Éirí Amach na Cásca – The 1916 Easter Rising – First published in Éiri amach na Cásca, The Easter Rising 1916, by Republican Publications, April 1986 Free article

The “Good Jobs” Employment Rights legislation due to come before the northern assembly is the most progressive employment legislation ever to be introduced in the north. 

It presents an unparalleled opportunity to grow a productive regional economy that benefits our businesses, our workers and their families within the All Ireland and global economic contexts.

Good jobs, which... Free article

FOLLOWING the eruption of the conflict in the Six Counties in 1969, the Fianna Fáil government of Jack Lynch initially expressed cautious support for the plight of nationalists. By late 1972, however, his Justice Minister, Des O’Malley, was introducing repressive legislation which saw hundreds of republicans imprisoned and the jails in the 26 Counties became a political battleground. Free article

South Down MP Chris Hazzard spoke recently at the annual Latin America Conference in London. Below we carry the speech in full. Hazzard argues that people across Europe need to develop a solidarity that is powerful, respectful, and makes a real difference with Latin America. Free article

No matter how much its opponents wish it to go away the political momentum towards Irish Unity is not stalling. It crosses party lines and even within parties its impact is highly significant. Free article

The opening words which Bobby Sands wrote on the first day of his hunger strike in 1981 have been echoing in my mind during recent weeks…’I am standing on the threshold of another trembling world’. 

A palpable uncertainty and instability has engulfed global affairs.

The words and actions of the US President signal the onset of a new, dangerous world order which is hostile to... Free article

Book review - ‘Robert Barton – A Remarkable Revolutionary’ by Chris Lawlor. Published by History Press Free article

First published in An Phoblacht/Republican News, Thursday, 23 February 1995 - Over the years, many hunger strikes embarked on by republican POWs have ended in the deaths of some of the participants. The fast which began in Mountjoy Jail in February 1940 was no exception. Free article

The death occurred on Friday 21 February of Brendan McFarlane, who was a Republican leader inside and outside the prisons, known and respected by generations of activists across Ireland and beyond. ‘Bik’ was an inspirational and well-loved comrade and his passing will be widely mourned. Free article

First published in 'An Phoblacht/Republican News', 9 February 1995, The IRA’s 1974 Christmas ceasefire, called following talks earlier in December between republican leaders and a number of Protestant clergymen, led to one of the longest and most controversial Truces during the IRA’s campaign. Free article