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Raymond McCreesh and Patsy O’Hara – Died on hunger strike in the H-Blocks of Long Kesh

19 May 2026

THURSDAY, 21 MAY 1981, witnessed the deaths of two more Hunger Strikers. Raymond McCreesh passed away at 2:30am. That evening, Patsy O’Hara died. The deaths of Raymond and Patsy – who had started the strike on the same day, died on the same day and were born within a fortnight of each other in February 1957 – marked a critical escalation in the prison struggle as well as the struggle outside the prisons walls. Free article

‘Camp Twaddell’ dismantled as unionists begin to honour Ardoyne parades agreement

1 October 2016

Talks hope to resolve issues at Ardoyne and handful of contentious loyal order parades Free article

Ardoyne community appeals to GARC to call off protests over Crumlin Road parade deal

30 September 2016

GARC plans a parade on Friday evening and a protest on Saturday morning Free article

Palestine solidarity protest at Dundalk FC v Maccabi Tel Aviv – 7pm, Tallaght Stadium

29 September 2016

The protest is to highlight the BDS call for the expulsion of the Israeli FA from FIFA and UEFA due to Israel’s ongoing human rights abuses against the Palestinian people, including Palestinian sportspeople Free article

International solidarity and support is essential to achieve Irish unity

28 September 2016

Sinn Féin MLAs Declan Kearney and Raymond McCartney travelled to Paris last Saturday at the invitation of the French Communist Party to take part in a political and cultural programme of events to commemorate the sacrifice of the Hunger Strike martyrs and discuss the historic political watersheds of 1916 and 1981 Free article

Gaeilge sa Ghaeltacht – Cad é faoin Español?

26 September 2016

Ar Lá Eorpach na dTeangacha, caitheann Seán Ó Néill a shúil ar chúpla scéal a tháinig chun solais le gairid Free article

Media peddles British agent's anonymous hearsay as fact

21 September 2016

Media falls over itself to present discredited conspiracy theories that rely on the claims of an anonymous paid liar and British agent as fact with no evidence Free article

MRF soldier-spy’s family wins first battle against British Army chiefs

13 September 2016

Strabane-born soldier was killed when an IRA counter-intelligence unit ambushed him on 2 October 1972 during a ‘Four Square Laundry’ collection in west Belfast Free article