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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.

Published March 10, 2022

BBC imbalance shifting unionist agenda to the right

Evidence shows that a disproportionate airing of an outlandish minority line, legitimising it, has shifted the agenda within unionism to the right.

Published March 3, 2022

A party split by a deal with the British

A history of a landmark Sinn Féin Ard Fheis 100 years ago this week which still has echoes today, by Des Dalton.

Published February 24, 2022

Fear of the Shinners gives establishment the jitters

The third week in February was national Bash The Shinners Week, according to Pat Flanagan.

Published February 24, 2022

The Weaver Street bombing and not dealing with the past

One of the most shocking incidents following the signing of the Treaty took place 100 years ago this week, when Catholic children playing in a Belfast street were bombed.

Published February 17, 2022

The DUP is trapped in a delusion

Since Stormont was set up in 1999, it has been shut for 37pc of the time. It should be a time-share.

Published February 17, 2022

Drew Harris and Special Branch collusion

I’m waiting for a journalist – maybe RTÉ – to approach Garda Commissioner Drew Harris and ask him what he knows of these murderous activities involving Special Branch.

Published February 10, 2022

Shankill visit illustrates partisan British behaviour

British Direct Ruler Brandon Lewis, British foreign secretary Liz Truss and Orange Order grand secretary Mervyn Gibson met on the loyalist Shankill Road in Belfast last Thursday. Commentator Brian Feeney on what he describes as a deliberately provocative gesture.

Published February 3, 2022

Jack Clafferty

An obituary written by Aisling Claffery for her father, a draughtsman who produced memorable images connected with the conflict in the north of Ireland.

Published January 13, 2022

The Treaty debate

A historical account of the parliamentary debate on the Anglo-Irish Treaty of 1921, 100 years ago this week which presaged the outbreak of the Irish Civil War, by Des Dalton.

Published January 13, 2022

Deaf ears and blind eyes fuelled rage we felt for years

Commentator Joe Brolly has addressed the southern establishment’s selfish response to the conflict in the north.

Published January 6, 2022

2022 will bring north’s disappearance closer

Unionists’ bad faith, bad behaviour and seditious lawlessness demonstrate the truth of Enoch Powell’s conclusion that there is no halfway house between full integration into the UK and a united Ireland.

Published January 6, 2022

It’s past time to release Leonard Peltier

This Christmas take a moment to think about Leonard Peltier.

Published December 30, 2021

‘The Treaty’

One hundred years ago this week, a deal forced upon Irish negotiators under the threat of an immediate and terrible war, brought about the disastrous partition of Ireland. A historical account by Des Dalton.

Published December 11, 2021

A moment of great hope and optimism

Marking the centenary of the signing of the treaty, Sinn Féin Leader Mary Lou McDonald writes that a new and United Ireland is within sight and that we will see the ending of partition and the unification of all of our people, in our time.

Published December 11, 2021

Unionist noise masks lack of leadership

You couldn’t fail to notice a striking imbalance in the heat and noise generated here this year about the consequences of the Brexit the DUP supported.

Published November 26, 2021

Who is really shocked about the killing of a Palestinian boy?

A Palestinian child was killed by Israeli forces on Friday, 5 November.

Published November 13, 2021

Triggering Article 16 will mean turmoil for north

Within days of Brexit coming into effect last January xenophobic British tabloids were ranting about Dutch customs officers at the Hook of Holland ferry terminal confiscating ‘British lorry drivers’ ham sandwiches’.