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Last Sunday, the 1916 Societies commemorated Hunger Striker Óglach Raymond McCreesh in Camlough, South Armagh, on the anniversary of his death. Tommy McKearney gave the main oration.

The Union is cracking at the seams

The North's First Minister, Michelle O’Neill, writes that Westminster politics continues to lurch further to the right, and that offers little for Scotland, Wales or Ireland.

An all-island Presidential election for the first time

A Bill from Aontú to give presidential voting rights to Irish citizens in the north of Ireland passed its second stage this week, but it still under threat from the coalition government.

What is the use of going back into Stormont?

What is the point of the Stormont assembly except to perpetuate partition, which is the cause of the problem?

Séamus McElwain remembered

Several hundred people turned out at a Sinn Féin event in Scotstown in County Monaghan last Sunday to mark the 40th anniversary of the death of IRA legend, Óglach Séamus McElwain.

It’s time for Sinn Féin to give up on the Belfast Assembly

What is the use of going back into the Stormont arrangements again in 2027 when they don’t deliver on anything?

Jailbreak by whaleboat, 150 years on

We republish a history of the heroic events surrounding the famous Catalpa Fenian jailbreak of 150 years ago.

Shared Island initiative an excuse to do nothing on Unity

An analysis by former Irish diplomat Ray Bassett, once the longest-serving Irish government official in the Six Counties (for irishborderpoll.com)

Cypriots demand closure of British bases

More than half of voters in the Republic of Cyprus want to shut down British military bases on the eastern Mediterranean island, a new poll has found.

The ‘rest of the UK’ is a meaningless invention

The media fail to simple compare the north of Ireland with Britain as it would reinforce this place’s separateness, writes Brian Feeney.

Sixteen Dead Men

The ‘Sixteen Dead Men’ about whom Yeats wrote his poem in the aftermath of the Easter Rising were a diverse group.

Irish reporter survives Israeli assassination bid

War journalist Steve Sweeney, an Irish citizen, was reporting from Lebanon when he and his cameraman were targeted in an Israeli rocket attack. The camera captured a missile exploding just metres from his filming location in southern Lebanon. Both were injured and narrowly avoided being killed.

Tom Smith

Dublin Brigade 2nd Battalion IRA Volunteer Tom Smith was born on the 22nd of March 1948 in Dublin’s southside close to the banks of the industrial waterway, the Grand Canal.

Sinn Féin will not be complicit in Middle East war

The decision by the United States, alongside Israel, to launch unprovoked military operations against Iran, is a flagrant violation of the United Nations Charter and International Law.

Bobby Sands

Bobby Sands began his hunger strike, 45 years ago this week. A brief account of his life and death in struggle, by the Seán Heuston 1916 Society.

The failures of royalty

All human beings have the right, as a birthright, to be treated equally. I am for a rights-based, citizen-centred society in which citizens fulfil their obligations for the common good.

‘You didn’t grow up with bombs’

An opinion piece by Belfast Republican Séamus Mac Shíomóin on the struggles being faced by a new generation.

How Britain’s bid to criminalise the IRA backfired spectacularly

It is 50 years since Special Category Status was abolished for political prisoners in the north of Ireland. An analysis by Brian Feeney.

Helena Molony: a revolutionary life

Irish revolutionary and heroine Helena Molony, the gallant rebel and trade union activist was born in Dublin in 1884, and passed away on the 28th January 1967, 59 years ago this week.

Kitson’s memoirs - a blind eye to British crimes

The autobiography of British General Sir Frank Kitson is an account of British military failures through several colonial wars in which he fought, including in Ireland.

May 21, 2026

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