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Irish Times corrected on burial of hunger striker Frank Stagg

29 March 2024

A serious inaccuracy in the Irish Times concerning the burial of Frank Stagg has been corrected by Danny Morrison. In its obituary of Frank’s brother the late Emmet Stagg, former Labour Party TD, the newspaper omitted the hijacking and burial of Frank’s body by the Fine Gael/Labour government and gave the wrong location for that first burial. Free article

Unionist councillors oppose moves to help refugees

23 September 2015

Anger as unionist parties in Antrim block motion aimed at aiding refugees fleeing Syria Free article

Uncomfortable Conversations happening in Scotland

22 September 2015

PLAINS is a small, quiet village in north Lanarkshire, close to the larger centres of Airdrie and Coatbridge.

The west of Scotland is marked by sectarian geography not unlike the segregation seen in the North of Ireland – Plains is regarded as a Catholic village, as is the town of Coatbridge, while Airdrie is seen as strongly loyalist, with the suburb of Clarkston, the... Free article

Sinn Féin, the Labour Party and the 1916 Rising

18 September 2015

The real test of credibility on the 1916 Rising is how parties live up to the Proclamation of the Republic today Free article

The death of 1916 rebel Thomas Kent

18 September 2015

Thomas Kent was re-interred on Friday after 99 years of lying buried within prison walls Free article

The Irish Volunteer - Óglach na hÉireann, Volume 2 - Number 41

18 September 2015

Series by Mícheál Mac Donncha chronicling the road to the 1916 Rising as seen through the pages of An tÓglach – the Irish Volunteer from 24 April 1915 to 22 April 1916 Free article

Gerry Adams hits back at Tánaiste claims of 'Sinn Féin hijacking 1916'

18 September 2015

Sinn Féin says Labour Party has nothing in common with patriots of 1916 Free article

Should President Higgins not give Kent oration?

17 September 2015

The re-interment of Thomas Kent, one of the executed 1916 leaders, should be a major national event. Yet it seems strangely muted Free article

British Ambassador joins Gerry Adams in Dublin to launch Sinn Féin reconciliation initiative

17 September 2015

'For all of us with an interest in promoting peace and reconciliation across these islands, 'Uncomfortable Conversations' should be required reading' – British Ambassador to Ireland Dominick Chilcott Free article

The death of Terence Wheelock – '10 years on and still no justice'

16 September 2015

10 years on from death of Terence Wheelock in Store St Garda station, his family are still looking for answers Free article

EXCLUSIVE – Bobby Storey after his arrest, still totally committed to Peace Process

13 September 2015

Unionists have to come out of their regressive, retrograde mindsets and embrace equality and democracy. They have to recognise and accept the democratic mandates given to all elected representatives under the Good Friday Agreement. Free article

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