Pauline Mellon on the Ardoyne parades dispute, from her blog,
‘The Diary of a Derry Mother’.
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Pauline Mellon on the Ardoyne parades dispute, from her blog,
‘The Diary of a Derry Mother’.
Published October 8, 2016
Have Sinn Fein been outwitted by the DUP?
In setting out to free Ireland, in believing they could outwit the
British, Sinn Fein have in fact set us backwards to the days of unionist
domination.
Published October 1, 2016
Mark
Thompson of Relatives for Justice responds to the BBC Spotlight
documentary on the death of British double-agent Denis Donaldson.
Published September 24, 2016
Building Gaeilge for future generations
Irish history is full of examples of policies intended to deter the use
of the Irish language while promoting English. But it is also full of
courageous men and women who strove to defend the language and music and culture of Ireland.
Published September 17, 2016
Honest and transparent debate needed on united Ireland
A welcome off-shoot from the recent ‘Brexit’ referendum in Britain is
that talk of a United Ireland has come again to the fore of political
discourse all across Ireland.
Published September 10, 2016
The most beautiful of all battles
This week a peace agreement represents the first time that Colombia will
be at peace since 1948, and includes comprehensive agreements that
encompass many aspects of Colombian life.
Published August 27, 2016
Potential for building a new Ireland
Sinn Fein’s Martin McGuinness says that the debate on an united Ireland
has begun and can’t be stopped.
Published August 6, 2016
Once again a British politician - who has no stake in this
island - is given influence over our lives by a British government whose
priority interests are not ours.
Published July 30, 2016
Political process has a one dimensional unionist narrative
The revelation that the 1916 memorial in Carnlough was removed in the
dead of night by Mid and East Antrim Borough Council is unsurprising but
symptomatic of a political establishment and narrative that seeks to
remove all vestiges of Irish nationalist and republican culture and
history.
Published July 23, 2016
Sectarian Orange Order bonfires
Perhaps one reason why the Northern state turns a blind eye to the
naked sectarianism displayed at 11th July bonfires is the fundamentally
sectarian foundations of the British Constitution.
Published July 16, 2016
Ignoring the truth over north’s position on EU
Forthcoming negotiations are an opportunity for Sinn Fein
and northern nationalists to tighten relations with the Republic in ways
that benefit all the people on this island.
Published June 25, 2016
Question is now about extent of loyalist collusion
Let’s hope the Police Ombudsman’s report on the Loughinisland killings
becomes a model for future investigations by his office.
Published June 18, 2016
It is poignantly fitting that the truth about Loughinisland has emerged
at this precise time as people gather in their local pubs for the start of Euro
2016.
Published June 11, 2016
‘Brexit’ vote denies the national rights of the Irish
The upcoming ‘Brexit’ referendum holds significance for
Ireland given Britain’s continuing claim to sovereignty over the Six
Counties and her ongoing occupation of the North.
Published May 28, 2016
Writing about the hunger strike
35 years ago, on May 5th 1981, Bobby Sands died on hunger strike after
66 days without food. He was the first of 10 men to die in the H Blocks
of Long Kesh that terrible summer of 1981.
Published May 21, 2016
Sinn Féin must beware the left-wing surge
The large votes for People Before Profit candidates remain
the story of the election. Left wing candidates did most damage to Sinn
Féin and the SDLP.
Published May 7, 2016
Stormont elections - a mandate for British rule
Sean Bresnahan looks at the upcoming elections in the North. Sean
Bresnahan is a member of the Thomas Ashe Society in Omagh and National
PRO of the 1916 Societies.
Published April 30, 2016
Micheal Martin could play a role in Irish unity
A Micheal Martin speech at Bodenstown or in the Dail or at Arbour Hill would not be complete without an attack on Sinn Fein. I suppose we should take some comfort from this, writes Gerry Adams.
Published April 23, 2016
Sir Bob and the f***ing martyrs
Some time back there was a fashionable notion called the Tipping Point.
In the old days we’d have called it the straw that broke the camel’s
back. Well, I’ve reached that point with Sir Bob Geldof.
Published April 9, 2016
The Rising tide of revisionism
There's a lot of balderdash talked in the last couple of weeks about the Easter Rising being 'undemocratic'. So it was as people today view democracy. However that doesn't mean the existing government in Ireland was democratic. It wasn't.
Published March 26, 2016
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