100 years ago on 14 April 1922 the anti-Treaty IRA occupied the Four Courts in the centre of Dublin. The pro-Treaty Free State Army, then being built up, had already occupied evacuated British Army barracks in the capital, including Beggars Bush which they made their headquarters. Free article

This coming weekend, Republicans will gather at various locations across the island of Ireland for this years Easter Commemorations. Here you can find details for all commemorations such as times, locations and main speakers. Free article

The scale of Sinn Féin’s achievement in the Assembly election cannot be underestimated. In the decades since the election of Bobby Sands in Fermanagh South Tyrone in April 1981, the party has consistently grown its support across the island. No other political party in Ireland has had this scale of continued electoral success. Free article

After over five decades in existence with its in-built Unionist majority, described by its founder James Craig as “a Protestant parliament and a Protestant state”, the Parliament of ‘Northern Ireland’ at Stormont reached the point of collapse at the end of March 1972. Free article

The period after the narrow Dáil vote in favour of the Treaty in January 1922 saw division between the pro and anti-Treaty sides widening but also many efforts to maintain unity and to prevent armed conflict. Free article

‘A powerful read and a fitting testament to all those who suffered at the hands of the State and Church in their horrific institutions’. Kathleen Function reviews Jim McVeigh’s 'Stolen Faith'. Free article

With just six weeks to the Assembly election the DUP are putting electoral concerns ahead of supporting tens of thousands of vulnerable children Free article

One hundred years ago the new state of ‘Northern Ireland’ was being consolidated by the Unionist Party, the Orange Order and the British crown forces by means of sectarian terror against the non-unionist population, especially in Belfast. Free article

Writing in his latest blog, Declan Kearney said failure by the British government to deliver Acht Gaeilge will be a new act of deceit. Free article

A recent Amnesty International report has found Israel to be an “Apartheid State” and guilty of “crimes against humanity” through depriving Palestinians of their rights under international law. Free article