Sarah may well be the closest I have come to being in the company
of a living saint.
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Sarah may well be the closest I have come to being in the company
of a living saint.
Published September 28, 2023
A ‘new Ireland’ isn’t exclusively a Sinn Féin project
The southern election will probably be next year, and government
partners Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael are under serious pressure.
Published September 21, 2023
Legacy bill violates domestic and international law
The age old saying “only victims know the true cost of war” is certainly
apt as the Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Bill is
railroaded through Westminster.
Published September 14, 2023
John Joe McGirl – an unbreakable Fenian
In the course of almost 60 years of activism I have been very lucky to
meet many wonderful, committed, compassionate republicans. On Saturday,
in Ballinamore in County Leitrim, Republicans from Leitrim and beyond
gathered to celebrate the life of one of these – John Joe McGirl.
Published September 7, 2023
The push factors toward a United Ireland
I came across a striking image this week. Shared by Dr Patrick
Bresnihan, it depicted urban planner Frank Gibney’s 1942 vision for a
United Ireland.
Published September 7, 2023
Irish Times journalist Freya McClements recently visited Milltown
cemetery in west Belfast, which opened 154 years ago. She met with Gerry
Doherty, the cemetery’s manager, and historian Tom Hartley.
Published August 31, 2023
How the London IRA changed history
A new account of the assassination of Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson MP
illuminates the contribution of the Irish in Britain to the struggle for
Irish freedom, by Ronan McGreevy.
Published August 24, 2023
A look from the US at Britain’s ‘Bill of Shame’, by Hon.
Michael C. Mentel (for the Irish Echo).
Published August 24, 2023
If we deny Saoradh equality, where do we stop?
Banks do not keep information about their customers’ political beliefs.
Did the PSNI ask, advise or instruct the banks to act against republicans?
Published August 17, 2023
The long-running farce undermining unity
Few eyebrows will have been raised north of the border at this week’s
revelations that the Irish government bungled the Boundary Commission
post-partition. Dropping the ball then set a pattern for the century to
come.
Published August 3, 2023
North has never been integral part of UK
An Irish academic is right to criticise a new book for ‘sidestepping the
colonial question’ when it comes to the north of Ireland.
Published August 3, 2023
Margaret Buckley was an Irish republican and president of Sinn Féin from
1937 to 1950. She was the first female leader of Sinn Féin and was the
first Irishwoman to lead a political party. An account of her life from
Saoirse, first published by RSF in 1998.
Published July 27, 2023
Brothers Richard (10), Mark (9) and Jason (8), died when a petrol bomb
was thrown through the living room window of their home in Carnany
estate in Ballymoney, on July 12 1998. Dave Joyce, father of one of the
Quinn boys, spoke to the Sunday World.
Published July 27, 2023
The decades-old snake pit that is the former Kincora Boys’ Home in
Belfast, where children were abused in blackmail tactics against
unionist politicians and loyalists by British spooks, is about to
resurface.
Published July 20, 2023
Increasing numbers of Irish republicans are being detained without bail
and with little prospect of facing trial. Members of the Soaradh
leadership have now endured three years of ‘internment by remand’. The
party is calling on all republicans and human rights groups to speak out
about the mounting scandal.
Published July 13, 2023
What exactly is the Orange Order celebrating?
Today marks the start of the marching month of July. It is sometimes
called the mad month which, just like clockwork, sees bonfires in
built-up areas, parades (and feeder parades), speeches and resolutions,
banners, and all the rest.
Published July 6, 2023
Border poll will force all of us to face our biases
A fundamental lack of understanding between people North and South is
the greatest barrier to reconciliation of this island.
Published June 22, 2023
In this 225th anniversary year of the 1798 rebellion, common sense
should dictate the way we view the death of Ireland’s greatest patriot.
By Paddy Cullivan (For the Irish Times).
Published June 15, 2023
Not a single reputable legal expert has expressed support for a bill
which is concocted only to whitewash the actions of British military
personnel here.
Published June 15, 2023
The ethnic cleansing of the Highland Clearances
The Highland Clearances in Scotland were part of a process of agricultural change
throughout Britain, but the late timing, the abruptness of the change
from the Clan System in the Scottish Highlands and the brutality of many
of the evictions gave the Highland Clearances particular notoriety.
Published June 8, 2023
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