A look at the significance to Ireland of the Scottish
independence referendum by Colum Eastwood MLA of the SDLP.
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Irish nationalism must catch up with Scotland
A look at the significance to Ireland of the Scottish
independence referendum by Colum Eastwood MLA of the SDLP.
Published September 20, 2014
There are no short cuts to freedom
A republican analysis of the Scottish independence referendum by the Republican Network for Unity.
Published September 20, 2014
If the vote is No, the debate about Scotland’s future in the UK will
only intensify.
Published September 13, 2014
IMF deal would be another humiliation for Dublin govt
Irish politicians, the people who are supposed to represent our
interests and fight our corner, appear happy to collude in a charade over the cost of bailing out the EU's banking system.
Published September 13, 2014
Ceasefire promises were disingenuous
The view of the Republican Network for Unity on the 20th anniversary
of the Provisional IRA ceasefire
Published September 6, 2014
The IRA cessation opened up the space for the development of the peace
process.
Published August 30, 2014
Moderate unionists driven out by bigots
For every incident that happened this year or last year you can cite one
exactly the same or worse 50 years ago.
Published August 30, 2014
Women’s bodies not considered their own
To allow hundreds of distressed young women to make a lonely journey
across the Irish Sea every year because they have been denied proper
care in their own country is shameful.
Published August 23, 2014
Denigrating the people of 1916
Former taoiseach John Bruton is on a crusade to revive Redmondism in
Irish politics and to denigrate the men and women who gave us the
Proclamation of the Irish Republic and the 1916 Rising.
Published August 9, 2014
There are two compelling factors that stand out in any examination of
the crisis in Gaza: the persistent intransigence of Israeli Prime
Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and the Israeli unwillingness to pursue a
diplomatic and political solution to the Palestinian tragedy.
Published August 2, 2014
MI5’s murky role in Kincora scandal yet to be exposed
MI5’s
interests will take precedence over the rights of raped children.
Published July 26, 2014
The short ceasefire in Gaza will only be another temporary lull in the cyclical violence
in that region unless a real and inclusive dialogue takes place
involving all of the combatant groups.
Published July 19, 2014
If you live in the past, you can’t learn from it
After this huff is over unionists will have to return to the
negotiating table as they have had to do on every previous occasion
when they walked away.
Published July 12, 2014
John Bruton puts Easter 1916 in its place
Commemorations by the establishment seek to provide us with history not as it was, but as they would prefer it to have been.
Published July 5, 2014
Spectacular intellectual gymnastics and the Guildford 4
The responsibility for the detention and incarceration of many innocent
people in England and in Ireland rests absolutely with the various
police forces and judicial and political system.
Published June 28, 2014
Irish government has abdicated responsibility
You may not have noticed, because the Irish and British governments have
been denying it, but something has gone seriously wrong with the
British-Irish joint approach to the north.
Published June 21, 2014
People power pushed Sinn Fein to the top
Sinn Fein’s performance in the nationwide election a few weeks ago was
not only stunning for the party it was a personal triumph of
unprecedented proportions for Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams.
Published June 14, 2014
The revelations of the mass grave of babies in Tuam is horrifying and
the Taoiseach must launch a full-scale national inquiry, writes Susan
Lohan, co-founder of the Adoption Rights Alliance.
Published June 7, 2014
Government given notice to quit
The Fine Gael/Labour government is in crisis. The election results of
recent days confirm this. They have been effectively given a notice to
quit by the electorate.
Published May 31, 2014
Watch the DUP take a hard right to outdo the TUV
Allister is now a player. He can't be
ignored in any attempt to create a unionist pact for the 2015 general
election.
Published May 31, 2014
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