Jaume Sastre, on hunger strike for more than 30 days ‘to defend the teaching of Catalan in the Balearic Islands’ Free article

Both racism and sectarianism are used to dehumanise and incite hatred, writes Sinn Féin National Chairperson Declan Kearney Free article

Óglach na hÉireann Volume 1 - Number 18 newspaper, first published 6th June 1914. Now online. Free article

WITH KICK-OFF only a week away, soccer Shinner Robbie Smyth’s World Cup winning formula is “a complex equation, balancing out possible success of a team against their historical record as colonisers, monarchies, human rights abusers and other minor issues like economic, political and press freedoms” Free article

North’s Police Ombudsman has launched legal proceedings against the PSNI over obstructing investigations into allegations against the police in 60 murders with more than 100 refusals for information Free article

First Minister Peter Robinson’s long-overdue apology comes too late after duo forced out of their home by unionist gang Free article

MURALISTS Danny Devenny and Marty Lyons meet with some tourists from China and visitors from Wexford who stop to admire their latest contribution to political debate in the North. Free article

GERRY ADAMS has commended the tremendous work carried by outgoing mayor of Belfast and Sinn Féin Councillor Máirtín Ó Muilleoir as Monday 2 June saw the South Belfast councillor's last day as Mayor in a tenure almost universally praised across the political, social and commercial spectrum as one of energy, commitment, imagination and openness. Free article

THOUSANDS of people angry at First Minister Peter Robinson’s support for fundamentalist Christian preacher James McConnell’s anti-Muslim diatribe gathered at Belfast City Hall on Saturday 31 May to ‘Say No to Racism’. Free article

FIRST MINISTER Peter Robinson’s condescending remarks that he would ‘trust Muslims to go the shops’ was answered by hundreds of people joining a ‘flashmob’ from Tesco’s to the Castlecourt Shopping Centre on Belfast’s Royal Avenue on the Saturday afternoon of the City Hall anti-racism rally. Free article