As autumn turned to winter in 1921 negotiations were taking place in London that were to shape the destiny of Ireland for decades and the consequences of which are still felt today. The Irish delegation in London represented Dáil Éireann, the government of the Irish Republic, and they faced negotiators who saw themselves as representing not just the British government in Westminster but the British Empire. Free article

The great African-American anti-slavery leader Frederick Douglass was honoured in Dublin on 21 October with a City Council commemorative plaque on one of the buildings where he spoke when he visited Ireland in 1845. Free article

Thomas Russell, a founding leader of the revolutionary society of the United Irishmen, was executed by British crown forces in Downpatrick Gaol on this day, 21st October 1803. Free article

Writing in his latest blog, Declan Kearney said the people of Ireland deserve a future beyond the failure of partition. Free article

Islington played host to the launch of a Mica Redress campaign London-Irish support network last week with Jeremy Corbyn attending and pledging his support. Free article

Writing in his latest blog, Declan Kearney called on governments across these islands to begin preparing for Irish Unity. Free article

Fermanagh republicans were saddened by the death on 9th August of veteran republican Patrick Murphy from Clonliff, Macken, near the Lough Erne shore in the west of the county. Free article

Chivers site “perfect storm” of all that’s wrong in housing, writes Sinn Féin Cllr Mícheál Mac Donncha Free article

Sinn Féin is to table a no confidence motion in Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney after it became clear that Taoiseach Micheál Martin would not sanction the Fine Gael minister. Free article

The Defence of the Realm Act (DORA) introduced by the British government in late 1914 gave the Dublin Castle authorities widespread draconian powers for Ireland. Free article