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A rare opportunity for Ireland to end the hegemony of Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael governments looms closer as the 26 County general election campaign enters its final stretch.

Police clampdown on Palestine protests

Both the Six and 26 County statelets have resorted to violence to suppress protests over the Israeli genocide in Palestine and Lebanon.

McDonald vows election boost for unity agenda

Mary Lou McDonald said British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and his government needs to indicate the ‘tipping point’ for a referendum on Irish unity.

‘Thatcher would have known’

Geraldine Finucane, the widow of murdered Belfast defence lawyer Pat Finucane, was interviewed this week by the Guardian in her Belfast home.

An assertive republicanism could still win this election

Attacks on the Fine Gael/Fianna Fáil as representing a choice between Tweedledum and Tweedledee are fine but Sinn Féin needs to demonstrate, in a clear and easily understood way, that it is radically different from these parties.

Government re-election campaign insults teachers

Derogatory remarks at a Fine Gael election event could be the ‘Black and Tan’ moment of this year’s 26 County general election.

General election set for November 29

The Dublin government is to officially call a general election on Friday as it pushed €400m into bank accounts in a bid to convince voters to ignore deepening crises in housing, inequality, health, child welfare, immigration, political greed and corruption.

Government fails to enact Palestine measure

The refusal of the Dublin government to use parliament time offered up by the opposition parties to pass long-delayed legislation on Palestine ahead of the general election has been condemned as “disgraceful”.

Sinn Féin’s HR debacle to face election test

Laois will see a showdown between former Sinn Féin TD, now independent republican Brian Stanley, and the party’s new candidate, Maria McCormack, after a disastrous internal inquiry erupted into the open in the midlands county, just weeks before the 26 County general election.

Ireland responds to US Presidential election

There has been a mixed reaction in Ireland to the election of Donald Trump as US president.

Drawing the line for the Union

How the ‘third man’ on the Boundary Commission 100 years ago helped secure the border for unionism.

Support for British rule falls below 50%

Support for the North of Ireland remaining in a Union with Britain has dropped below the key 50% level for the first time in a state-funded survey of the Six Counties, adding to pressure for an end to partition and the complete decolonisation of the island of Ireland.

Unionist media shamed into deleting IRA claims

The Belfast Telegraph and other unionist media organisations were forced into an embarrassing u-turn this week after publishing absurd claims about the supposed continuing actions of the Provisional IRA, which ended its armed campaign in 2005.

Portrait of Ó Donnghaile removed from City Hall

Sinn Féin vice president Michelle O’Neill has said she thinks it is appropriate that a portrait of disgraced former Sinn Féin Mayor of Belfast, Niall Ó Donnghaile, be removed from Belfast City Hall, but tensions have continued in the wake of scandals to beset the party.

Disaster for Sinn Féin as TDs quit over disputes

Sinn Féin’s problems in the 26 Counties have exploded ahead of an impending general election, with the departure of two TDs, including the shock resignation of party veteran, Laois/Offaly TD Brian Stanley.

Sinn Féin ‘frank and transparent’ over Senator’s departure

Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald has denied orchestrating an “elaborate cover-up” after the party failed to divulge the real reason for former Sinn Féin Senator Niall Ó Donnghaile’s sudden resignation from the Seanad last year.

The way to put loyalist gangs out of business is to stop the cash

There is that no incentive for paramilitary groups to transition – in fact there is every reason to stay in business, writes Brian Feeney.

Sinn Féin to undergo ‘complete overhaul’

Sinn Féin Leader Mary Lou McDonald has said she has ordered “a complete overhaul of governance procedures” for the party after it provided references for former party press officer Michael McMonagle, who has admitted a number of child sex offences.

Inept budget seen as starting gun for election

Most Irish politicians accept that the 26 County general election will be held next month following a cash ‘giveaway’ by the government in its annual announcement of its plans for the economy.

Varadkar surprises with Irish unity ideas

Former Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has spoken out strongly to urge greater focus and energy among Irish political representatives on the journey to Irish unity.

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