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The Gough Barracks Raid

The Irish Republican Army (IRA) made an audacious raid on Gough Barracks in Armagh town on June 12, 1954, sixty years ago this week. It marked the reawakening of IRA activity in Ireland and a re-arming that leads eventually to the 1956-1962 Border Campaign.

Published June 13, 2024

Only months for Sinn Féin to find answers

The council and Euro elections in the south were in some ways uncannily like those in 2019, but in other ways different.

Published June 13, 2024

A tribute to Michael Gaughan

A tribute to Michael Gaughan, who died on hunger strike in Parkhurst Prison in London, fifty years ago this week.

Published June 6, 2024

Goodbye and good riddance to our Brexit hard men

They imposed Brexit on the north, which the majority of people opposed, because neither of them knew anything about Ireland and cared less about the consequences.

Published June 6, 2024

Details of 1921 Derry prison break unearthed

A recently unearthed document provides a valuable insight into Derry’s history. By Seamus McKinney (for the Irish News)

Published May 30, 2024

The collective amnesia over the Dublin-Monaghan bombings

The Dublin-Monaghan bombings directly affected thousands of people, not just the relatives of the 33 people and an unborn baby who were killed, but the hundreds injured and their families.

Published May 23, 2024

Immigrants are not the enemy

Conservative and right wing elements are exploiting the issue of asylum seekers and immigrants or race to advance their own agenda.

Published May 23, 2024

‘We won’t be silenced’

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.