The family of an Armagh teenager shot dead by a British state agent say
their campaign for justice won’t be stopped. “We know the truth; what we
want is for it to be recorded, set down in history, that this man killed
Gavin.”
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The family of an Armagh teenager shot dead by a British state agent say
their campaign for justice won’t be stopped. “We know the truth; what we
want is for it to be recorded, set down in history, that this man killed
Gavin.”
Published May 16, 2024
Remembering the forgotten victims of Dublin and Monaghan
The Dublin and Monaghan car bombings were the single biggest atrocity of the conflict committed in one day.
Last Friday a new documentary film on the massacre opened in Dublin.
Published May 16, 2024
Immigration and border tensions make Unity more urgent
The May 2024 local election results in England have confirmed what the
opinion polls have suggested for the past year. The Conservatives are
destined to lose the next UK General Election. But their actions for the
remainder of their time in government can still have an impact on both
Britain and Ireland.
Published May 9, 2024
There cannot be an official history of the Troubles
There was a revealing spat last week between the NIO and academic
historians about the British government’s plans to bowdlerise the
original historical archival proposals in the Stormont House Agreement
(SHA) on legacy
Published May 9, 2024
The opportunity for a new beginning
As former DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson was mobbed by a media scrum
outside Newry Courthouse following a first court hearing of shock sex
crime charges dating back to 1985, DUP interim leader Gavin Robinson has
been appealing for unionist unity. Unionism can use the current crisis
to plan for the future.
Published April 25, 2024
New memorial stone to mark anniversary of Peggy Whyte
The son of a woman murdered in a UVF bomb attack on her south Belfast
home has said the Catholic community living in the Lower Ormeau Road
area were one of the most targeted during the conflict.
Published April 18, 2024
Legacy of Bobby Sands MP’s victory
The election of hunger striker Bobby Sands as a Westminster MP 43 years ago
marked an historic change and set the Provisional movement on the path
to political settlement.
Published April 11, 2024
Harris couldn’t care less about the North
The Irish government must be the only one in the world which has an
objective, a constitutional imperative, repeated dutifully, religiously,
but no plan to achieve it and refuses to do anything to achieve it.
Published April 11, 2024
Israel’s destruction of Gaza’s healthcare system
Israel has ended its assault on the al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza, because
there is nothing left to assault.
Published April 4, 2024
Britain will never reveal its role in the ‘dirty war’
None of Jon Boutcher’s recommendations from Operation Kenova are likely
to be actioned, writes Brian Feeney.
Published March 28, 2024
Rosemary Nelson’s last interview
This week marks the 25th anniversary of the assassination of prominent
Irish human rights lawyer Rosemary Nelson. Her killing, amid Crown force
harassment, led to the continuing belief that the state colluded with
her loyalist killers.
Published March 21, 2024
Fire and rain: the burning of Long Kesh
An eyewitness account of the burning of the Long Kesh prison camp by Irish
republican internees 45 years ago this week, by Irish author Ronan Bennett.
Published March 21, 2024
Unveiling of statues is historic day for Belfast
The installation of two bronze statues in the grounds of Belfast City
Hall to commemorate two radical Belfast women has been hailed as a
“historic and symbolic day for the city”.
Published March 14, 2024
A referendum takes place in the 26 Counties on Friday to alter two articles of the Irish Constitution relating to families. Voters should vote no on the basis they
can both be redone, better, later.
Published March 7, 2024
The GAA club that saw off an army
A documentary on the Crossmaglen Rangers club in south Armagh highlights
the difficulties it has faced throughout the conflict.
Published February 29, 2024
I want to return to my home.
I want to feel like a human deserving of life. Truly deserving of the
most basic human rights.
Published February 22, 2024
Britain cannot handle the truth
An extract from an essay by Megan K. Stack for the New York Times on the
cover-up of the assassination of Belfast defence lawyer Pat Finucane, 35
years ago this month.
Published February 22, 2024
World leaders complicit in Israel’s crimes
Palestinians are at the end of the queue when it comes to international law,
according to the Motasem A Dalloul of Middle East Monitor.
Published February 15, 2024
Perfidious Albion and the trashing of the GFA
You’ve read this judgement by General de Gaulle here before but it’s
worth reminding you of it again: “For England there is no alliance which
holds, nor any treaty that’s valued, nor any truth which counts.”
Published February 15, 2024
A border poll is a case of when, not if
There won’t be a border poll tomorrow, but Northern Ireland is closer to
a vote than it has ever been before. It is not a case of if the people
of Northern Ireland go to the polls – it’s a case of when.
Published February 8, 2024
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