The young people of Ireland know that the key to a better, stronger and brighter future lies in their hands. The time is coming, very shortly, where they will seize the opportunity that is being presented to them.
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Not preparing for a United Ireland is irresponsible
The young people of Ireland know that the key to a better, stronger and brighter future lies in their hands. The time is coming, very shortly, where they will seize the opportunity that is being presented to them.
Published January 16, 2021
Brexit advances Irish economic unity
The Dublin government is being urged to help facilitate the increasing reality of Irish unity following the end of the Brexit transition period and the creation of an Irish Sea border.
Published January 9, 2021
Shock in Ireland after US Capitol is seized by mob
Political leaders in Ireland universally condemned the invasion of the Capitol Building in Washington DC by extremist supporters of Donald Trump.
Published January 9, 2021
The New IRA and several republican political organisations have issued statements to mark the New Year.
Published January 9, 2021
Wales ‘has pathway to independence’
Wales will be offered an independence referendum within five years if the Welsh nationalist party, Plaid Cymru, commands a majority at next May’s Welsh Parliament elections, the party’s leader Adam Price has said.
Published December 11, 2020
Pressure on Johnson as Brexit deadline approaches
US President-elect Joe Biden has again spoken out against the prospect of a remilitarised border through Ireland and Britain’s moves to violate the Good Friday Agreement and international law.
Published November 27, 2020
Fine Gael shaken by mounting nepotism allegations
Fine Gael launched its most bitter attack on Sinn Féin in years this week in a desperate response to a cronyism scandal which has now expanded to include the position of shamed Supreme Court judge Seamus Woulfe.
Published November 14, 2020
Irish leaders respond to US election outcome
The President of Ireland Michael D Higgins has led Irish congratulations to Joe Biden after his success in becoming the US President.
Published November 7, 2020
Tories wary as Biden elected US President
The new US President-elect Joe Biden could make a visit to Ireland’s border area as part of an intervention on Brexit, according to reports.
Published November 7, 2020
Cheating politicians cheat us all
Leo Varadkar is either a liar or a very unlucky man.
Published November 6, 2020
US Action Alert: Stop plans for a hard border
This weeks marks the 40th anniversary of the start of the 1980 hunger strike in the H-Blocks of Long Kesh, as well as the centenary of the death on hunger strike of Terence MacSwiney, the Sinn Féin Lord Mayor of Cork. It is also an important week for the Irish cause in 2020. That is because it is now widely believed that the British government has delayed key Brexit negotiations until after the US Presidential election.
Published October 27, 2020
US election campaign echoes in Ireland
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has outlined how he will
work with Irish-America and Ireland if he is elected US president.
Published October 23, 2020
Post-Brexit Europe will see a border between Scotland and England if the
result of the latest poll, which found 58% of Scots now support
independence, is borne out in a referendum.
Published October 16, 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
Hardline unionists back Trump in US election
The DUP and other unionists have been endorsing Donald Trump to win the US Presidential election in November.
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
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
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
Coalition ‘a shambles’ as stresses mount
The lifespan of the new government in Dublin appears to be shortening as
unrest within the three-party coalition has begun to manifest itself.
Published July 24, 2020