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
Anger as council removes 1916 Proclamation mural
16 October 2015
Community mural commemorating the 1916 Rising is removed by Dublin City Council before it can be completed Free article
Tara High Kings Festival founder to contest Seanad by-election for Sinn Féin
15 October 2015
Former Mayor of Navan, innovator and rights campaigner Meath County Councillor Sinéad Burke named as Sinn Féin candidate Free article
Pat Finucane's widow lodges appeal against court ruling in favour of British Government reneging on commitment at Weston Park
14 October 2015
Legal battle resumes to uncover truth about murder carried out by British agents with state forces the British Government seems intent on hiding Free article
Budget by Fine Gael/Labour 'straight from Fianna Fáil playbook – how to bribe people with their own money'
13 October 2015
'Sinn Féin has set out a detailed and ambitious political alternative that puts investment centre-stage – investment in services, in infrastructure, and in small businesses. All of this can be delivered through fair and sustainable taxation,' Pearse Doherty tells the Dáil Free article
Palestinian people need international protection and embargo on all military exports to Israel
13 October 2015
'Palestine only nation in history of mankind where the occupier continues to demand protection from the victim' Free article
The Irish Volunteer - Óglach na hÉireann, Volume 2 - Number 44
9 October 2015
Series by Mícheál Mac Donncha chronicling the road to the 1916 Rising as seen through the pages of An tÓglach – The Irish Volunteer from 24 April 1915 to 22 April 1916 Free article
Alternative Budget – costed by Department of Finance – launched by Sinn Féin
8 October 2015
'Sinn Féin’s Budget 2016 measures prioritise fair taxation and investment in public services. We believe the 5% who earn the most should contribute more, so that the necessary investments in critical frontline services can be made to the benefit of all' – Pearse Doherty TD Free article
British Government locked into negative and partisan approach towards Stormont talks
8 October 2015
This British Government is politically positioning itself to try and impose its own predetermined talks outcomes and to justify the subsequent blame game Free article
Tory direct rule from Westminster would be disastrous for unionist and nationalist communities, Martin McGuinness warns
8 October 2015
A return to direct rule would see 'unfettered Tory rule and an unrestrained onslaught on public services and the most vulnerable in our society' Free article
Daniel McColgan inquest leaves unanswered questions about UDA murder
7 October 2015
Coroner 'incredulous' that crucial evidence disappeared from chain of custody Free article
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