Gerry Adams’ arrest was political; a reaction to island-wide growth in support for Sinn Féin, says Declan Kearney Free article

The inimitable Matt Treacy tackles Ciarán Kearney over his column in the May issue of An Phoblacht. Free article

AHMAD ABDELRAZEK, the Palestinian Ambassador to Ireland enjoyed “a positive exchange” when he met with Sinn Féin joint First Minister Martin McGuinness at Stormont on Tuesday 6 May. Free article

‘The Irish Government could have stood up for themselves . . . the European Central Bank would have blinked’ – Philippe Legrain Free article

Campaigners held a corriboard replica of the ‘Apartheid Wall’ in a protest asking CRH to divest from Israeli company Mashav, a holding company for Nesher, Israel’s sole cement manufacturer Free article

Claims by Anthony McIntyre and Ed Moloney were described by Boston College spokesperson as ‘tired rhetoric that’s been too willingly accepted by the Irish media’ Free article

Government claims about the true cost of the water tax won’t be known until August, Sinn Féin TD Brian Stanley said – ‘conveniently, after the local elections’ Free article

Boston College disowns increasingly discredited ‘oral history project’ with offer to return tapes to interviewees Free article

Crowd of up to 2,000 pack hall to show solidarity with Sinn Féin all-Ireland election drive and leader Free article

Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams has been released from Antrim police station without charge Free article