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The failures of royalty

All human beings have the right, as a birthright, to be treated equally. I am for a rights-based, citizen-centred society in which citizens fulfil their obligations for the common good.

Published March 5, 2026

‘You didn’t grow up with bombs’

An opinion piece by Belfast Republican Séamus Mac Shíomóin on the struggles being faced by a new generation.

Published February 26, 2026

How Britain’s bid to criminalise the IRA backfired spectacularly

It is 50 years since Special Category Status was abolished for political prisoners in the north of Ireland. An analysis by Brian Feeney.

Published February 26, 2026

Helena Molony: a revolutionary life

Irish revolutionary and heroine Helena Molony, the gallant rebel and trade union activist was born in Dublin in 1884, and passed away on the 28th January 1967, 59 years ago this week.

Published January 29, 2026

Kitson’s memoirs - a blind eye to British crimes

The autobiography of British General Sir Frank Kitson is an account of British military failures through several colonial wars in which he fought, including in Ireland.

Published January 29, 2026

In the wake of the selection of former senior PSNI figure Jon Burrows to lead the Ulster Unionist Party after he was co-opted into it just six months ago, alongside another unelected politician, Diana Armstrong, as his deputy, commentator Brian Feeney has warned that trouble is brewing for unionism.

Published January 22, 2026

Everyone benefits with Unity

When I was a child at school there was talk about the three Rs. These were reading, writing and arithmetic. Clearly spelling didn’t feature prominently at the time. When I think of Irish Unity, there are three Rs which come to mind. These are renewal, reconciliation, and resilience.

Published January 15, 2026

Freedom for Christmas

An updated account of a famous prison escape, 65 years ago this week.

Published December 29, 2025

Grace Gifford

On the 70th anniversary of her death, a history of an Irish rebel, born into a wealthy Protestant family and widowed by the British, whose memory has been revived by the song that carries her name.

Published December 18, 2025

The brutal executions of the Four Martyrs

On December 9, 1922, four anti-Treaty IRA prisoners were murdered at the hands of the pro-Treaty Free State forces. An account by Peter McDermott, originally published by the Irish Echo newspaper.

Published December 11, 2025

Crime pays for a state-sponsored serial killing scumbag

Freddie Scappaticci is one of the vilest characters to have emerged from the Troubles.

Published December 11, 2025

The disastrous outcome of the Boundary Commission

Historian Cormac Moore explains how northern nationalists were ‘sold out’ by the Irish Free State, 100 years ago this week.

Published December 4, 2025

Hosting Séamus Kearney

Sometimes, some things - events, people, places, whatever it may be - they move you, and to not write about them afterwards is simply not an option.

Published November 26, 2025

Win, win for unionist paramilitary crime

While a harsh budget is to be imposed on the north of Ireland by the Labour government in London, it has emerged the murderous South East Antrim UDA is to get grant aid worth over a million pounds.

Published November 26, 2025

The forced hunger trek to Canada

Bonfires were lit in the west of Ireland in celebration after Anglo-Irish landlord Major Denis Mahon was shot dead as he drove his carriage through his estate in County Roscommon, 178 years go this month. A history of a pivotal episode in the Great Hunger.