The Blanket Protest began 49 years ago this week. It and the deaths of
ten men on hunger strike would completely alter the political landscape
in Ireland.
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The inside story of the Blanket Protest
The Blanket Protest began 49 years ago this week. It and the deaths of
ten men on hunger strike would completely alter the political landscape
in Ireland.
Published September 18, 2025
Why won’t unionists confront the truth about hate?
Some unionist commentators have belatedly begun to ask why it’s a
unionist thing to burn families out of their homes. It always has been.
Published September 11, 2025
Irish political leaders let their people down on Palestine
On a wet and miserable Sunday night in the mid-west of Ireland, it was
amazing to see so many people turn up for a talk about Palestine.
Published September 11, 2025
Nationalist politician murdered as he sought to flee
A prominent member of the SDLP shot dead by the notorious Glenanne Gang
was planning to move his family across the border when the loyalist
murder squad claimed his life, 50 years ago this week.
Published September 4, 2025
On the anniversary of the original ‘Bloody Sunday’, a look at the events
of the Dublin Lockout which led to the creation of the Irish Citizen
Army and foreshadowed the Easter Rising and a transformation in Irish
society.
Published September 4, 2025
This week marks the 200th anniversary of the passing of heroic freedom
fighter and courageous rebel leader Michael Dwyer. A short biography of
his life by Joan Kavanagh.
Published August 28, 2025
Families of friends gunned down by loyalists at bogus UDR checkpoint on
the way home from a Gaelic match have been marking the 50th anniversary
of the killings. A report by Connla Young (for the Irish News).
Published August 28, 2025
Patrick Rooney, first child victim of the conflict
A man whose life changed for ever when his brother became the first
child victim of the Troubles has told how the trauma “never leaves you”.
Published August 21, 2025
Time for a complete trade embargo with Israel
If Ireland really wanted to make a difference, and help end the
genocidal Israeli onslaught on Palestinians, it should enact a
comprehensive trade embargo on Israel and dare the EU authorities to
institute legal action.
Published August 21, 2025
‘The Liberator’, Daniel O’Connell, 250 years on
On this day 250 years ago, August 6 1775, ‘The Liberator’ Daniel
O’Connell was born near Cahirciveen in County Kerry. A look at
the life of an Irish hero who dominated political life in Ireland for the first half of the
19th century.
Published August 7, 2025
Former blanketman James Kearney recalled his last meeting with an INLA
martyr inside Long Kesh before he died on hunger strike, 44 years ago
this week.
Published August 7, 2025
Britain’s century of complicity in Palestinian suffering
Britain cannot claim moral leadership while enabling Gaza’s suffering,
according to Sinn Féin MP Chris Hazzard.
Published July 31, 2025
Twenty years on from historic statement
Contrasting views of the epochal decision by the Provisional IRA to
disarm and decommission its weapons, twenty years ago this week.
Published July 31, 2025
PKK disarms as Öcalan ends armed struggle
Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan has spoken from his Turkish prison
cell, signalling the end of his PKK movement’s armed campaign, writes
Kurdish rights activist Agit Karatas.
Published July 24, 2025
Miami Showband massacre survivor writes, 50 years on
Des Lee, a member of the Miami Showband, was interviewed by Liam Collins
on his new book ‘My saxophone saved my life’, published fifty years
after the atrocity which claimed the lives of three of his
bandmates.
Published July 24, 2025
Tom Barry, West Cork Flying Column commander
Tom Barry was the West Cork Flying Column commander whose memoirs of the
struggle to free Ireland from British rule became an influential guide
to guerrilla warfare. He died on 2 July 1980, 45 years ago this week.
Published July 10, 2025
What about the women of the Orange Order?
Apart from the obvious sectarianism, the exclusion of women should raise questions
over the fawning media coverage of the Orange Order’s parades.
Published July 10, 2025
The genocide of indigenous Australians
British colonists committed genocide against Australia’s Indigenous
population in Victoria, a landmark inquiry has found this week. We publish
an abridged introduction to the history of the issue.
Published July 3, 2025
A timely reminder of the Good Friday Agreement
Without a mechanism for a united Ireland, the IRA would not have signed
up to the Good Friday Agreement, writes Brian Feeney.
Published June 26, 2025
‘Mo Chara’ court appearance makes Britain look panicked
Kneecap have said the British authorities are “already on the back foot”
after rap singer Mo Chara was released on unconditional bail by a court
in London on Wednesday, pending another court appearance on August 20.
Published June 19, 2025
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