If they aren't able to destroy the desire for freedom, they won't break
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If they aren't able to destroy the desire for freedom, they won't break
you.
Published August 19, 2011
This Tuesday marked exactly 40 years since the beginning of one of the
most horrifying periods in the history of West Belfast.
Published August 13, 2011
IRA Volunteer Thomas McElwee died on hunger strike at Long Kesh prison,
thirty years ago today. A brief biography of Thomas, who was known
for being sincere, easy-going and full of fun.
Published August 8, 2011
An interview by ‘Street Voice’ with Roisin Lynch, the partner of ailing
prisoner Brendan Lillis and head of the campaign to release him before
he dies in jail.
Published August 8, 2011
A dedicated republican and an outstanding soldier
A profile of republican hero Kieran Doherty who died on hunger strike
at Long Kesh jail on August 2nd, 1981, thirty years ago this week.
Published August 3, 2011
Address to Kieran Doherty commemoration
The full text of an address by Sinn Fein TD Caoimhghín
Ó Caoláin in Monaghan to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the death
of hunger striker Kieran Doherty.
Published August 3, 2011
Norwegian killer praised Bloody Sunday
Right-wing mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik made a bizarre reference
to Derry’s Bloody Sunday in his 1500 page manifesto, it has emerged.
Published July 29, 2011
Somalia - a failure of politics
Famine is a terrible word. It conjures up frightening images and for
many in Ireland a folk memory of the Great Hunger of the 1840’s.
Published July 29, 2011
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
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