DUP MP Ian Paisley has been found to have improperly lobbied on behalf
of Sri Lanka’s then Rajapaksa regime against accusations of war crimes
which targeted the minority Tamil population. Meet the Rajapaksas, in
this Channel 4 report from 2013.
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DUP MP Ian Paisley has been found to have improperly lobbied on behalf
of Sri Lanka’s then Rajapaksa regime against accusations of war crimes
which targeted the minority Tamil population. Meet the Rajapaksas, in
this Channel 4 report from 2013.
Published July 28, 2018
An introduction to the life of Constance Georgine Markievicz, an Irish politician, suffragette, socialist and republican rebel.
Published July 21, 2018
Ireland must act against Israel’s war crimes
Ireland is entitled to disassociate from what the EU itself condemns as
clear breaches of international law.
Published July 14, 2018
Michael Shaw Mahoney captures the Falls Curfew of July 1970 through the
eyes of the late Billy Curran (for the Pensive Quill).
Published July 7, 2018
Theresa May’s new list of working peers includes an ex-MP from the
proppers-up of her government, the Democratic Unionist Party: the Rev
William “Boxcar Willie” McCrea, veteran gospel-singing politician.
Published June 9, 2018
The DUP - deaf to the winds of change
We may sometimes not like what History delivers, but being on the wrong
side of history can be painful.
Published June 2, 2018
The revival of Palestinian consciousness
Ghada Karmi is a Palestinian physician, academic and writer. Her latest
book is entitled Return: A Palestinian Memoir. Despite the recent
shocking events in Gaza, she sees hope for the Palestinian cause.
Published May 26, 2018
Disrupt and Deny - Britain’s dirty war in Ireland
Rory Cormac, a professor of international relations specialising in
secret intelligence and covert action, has found archival evidence to
prove Edward Heath’s government directed ‘black ops’ on the streets of
Ireland.
Published May 19, 2018
The Cheshire Cat called Commonwealth
The British Empire is a bit like the Cheshire cat in Lewis Carroll’s
Alice in Wonderland: over the years it has faded until all you’re left
with is a bland smile.
Published April 28, 2018
Sean McNeela and Tony D’Arcy died on hunger strike against the
criminalisation of republican prisoners at St Bricin’s Military
Hospital in Dublin, 78 years ago this week.
Published April 21, 2018
The Proclamation and William Henry West
Another story of the many from the Easter Rising of 1916 -- the English
protestant printer who supplied the type for the Irish Proclamation.
Published March 31, 2018
Martin McGuinness - Looking to the future
Martin McGuinness was a good friend and a great leader. He made
compromises where he believed they could help peace and reconciliation.
He never stopped taking risks for peace, writes Gerry Adams.
Published March 24, 2018
On the 30th anniversary of IRA Volunteers Mairead Farrell, Sean Savage
and Dan McCann, murdered by the SAS in a shoot to kill operation on 6th
March 1988 in Gibraltar, Saoradh activist and former IRA POW Breige-Anne
McCaughley shares her memories of Volunteer Mairead Farrell.
Published March 10, 2018
The real Leo Varadkar was the one who stood up in the Dail last Tuesday
and the public would do well to remember that when his party comes
looking for votes in the near future.
Published March 3, 2018
No-one admits to being a bigot
The collapse of talks to restore the power sharing arrangement in
the North of Ireland has come as no surprise to many.
Published February 24, 2018
Contrasting views of the North’s Civil Rights Association and how it
relates to where we are as we approach the 50th anniversary of its first
campaign.
Published February 10, 2018
I’m sure that there is a little nervousness within Sinn Fein as Gerry
Adams steps down as president of the party, having led it to great
electoral success across Ireland, and having been, along with the late
Martin McGuinness, at the forefront of the republican struggle for
decades.
Published February 10, 2018
Inquiries, ‘collusion’ and seeking truth
If the NI Retired Police
Officers’ Association wins on Loughinisland, it will have succeeded in closing down an
important official source of information about alleged collusion and its
scale, small or large. John Ware looks at a crucial upcoming ruling.
Published January 13, 2018
It’s time for a united Ireland
At last it’s becoming clear to the Brexiteers, and the right-wing
British media, that the question of the Irish border will be the
defining issue of the Brexit negotiations.
Published December 2, 2017
150 years on from their execution, a historical look back at three
Fenians whose bravery in giving their lives in struggle helped to
sustain it.
Published November 25, 2017
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