The Sinn Féin vote in East Derry has more than doubled since 1998 and first time Westminster candidate Cathal Ó hOisín takes on the seat for the party this time out. Ó hOisín has represented Dungiven on Limavady Borough Council since 2005 and is currently Mayor of the Borough. Free article

I met Bronagh Wilson and her family last Saturday night. She is an ordinary young woman from west Belfast with two small children. But she is also one of the bravest people I have had the honour to meet during my life. Her story is one of great love and compassion. Free article

Eamon Gilmore's leader's address to the Labour Party Ard Fheis last weekend makes for interesting reading. Gilmore told delegates that he wanted a government that would both "change the way the system works and be prepared to change the system if necessary". Free article

A memorial dedicated to the memory of the Edentubber Martyrs, who lost their lives in an explosion during the IRA's Border Campaign, and "to those in every generation who played their part in the struggle for Irish Freedom" is to be unveiled in Enniscorthy, County Wexford, next month. A degree of begrudgery around the plan has been churned out by sections of the media, in particular from IRA-phobe Kevin Myers. Free article

In ainneoin luaithreach bholcáin na hÍoslainne agus eitiltí curtha ar fionraí, d'éirigh le teachtaí ó fud fad na tíre a mbealach a dhéanamh go Luimneach an deireadh seachtaine seo caite chuig Ardfheis Chonradh na Gaeilge. Is dócha gurbh í an mhír bheag sin ar chlár maidin Sathairn - toghadh uachtaráin - a mheall cuid dá laghad den trí chéad duine a bhí i láthair chuig an ócáid ach bhí go leor eile ar chlár an deiridh seachtaine a bhain le todhchaí na Gaeilge a mheallfadh gnáth Ghaeil na tíre chuig a leithéid de thionól. Free article

I was enjoying my Saturday morning. The sun was streaming in through the window and a whole day of nothing to do was stretching before me. I sat at the kitchen table eating a bowl of crunchy nut corn flakes. The knowledge that they, and the milk in which they lay, were Roisín's made them taste all the sweeter. Free article

Book Review The Fethard-on-Sea Boycott By Tim Fanning Published by the Collins Press Reviewed BY MÍCHEÁL Mac DONNCHA Free article

Michael O'Rahilly had the unique distinction of being an Irish Volunteer leader who opposed the idea of a Rising in 1916 and initially tried to stop it but who then played his part once the fight began and, at the end of Easter Week, gave his life for Irish freedom. Free article