Presidential elections.
Published June 28, 2019
Give us justice – arrest the Loughinisland killers
As the anniversary of Loughinisland is remembered, a look at an
extraordinary campaign for justice which continues to battle cover-up
and collusion.
Published June 22, 2019
Remains of Great Hunger victims emerge, 172 years on
A storm has exposed the bones of Irish children on a Canadian beach,
recalling a holocaust of greed that devastated Ireland and changed the
world.
Published June 15, 2019
The first rule of Fine Gael: don't get caught
Calls for Maria Bailey to be kicked out of Fine Gael for damaging the
party are unfair when she represents everything they stand for...
absolutely nothing but themselves.
Published June 8, 2019
45th anniversary of Michael Gaughan’s death
Michael Gaughan was killed by the prison and medical authorities of
Parkhurst Prison on 3 June 1974, 45 years ago.
Published June 1, 2019
25th anniversary of Widow Scallans attack
This week marks the 25th anniversary of the death of IRA Volunteer
Martin ‘Doco’ Doherty, who died defending a Sinn Fein function at the
Widow Scallans pub in Dublin from a bomb attack by the UVF.
Published May 25, 2019
The troubling case of Julian Assange
Julian Assange continues to ripple and roam as a cipher through the
political and media scape of the world. Detained in Belmarsh maximum
security prison, the sort of stately abode only reserved for the most
dangerous of criminals, many with indeterminate sentences, he
electrifies and concerns.
Published May 4, 2019
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
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