Renowned Irish journalist Frank Connolly exposed some of the biggest scandals that rocked the political establishment and led ...
Irish military neutrality is greatly valued. It has enhanced the reputation of our peacekeepers overseas and allowed Ireland ...
When a series of Sinn Féin and SDLP delegation meetings during 1987 and 1988 ended, both Gerry Adams and John Hume, then leader of the SDLP, continued to meet privately. Their dialogue became known as ...
The grave of Theobald Wolfe Tone at Bodenstown was for long the site of the largest annual national gathering of republicans. Other events may since have overtaken it in numbers, but it remains the ...
"We are unambiguously anti-racist, anti-sectarian and anti-fascist; committed to equality, social justice and human rights for all citizens" Two weeks ago, racist pogroms were mounted against ethnic ...
"Whatever decision is made in the Executive on 28 May, workers and families should not be made to wait any longer" Last week a large number of local trade unionists, various MLAs, and Party workers ...
There was huge interest among delegates to the presentation on the Triple Lock at last summer’s ICTU Global Solidarity School. As a result Dublin Council of Trade Unions organised a similar ...
24 April marks the 110th anniversary of the Easter Rising in Ireland, when Irish revolutionaries took on the might of the British empire and declared a national Republic. The Proclamation of the ...
"The connection between the US and the Irish Republicans stretches from the American Revolution to today. It is deep and enduring" For many, the annual influx of politicians to Washington for St.
The recent London court case against Gerry Adams must be seen against the backdrop of a long effort to delegitimise the Irish republican struggle - an effort that, with the collapse of the case, has ...
A couple of weeks ago I walked with a friend from the car park at Cargin Chapel towards the graveyard to attend the 50 th anniversary commemoration for Volunteer Anne McCoy. We spoke about the 40 and ...
Before Ireland was partitioned, the law that governed us did not arrive with consent. It arrived with empire. It drew borders not only around our land, but around our lives, our bodies, our language, ...