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Confronting sectarianism

We need a new legal definition of sectarianism entrenched in law with legal sanctions and robust incitement to hatred provisions.

Published June 16, 2022

Vile song about a woman’s strangulation is a new low

Sectarianism met misogyny on the outskirts of an east Belfast Orange hall last weekend, and what unfolded far surpassed the worst stereotype some regularly complain their opponents foist upon them.

Published June 9, 2022

Last weekend marked the centenary of a Donegal-Fermanagh border battle, part of the doomed ‘Northern Offensive’ campaign said to have been encouraged by Michael Collins to unite supporters and opponents of the Anglo-Irish Treaty to challenge the partition of Ireland it helped to bring about.

Published June 1, 2022

Timely US visit confirms protocol is here to stay

The visit of Richie Neal and his congressional colleagues to Brussels, London, Dublin and Belfast could not have occurred at a more opportune moment.

Published May 26, 2022

Even in death, are lies exposed

Scenes from occupied Jerusalem, where the funeral of state-murdered journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was attacked by Israeli forces, have recalled for many the murderous and oppressive actions of the British forces in Ireland. Maureen Clare Murphy writes from Palestine about a dark week for the conflict there.

Published May 19, 2022

Brown family show tenacity in campaign for justice

In the 25 years since the brutal murder of Sean Brown his family have been repeatedly frustrated in their campaign for justice.

Published May 19, 2022

Bobby Sands’ historic election victory

Thatcher and her government’s intransigence handed republicans a victory that not even countless IRA military operations could have achieved, according to the author of a new book.

Published May 5, 2022

Thomas Ashe

Thomas Ashe was a founder member of the Irish Volunteers who led a rare Irish victory during the 1916 Rising, 106 years ago this week.

Published April 28, 2022

The process of change is unstoppable

The Good Friday Agreement has created new opportunities. Not least of these is the fact that for the first time there is a peaceful, democratic route to bring about constitutional change.

Published April 28, 2022

The occupation of the Four Courts

One hundred years ago this week, the IRA occupied the Four Courts in Dublin, Ireland’s most prominent courts building, resulting in a tense stand-off which would come to mark the start of Ireland’s civil war. A historical account by Des Dalton.

Published April 21, 2022

Easter statements

Statements issued by republican groups to mark the anniversary of the Easter Rising.

Published April 21, 2022

The UDR – A powerful weapon in Britain’s ‘dirty war’

Declassified files have revealed the shocking level of collusion between the British Army’s UDR regiment and loyalists. Micheál Smith is the author of a new book on the subject.

Published April 14, 2022

How it has all gone wrong for unionism

It is commonly argued that unionism’s problems began with Brexit, but the explanation lies much deeper in history.

Published April 14, 2022

The Arnon Street massacre

A hundred years ago this week, the Crown Forces murdered six nationalist civilians in Belfast, shortly after they had killed six Catholic civilians in the McMahon murders.

Published April 7, 2022

British borders bill highlights illogicality of partition

Just when you thought the Brexit commotion had taken a back seat to war in Ukraine and spiralling cost-of-living concerns, a Westminster vote limiting free movement for people on the island of Ireland inserts a new plot twist.

Published March 31, 2022

The McMahon murders

The infamous slaughter of the McMahon family 100 years ago epitomised the Protestant campaign of terror against Catholics.

Published March 24, 2022

European hypocrisy over Palestine has been exposed

Going forward, it will not be acceptable for European policymakers to tell me, when I ask them to treat Palestine like Ukraine: “It’s different!”

Published March 17, 2022

Ukraine war means it’s all over for protocol protests

We’re living through the biggest geopolitical shock since the Berlin Wall fell in 1989.

Published March 17, 2022

Momentous change marked in Dungarvan

On Saturday, March 5, in the grounds of Dungarvan Castle, a special event took place to mark the centennial withdrawal of British forces from the garrison and its subsequent handover to the local IRA, ending an 800-year British presence in the County Waterford town.

Published March 10, 2022

Russia get out of Ukraine

The views of former Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams on the conflict in Ukraine.