The burning of the Custom House in Dublin on 25 May 1921 was one of the largest operations ever carried out by the IRA. It struck at the centre of British administration in Ireland as the building housed nine separate government departments including tax and local government records. The operation fully achieved its objective, though at a heavy cost to the IRA, and its consequences are still debated today. Free article

100 years ago this week the election to the new ‘Northern Ireland’ Parliament marked the beginning of the Orange state Free article

Thursday, 21 May 1981, witnessed the deaths of two more Hunger Strikers. Raymond McCreesh passed away at 2.30am. Later that evening Patsy O’Hara died. Free article

Declan Kearney's latest blog looks at the ongoing situation in Palestine and the ongoing attacks against people in Gaza. Free article

It took Justice Siobhan Keegan over two and half hours to outline her findings on the 1971 Ballymurphy massacre. After over 100 days of evidence from eye-witnesses and expert testimony, Peadar Whelan details the findings of the inquest. Free article

On 12 May 1981 at 5.43 pm, just seven days after the death of Bobby Sands, Hunger Striker Francis Hughes died. The South Derry man had endured 59 days on Hunger Strike. His sisters Noreen, Maria and Vera and brother Roger were by his bedside when he passed away. Free article

A Court has vindicated ten people murdered by the British Army in Ballymurphy between 9th and 11th August 1971. Free article

11 May marks the 75th anniversary of the death on hunger and thirst strike of IRA leader Seán McCaughey in Portlaoise Prison.  Free article

As the case against British soldiers involved in the killing of Joe McCann collapsed in court this week, the British government have moved to give a blanket amnesty to British soldiers accused of crimes in Ireland. Free article

The latest blog by Declan Kearney on Cuba and its inspiration for humanity across the world. Free article