Ms. Francesca Albanese is the Special Rapporteur for the United Nations
in the Palestinian territories. She is a remarkable champion for human
rights and international law whose moral integrity and deep rooted
humanity are an inspiration.
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A courageous advocate for Palestinians
Ms. Francesca Albanese is the Special Rapporteur for the United Nations
in the Palestinian territories. She is a remarkable champion for human
rights and international law whose moral integrity and deep rooted
humanity are an inspiration.
Published April 3, 2025
Cuts announced this month by the British government Minister Rachel Reeves are set to push thousands of people in the north of Ireland into poverty and have been
opposed across the political spectrum.
Published March 27, 2025
Carl Duffy, a candidate for Aontú in the last general election in
Fermanagh and South Tyrone, lays out a possible ‘inch-by-inch’ approach
towards a United Ireland.
Published March 27, 2025
The smell of death returns in Gaza
We are in a terrifying new reality, writes Jannah Ahmad Abu Sitta (for the Electronic Intifada).
Published March 20, 2025
Fifty years ago this week, Joey Clarke died from gunshot wounds he
received when he went to answer a knock at the door of his home off the
Ormeau Road. By Anthony Neeson (for belfastmedia.com)
Published March 13, 2025
An account of how former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher personally oversaw an SAS
shoot-to-kill ambush that claimed the lives of three republicans in Gibraltar in 1988, 37
years ago this week.
Published March 6, 2025
The decision by Uachtarán Shinn Féin Mary Lou McDonald and Leas
Uachtarán Michelle O’Neill not to attend the St. Patrick’s Day events in
the White House and the Speakers lunch on Capitol Hill, will undoubtedly
upset some of our friends across Irish America. This is very understandable.
Published March 6, 2025
It’s the end game for Irish unity, but Dublin won’t play
Neither Micheál Martin nor Simon Harris has the slightest intention of
lifting a finger to advance reunification. It would upset the applecart.
Published February 20, 2025
The extradition of Martin McCauley
A message shared on social media from Christine McCauley, the wife of
veteran republican Martin McCauley, who was extradited to the north of
Ireland last week.
Published February 13, 2025
The 1916 Societies on the verdict that the use of force by the SAS in
the killing of the four Clonoe Martyrs was ‘not justified’.
Published February 13, 2025
Unity is the Irish state’s constitutional imperative
Tánaiste Simon Harris and Taoiseach Micheál Martin are ignoring the
central point of the peace deal they trumpet.
Published February 6, 2025
The north can never be a nation
The failure of previous attempts to wash away the name of something
unpleasant, as illustrated with Windscale, Long Kesh and the protocol,
only leads to ridicule.
Published January 16, 2025
At the halfway point in what has been termed the ‘decade of
opportunities’, an assessesment of the chances of securing a border
poll by 2030.
Published December 30, 2024
Red faces for ‘peace’ group funders
A widely hailed loyalist ‘peacemaker’ is convicted of possessing guns
and ammunition. You just couldn’t make this stuff up.
Published December 12, 2024
Irish republican prisoner list
An updated Irish Republican Prisoners List for 2024,
with addresses for sending Christmas greetings.
Published December 5, 2024
Sinn Féin’s appeal is rooted in our republicanism
The choice in this election is crystal clear – another government led by
Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil – or a new government led by Sinn Féin.
Published November 28, 2024
Geraldine Finucane, the widow of murdered Belfast defence lawyer Pat
Finucane, was interviewed this week by the Guardian in her Belfast home.
Published November 21, 2024
An assertive republicanism could still win this election
Attacks on the Fine Gael/Fianna Fáil as representing a choice between
Tweedledum and Tweedledee are fine but Sinn Féin needs to demonstrate,
in a clear and easily understood way, that it is radically different
from these parties.
Published November 21, 2024
An account of a famous IRA escape in 1974, adapted from a feature published
earlier this year by Laois Today.
Published November 13, 2024
A brief autobiography by former political prisoner and author Tim
Brannigan for the BBC radio show ‘It’s My Story: Where Are You Really
From?’
Published November 7, 2024
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