IN what can only be described as an emotionally-charged day, thousands of republicans from across the country, from Britain, mainland Europe and the United States marched along the Falls Road on Sunday 14 August to remember and honour Ireland’s hunger strikers, in particular the ten H-Block martyrs of 1981 and Michael Gaughan and Frank Stagg in England, who all gave their lives in one of the most epic battles against British rule in Ireland. Free article

“FÉILE AN PHOBAIL plays a leadership role in the transfer of ideas across culture and time. We are at the heart of modern Belfast where our communities are increasingly multicultural” – the words of Féile Director Kevin Gamble as he introduced Féile 2016 at its launch in Conway Mill on 28 June. Free article