The first Irish bank holiday to be named after a woman has taken place in Ireland.
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St Brigid’s holiday celebrates Irish women
The first Irish bank holiday to be named after a woman has taken place in Ireland.
Published February 9, 2023
Learn the Irish national anthem
A new campaign is calling on everyone in Ireland to learn the words to
Amhrán na bhFiann.
Published February 2, 2023
Be prepared for more stupidities
Stupidity like the British Government’s exclusion of the Sinn
Féin President from recent talks needs to be highlighted, according to Gerry Adams.
Published January 26, 2023
2022 was an unprecedented political year, and the momentum for constitutional change will continue growing throughout 2023.
Published January 12, 2023
British used colonial playbook in north
People campaigning for justice will have exchanged knowing looks after
last week’s announcement of ‘an independent judicial inquiry’ into the
SAS killings of 54 Afghan civilians in 2010-11.
Published December 22, 2022
How British colonialism killed 100m Indians in 40 years
Between 1880 to 1920, British colonial policies in India claimed more
lives than all famines in the Soviet Union, Maoist China and North Korea
combined.
Published December 15, 2022
A week or so ago on November 18 in Killarney 820 republicans broke bread
together in honour of Martin and Marie Ferris. It was a great night.
Published December 1, 2022
DUP failing to see the danger ahead
It’s surprising that there’s any surprise about support for increased
Irish government involvement in the north in the absence of a devolved
administration here as evidenced in the latest LucidTalk poll.
Published November 16, 2022
Unionist politicians, I sometimes think, compete with each as to how
they can make the rest of us gape, open-mouthed in wonder.
Published November 16, 2022
Conway Mill has been at the heart of west Belfast for over almost 200
years. Last week it celebrated its 40th birthday.
Published November 3, 2022
Sheena Fagan Campbell was an activist, a law student, and a rising star
in the Sinn Féin hierarchy. She was a single mother in Belfast who was
determined to provide for her young child and at the time of her murder,
she was engaged to be married.
Published October 20, 2022
An extract from a new book, ‘The Yank , in which former US Marine John Crawley delivers an unvarnished account of his role in the Irish armed struggle.
Published October 13, 2022
In light of the latest census figures, constitutional nationalists
have been jumping for joy, receiving this news as vindication of their
strategy. Likewise reactionary unionists have been apoplectic with anger
and fear, understanding this news as evidence of impending Rome Rule.
Published October 6, 2022
Unionists must engage in unity debate
The latest census figures show that fundamental change is unstoppable
and points towards a referendum on Irish reunification.
Published September 29, 2022
An essay written in the H-Blocks of Long Kesh prison by hunger striker
Bobby Sands, first published in January 1979.
Published September 22, 2022
Aodh Ruadh - A magnificent Gaelic leader
Saturday marked the 420th anniversary of the death of Aodh Ruadh, Red Hugh, the last of the great Gaelic leaders of Donegal.
Published September 15, 2022
Former Unionist: Why I’m now for Irish Unity
My conversion to the New Ireland cause was not an overnight decision and
predates Brexit. I have always felt Irish and while initially this was
in addition to feeling British, my thinking has changed over time.
Published September 7, 2022
‘Shot on sight’ – Paddy Mulvenna and Jim Bryson
The ambush in which IRA Volunteers Paddy Mulvenna and Jim Bryson were
assassinated by the British Army took place 49 years ago this week. An
account of their lives cut short, based on a report by Relatives for
Justice.
Published September 1, 2022
They say those who do not learn from history are condemned to repeat it. It’s 1979 all over. Here we go again.
Published September 1, 2022
Michael Collins is a divisive figure
There is no doubting the indelible imprint Collins left on the national
psyche.
Published August 25, 2022
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