When Boris Johnson tells you that his government is determined to defend
the Good Friday Agreement – don’t believe a word of it.
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When Boris Johnson tells you that his government is determined to defend
the Good Friday Agreement – don’t believe a word of it.
Published October 23, 2020
The dramatic death took place 100 years ago this week of a revolutionary who became synonymous with Ireland’s fight for independence.
Published October 9, 2020
Majella O’Hare was just 12 years of age when she was shot twice in the back by a British paratrooper on her way to Mass in Whitecross, County Armagh, on August 16, 1976.
Published October 9, 2020
Bloody Sunday: ‘They want us to shush’
Many people outside Derry say - and others may frequently feel like saying - that the city does go on a bit about its grievances. This week is no exception, with another eruption of rage over Bloody Sunday.
Published October 2, 2020
Tuesday September 22nd, marked the 100th anniversary of the most
significant event in the War of Independence in Clare.
Published September 25, 2020
The appointment of Drew Harris, revisited
Politicians on both sides of the Atlantic have this week called
for the current Garda Commissioner, former RUC Assistant Chief Constable
(ACC) Drew Harris, to resign from his post over his past connection to
collusion in the north of Ireland.
Published September 25, 2020
Unquiet Graves and the continuing cover-up
‘Unquiet Graves’ was on RTÉ ONE last night and it made for hard viewing.
Published September 19, 2020
‘A choice between Brexit Britain and a New Ireland’
Ireland is entering a decade of opportunity, according to Sinn Féin’s
Deputy First Minister Michelle O’Neill.
Published September 11, 2020
Johnson’s behaviour is no surprise
The only surprise about the British government’s unilateral plans to
legislate for its own version of the procedures for operating the Irish
Protocol in the Withdrawal Agreement is that anyone is surprised.
Published September 11, 2020
The killings near Drumnakilly, County Tyrone, of brothers Martin and Gerald Harte, and Brian Mullen, three local IRA Volunteers, took place on 30th August 1988, 32 years ago this week.
Published September 4, 2020
Partition sucks. It doesn’t merit celebration
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson intends to establish a Centenary Forum and a Centenary Historical Advisory Plan as part of his government’s plans to mark 100 years of the Northern state.
Published September 4, 2020
The shooting of a member of Britain’s Royal Irish Constabulary 100 years ago sparked weeks of anti-Catholic violence. An
account of an infamous episode in the town’s history which became known
as ‘The Burnings’.
Published August 28, 2020
Golfgate is a story of ruling class entitlement
Irish EU Commissioner Paul Hogan resigned on Thursday, the latest
casualty of a golf outing that showed how the class system works in
Ireland. A look at an ongoing story by Paulie Doyle, for Tribune
magazine.
Published August 28, 2020
Gaza goes dark under new terror campaign
Gaza’s electricity supply has been cut to around three hours a day as Israeli bombing of the besieged Palestinian enclave has continued for ten consecutive days.
Published August 21, 2020
Questions the BME community ask about Noah Donohoe
The handling of the disappearance and death of Noah Donohoe has also
raised concerns about systemic racism in the North of Ireland.
Published August 21, 2020
Mickey Devine: The last hunger striker to die
Mickey Devine, from the Creggan in Derry city, was the tenth and final hunger striker to die in the 1981 fight against the criminalisation of Irish republican prisoners.
Published August 14, 2020
We do not have clear and equal policing
Violence, arrests, prosecutions and incarcerations are all avoidable
if we have clear and equal policing of both sides of the divide to
include managing illegal bonfires.
Published August 14, 2020
Belfast-based political activist Fra Hughes been asked by friends in Lebanon to highlight the following appeal.
Published August 7, 2020
John’s contribution to Irish politics cannot be underestimated. When
others talked endlessly about peace John grasped the challenge and
helped make peace happen.
Published August 7, 2020
In the middle of July 1920, thousands of “disloyal” workers in Belfast
were driven out of their workplaces by unionist mobs. In the immediate
aftermath, rioting between nationalists and unionists left nineteen
people dead. This outbreak marked the start of a period of violence that
left almost five hundred dead and which became known by nationalists as
“the Belfast pogrom.”
Published July 24, 2020
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