Writing in his latest blog, Declan Kearney said the British government's amnesty legislation will make legacy a permanently toxic issue. Free article

Martina Anderson was a guest speaker at a commemorative event for Máire Drumm in Scotland last weekend. In her speech Martina remembers a “republican visionary”. Free article

The ‘Articles of Agreement’ commonly known as the Treaty were signed in London in the early hours of the morning of 6 December 1921. They were signed by a divided Irish delegation under threat of an immediate resumption and escalation of the British government’s war of terror in Ireland.  Free article

The latest blog by Declan Kearney on Irish unity and changing dynamics across the island of Ireland. Free article

USI President Clare Austick writes on the accommodation crisis facing third level students and their campaign to have government reduce the Student Contribution Charge Free article

Book review by Mícheál Mac Donncha:‘On Dangerous Ground - a Memoir of the Irish Revolution’ by Máire Comerford. Published by Lilliput Press. Free article

Sinn Féin pledges to stand up for workers and calls on government to act on energy prices and implement rent freeze as cost of living survey results published. Free article

A DEPOSIT RETURN SCHEME (DRS) for drinks containers was a centrepiece of the Taoiseach’s Programme for Government set out in June last year. A DRS for Ireland will see shoppers pay a small deposit on drinks containers which is subsequently redeemed when the packaging is returned. Done right, the scheme could be a game-changer for Ireland’s once pristine natural spaces. Free article

In his latest blog, Declan Kearney sets out the party's plan to launch People's Assemblies on a new Ireland next year. Free article

This is an edited version of an article by Trevor Quinn of Cork SIPTU, first published in An Phoblacht, November 2011 Free article