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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

Putin’s war on Ukraine, the NATO-Russia stand-off and Irish neutrality

7 March 2022

International pressure must be maintained on Russia to end its war on Ukraine and to withdraw its military forces writes Mícheál Mac Donncha Free article

Civility and political differences should not be mutually exclusive - Reflecting on our politics & Christopher Stalford

1 March 2022

In his latest blog, Declan Kearney reflects on politics in the north and that civility and political differences should not be mutually exclusive. Free article

Renewed pogrom in the Orange state

21 February 2022

A century ago in February 1922 the pogrom against Catholics, nationalists, republicans and anyone else seen as an enemy of Unionism was renewed in the new Orange Six-County state of ‘Northern Ireland’. Free article

Wales shows the way on language standards

14 February 2022

An Phoblacht was saddened to hear today of the passing of Welsh Language Commissioner Aled Roberts. He championed language rights in Wales showing what could be done in Ireland. We carry an article here by him from the last edition of An Phoblacht. Free article

Political unionism has mounted a new offensive to stop the process of change – Kearney

13 February 2022

Writing in his latest blog, Declan Kearney said political unionism has mounted a new offensive to stop the process of change. Free article

30th anniversary of 1992 Sinn Féin Office attack

10 February 2022

Gerry Adams and Sinn Féin MLA Pat Sheehan were among the speakers at the 30th anniversary commemoration of the February 1992 attack on Sinn Féin’s Sevastopol Street Office. Free article

New Lodge community marks 49th anniversary of British Army killings

8 February 2022

Relatives of six men killed by the British Army in 1973 on the New Lodge Road area of North Belfast gathered last Thursday 3 February to mark the 49th anniversary of the killings. Sinn Féin MLA Carál Ní Chuilin spoke at the commemoration. Free article

Early election must be called in absence of functioning Executive - Mary Lou McDonald TD

4 February 2022

Speaking following resignation by Paul Givan as First Minister, Mary Lou McDonald said that the decision is all about the DUP’s own narrow and self-serving political interests. Free article

'We will not be silenced' Bloody Sunday 50 years on

1 February 2022

Thousands of people turned out to mark the 50th anniversary of Bloody Sunday Walk of Remembrance that traced to route of the original march from the shops in Creggan to the Bloody Sunday monument on Rossville Street. Free article

Eyewitness in Derry 30th January 1972

30 January 2022

Within hours of the events of Bloody Sunday, the Civil Rights Association in Derry were recording first hand testimonies of what happened that day. Taken from the Massacre in Derry booklet we carry the accounts of each of the 14 Bloody Sunday killings. Free article

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