In response to the Larne gun-running in arming the Ulster Volunteers,
the Howth gun running was intended to redress the balance by providing
arms to the Irish Volunteers. It took place in Ireland on 26 July 1914,
98 years ago this week.
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In response to the Larne gun-running in arming the Ulster Volunteers,
the Howth gun running was intended to redress the balance by providing
arms to the Irish Volunteers. It took place in Ireland on 26 July 1914,
98 years ago this week.
Published July 20, 2012
Martin Hurson became the sixth republican to die on hunger strike on
this day in 1981. In this archive article, his fiancee Bernadette Donnelly recalls the place where the couple grew up.
Published July 13, 2012
Ardoyne parades - a personal analysis
Every July, young people from Ardoyne are criminalised and demonised by
the mainstream media in the Six Counties and beyond because of violence
associated with unwelcome sectarian marches that are forced through our
small community.
Published July 6, 2012
Killer soldiers were ‘indemnified’
Some families of people shot dead by the British Army have found clear
evidence that British soldiers were given a green light to shoot and
kill civilians in the north of Ireland.
Published June 22, 2012
Bloody Sunday justice campaigns renewed on Saville anniversary
A campaign to overturn one of the most disputed rulings of the Bloody
Sunday inquiry is to make its case to both the London and Dublin
governments.
Published June 22, 2012
The aftermath of Loughinisland
For 12 years the Loughinisland families silently mourned the loss of
their loved ones.
They kept that silence, they say, because of police assurances that no
stone would be left unturned in the hunt for the killers.
Published June 15, 2012
Both in Ireland and across Europe, the result of the Fiscal Austerity referendum -- which
commits the insolvent 26-County state to years of EU-imposed austerity
in return for greater access to bailout cash -- has come as a
surprise.
Published June 8, 2012
This month marks the 25th Anniversary of the Loughgall Martyrs. It
occurred on the 8th May 1987 in the Armagh village of Loughall.
Published May 18, 2012
Michael Mallin, ICA Chief of Staff
A look at the life and death of the leader of the Irish Citizen Army,
Michael Mallin, who was executed by firing squad 96 years ago this
week.
Published May 11, 2012
On the anniversary of the execution of the leaders of the Easter Rising,
Conor Caffrey describes a visit to the jail where the executions took
place.
Published May 4, 2012
After the release of colonial records - what about Ireland?
The British suppression of
historical papers on the north of Ireland should also now be ended.
Published April 27, 2012
Hunger strike - from Sands to Shalabi
Aisling Gallagher looks
at the hunger strike of Palestinian internee, Hana Shalabi, and recalls
the 1981 Irish hunger strike.
Published April 20, 2012
Easter statements and speeches
The full text of the major speeches and statements released to commemorate the 1916 Rising by the main republican political parties and groups.
Published April 13, 2012
Oration at the grave of O’Donovan Rossa
Padraig Pearse’s oration at Glasnevin cemetery in Dublin at the funeral
of Irish Fenian leader Jeremiah O’Donovan Rossa was a significant event
in the lead up to the Easter Rising of 1916.
Published April 6, 2012
How the bankers cashed in after Pearse’s death
Dublin bankers cashed in Pádraig Pearse’s life insurance policy just
weeks after he was executed in 1916 and used the money to redeem a
series of promissory notes.
Published March 30, 2012
Colm Keenan and Eugene McGillan
The Bogside and Brandywell Monument Committee
held a commemoration in Derry this week for nineteen-year-old Colm Keenan and
eighteen-year-old Eugene McGillan, who were shot dead by British
soldiers in the Dove Gardens area of the Bogside on March 14, 1972.
Published March 23, 2012
George Clancy - Murdered Mayor
The two murdered mayors’, is still a familiar Limerick expression,
particularly among older citizens. Both were killed by the Black and Tans in the small hours of Monday 7 March 1921.
Published March 16, 2012
The Fenian Rising of 1867 took place on this week, 145 years ago.
Published March 9, 2012
The text of an address delivered by Sinn Féin leader
Gerry Adams as he launched the party’s ‘Love Rural Ireland’ campaign
this [Friday] morning in Castlebar.
Published March 2, 2012
It is encouraging to note the growing interest in Marian Price even if
it has been slow to materialise.
Published March 2, 2012
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