Facts and figures of a historic election for Sinn Fein, in which it won
21% of the national vote across all 32 counties and officially became
the largest party in Ireland.
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Complete 2014 election results
Facts and figures of a historic election for Sinn Fein, in which it won
21% of the national vote across all 32 counties and officially became
the largest party in Ireland.
Published May 31, 2014
Massacres recalled as demands for truth grow
A number of events took place last weekend to remember those killed in
the Dublin and Monaghan bombings, and wreathes were laid at the Talbot
Street memorial in Dublin and in Monaghan town centre.
Published May 22, 2014
Noonan revisits failed Fianna Fail policies
The 26-County Minister for Finance Michael Noonan took part in a
grovelling welcoming party for billionaire businessman Donald Trump at
Shannon airport earlier this week.
Published May 17, 2014
European and local election candidates
The most recent compiled list of Sinn Fein and other
republican candidates contesting this week’s elections, with short
biographies of the Euro candidates.
Published May 17, 2014
What were my accusers’ motives?
His four days of interrogation was an assault on the peace process itself, writes Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams.
Published May 10, 2014
Petition to retain name of Raymond McCreesh park
A petition calling for a children’s play park to continue to be named
after IRA hunger striker Raymond McCreesh has so far received more than
1,000 signatures of support.
Published May 3, 2014
A round up of the statements and orations delivered this week to mark
the anniversary of the Easter Rising in 1916.
Published April 26, 2014
Drawing on the memory of the heroes of 1916
Dave Kenny’s family is steeped in Easter Rising history. Here he recalls
finding a letter from the Eamonn Ceannt’s son, revealing how he lived
his life in his father’s shadow.
Published April 26, 2014
Calls for recognition of Travellers’ distinct identity
A committee of the Dublin parliament has recommended that Travellers be
recognised as an ethnic minority to combat discrimination as the issue
begins featuring in local election campaigns in the 26 Counties.
Published April 19, 2014
A struggle to free Ireland of foreign domination resulted in a heroic
victory -- but the death of a great Irish leader -- a thousand years
ago this week.
Published April 19, 2014
Five things we know after last night in Windsor
Relations between Britain and Ireland have now
entered the realm of the surreal.
Published April 11, 2014
The revolutionary women’s movement, Cumann na mBan, was set up 100 years
ago this week. It maintained the struggle for independence following the
Easter Rising and in 1921 became the first organisation to reject the
treaty which partitioned Ireland. A look at their stand
for equality and unity.
Published April 5, 2014
79-year-old Irish peace activist Margaretta D’Arcy’s was this week
released from prison, after serving a three month sentence for
protesting the use of Shannon Airport by those engaged in war crimes.
Published March 29, 2014
Govts turning backs on innocent Irish people
Gerry Conlon and Paddy Hill, two men who suffered among the worst
miscarriages of justice in British history have accused the Irish and
British governments of turning their backs on innocent people sent to
prison.
Published March 22, 2014
Seventy-one years ago Derry republican Hugh McAteer pulled off a series
of daring feats and in the process made headlines around the world.
Michael McMonagle looks at his extraordinary life.
Published March 22, 2014
Former British cabinet minister and lifelong radical Tony Benn died
today [Friday] at the age of 88.
Published March 15, 2014
Indomitable spirit of hunger striker lives on
There are events in one’s life, big and small, which are life-defining
and life-shaping, even though at the time you might not know it.
Meeting Bobby Sands for the first time became for me life-defining.
Published March 15, 2014
Murney describes Maghaberry horror
Eirigi press officer Stephen Murney has given an account of the
physical and mental torture he endured while interned at Maghaberry
prison, outside Lisburn over the past 14 months.
Published March 8, 2014
“We broke Armagh, it never broke us”
The reflections of a group of republican women ex-prisoners and the
trauma, emotional and physical, that many of these women suffered and
overcame during their time in prison.
Published March 8, 2014
As preliminary hearings into his inquest get underway, a look at the
murder of Sam Marshall, a close friend of veteran Irish Republican Colin
Duffy, which took place 24 years ago this week, and the efforts of
assassinated human rights lawyer Rosemary Nelson to pursue justice in
the case.
Published March 1, 2014
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