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
Remembering 1981 – ‘Thatcher’s Madness’
19 July 2016
“Never at any other moment in the last 12 years have we witnessed a darker period than these last few months . . .” – An Phoblacht/Republican News, 19 July 1981 Free article
Collusion – Unanswered questions over RUC involvement in UVF attack on Thierafurth Inn
18 July 2016
UVF/RUC death squad allowed to run unchecked in County Down went on to carry out Loughinisland ‘World Cup Massacre’ Free article
Tories in London don’t give a damn about people in the North – unionist or nationalist, says Martin McGuinness
16 July 2016
Brexit and new Westminster government put focus again on who is acting in best interests of people in Ireland Free article
Theresa Villiers ‘won’t be missed’ – Sinn Féin
14 July 2016
Position of Secretary of State should be abolished and powers transferred to Assembly, John O’Dowd says as Tory lawyer James Brokenshire takes over Free article
Chilcot – A British inquiry to serve British political needs
13 July 2016
Among the cheerleaders for the Iraq War were all of the North’s unionist politicians Free article
Irish Government must be ‘on top of their game’ in dealing with new British Prime Minister on Good Friday Agreement and Brexit
12 July 2016
New British Prime Minister Theresa May’s open opposition to cornerstone of Good Friday Agreement worries Gerry Adams Free article
Tyrone MLA files hate crime complaint over loyalist bonfire
12 July 2016
‘Bonfires adorned with posters, effigies and Irish national flags have absolutely nothing to do with culture’ Free article
Ulster Unionist MP apologises for tweeting photo of Twelfth bonfire topped with Tricolour
12 July 2016
Martin McGuinness says tweet by UUP MP Danny Kinahan ‘very disappointing’ Free article
Irish Water only manages to collect 27% of charges due, new figures reveal
11 July 2016
Eoin Ó Broin TD says continuation of water charges now unviable Free article
‘The Mocking Season’
10 July 2016
A banner praising the exploits of unionist sectarian killer Billy Wright erected in the run-up to the marching season has provoked anger among nationalists where his loyalist death squads operated Free article
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