It was set up specifically to definitively address the allegations of
collusion but after a six-year probe costing £46.5 million, the Rosemary
Nelson Inquiry made no reference to the “c” word in its final report.
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Why did the Nelson Inquiry not mention collusion?
It was set up specifically to definitively address the allegations of
collusion but after a six-year probe costing £46.5 million, the Rosemary
Nelson Inquiry made no reference to the “c” word in its final report.
Published July 24, 2011
Joe McDonnell and Martin Hurson
A look at the lives of two Volunteers who died on hunger strike
30 years ago this month.
Published July 14, 2011
Emigrant-turned-rebel was ‘enemy alien’
Diarmuid Lynch was said to have been the last man to leave the burning
GPO during Easter week in 1916. A naturalised US citizen, he was
eventually deported in 1918, but the British had long wanted rid of him
before the Rising.
Published July 8, 2011
Victim of anti-Catholic bigotry pardoned
An Irish immigrant who was the last person to be hanged in Rhode Island
in the US was this week pardoned more than 150 years after his death.
Published July 3, 2011
The man known as the ‘Uncrowned King of Ireland’ was born on June 27th,
1846, 165 years ago today.
Published June 27, 2011
Address to ‘Unite Ireland’ conference in Dublin
The full text of an address by Sinn Fein President Gerry
Adams to a conference in Dublin at the weekend on the theme of Uniting Ireland.
Published June 22, 2011
Bloody Sunday, the ongoing cover-up
A year later, it should be possible to acknowledge that the Saville Report
was far from flawless.
Published June 17, 2011
An independent international truth commission
The legacy of the past is one of the big issues which remains to be
resolved in the outworking of the peace process.
Published June 17, 2011
Liam Kelly, a pivotal figure in republican politics who uniquely held
seats simultaneously in Belfast and Dublin parliaments, died this week.
Published June 12, 2011
Background to the hunger strikes
An account by the Bobby Sands Trust of how the famous 1981 hunger strike, 30 years ago this year,
came into being.
Published May 30, 2011
Oration at Lynagh/McKearney commemoration
The text of an oration delivered by eirigi chairperson Breandan
Mac Cionnaith at a commemoration for Jim Lynagh and Padraig McKearney on
15 May 2011 at Drumfurrer, County Monaghan.
Published May 20, 2011
Perspectives on the royal visit
Two contrasting republican approaches and views on the Windsor visit to the 26-County state.
Published May 17, 2011
Assembly and local election results
The results of Thursday's Assembly election in the Six Counties, as well as a list
of the Sinn Fein and republican candidates elected to local district councils.
Published May 12, 2011
Statement by republican prisoners
The following statement was issued at the weekend by the prisoners
engaged in protest at Maghaberry jail.
Published May 12, 2011
Today is the 30th anniversary of the heroic death of Irish patriot Bobby
Sands on hunger-strike at Long Kesh prison. In his solemn memory, we
publish a brief collection of quotes, some famous, some less well known.
Published May 5, 2011
Easter statements and speeches
A round-up of the messages delivered at various Easter commemorations across Ireland.
Published April 30, 2011
Sinn Fein Assembly election manifesto
Messages from Sinn Fein's Gerry Adams and Martin McGuinness precede a
list of the mnain points from Sinn Fein's manifesto for the 2011
Assembly election in the North.
Published April 18, 2011
For almost a decade, simple acts of resistance by the community in
Erris have met with bullying, threats, intimidation, vilification and
casual violence at the hands of both Gardai and Shell’s private army
IRMS.
Published April 13, 2011
Reflections on the H Block prison struggle
Sinn Fein’s electoral strategy began 30 years ago during the 1981 hunger
strikes,
beginning with Bobby Sands’s historic win in Fermanagh/South Tyrone, 30
years ago this week.
Published April 8, 2011
Last Wednesday, four years later, the Assembly at Parliament Buildings
concluded its first ever complete four year term.
Published April 4, 2011
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