Former advisor to Environment Minister Dick Roche tweeted that Margaret Thatcher deserved gratitude for ensuring Bobby Sands and his nine comrades ‘deservedly died painfully’ Free article

Republicans all over the 32 Counties and overseas turned out in snow, winds and rain over the Easter weekend to mark the anniversary of the 1916 Rising and pay their respects to all those who have given their lives for Irish freedom Free article

Members of the AOH and the Ladies AOH made their annual trip to Ireland this year from the United States in a show of solidarity with the Irish people. Free article

Economy and Irish unity to top agenda Free article

Controversial Fianna Fáil county PRO and former ministerial advisor who said Bobby Sands and his comrades 'deservedly died painfully" is rebuked by his own party Free article

Fine Gael and Labour take after Mary Harney in hiding behind HSE for unpopular decisions, says Sinn Féin’s Ó Caoláin Free article

Difference with the Good Friday Agreement from other initiatives is that the principle of equality is at its core, says Sinn Féin leader Free article

Labour Party Transport Minister urged to look again at new taxi rules Free article

Danny Morrison is a writer who lives in West Belfast. In the 1980s he was the National Director of Publicity for Sinn Féin and a spokesperson for the prisoners in the H-Blocks of Long Kesh. Free article

Journalists’ union calls UKIP comments ‘outrageous attack on local media which should not go unchallenged’ Free article