POPULAR HISTORY and cinema have greatly reinforced the celebrity status of Michael Collins, eclipsing many of the other key figures of the struggle for Irish freedom of his time. The Collins myth has also served to obscure the facts and the issues at stake around the ‘Treaty’ signed 90 years ago this month and the subsequent split and Civil War.
The writings of the respected... Free article

Time for America and Ireland to bypass British obstruction

BY SEÁN PENDER
AOH National Board

» BY SEÁN PENDER
AOH National Board

IRISH-AMERICA welcomes the interest and support of Taoiseach Enda Kenny in seeking justice in the case of Pat Finucane. The disingenuous and disrespectful actions by the British Government towards the Finucane family are well-known by those in the... Free article

DISCRIMINATION AGAINST LOW-INCOME UNDER-25s | BUDGET CREATED CATCH 22

BY MARK MOLONEY

» BY MARK MOLONEY

AN INVESTIGATION by An Phoblacht and Sinn Féin’s Oireachtas team into a discriminatory practice by the Health Service Executive (HSE) targeting those under 25 years old has put the Government under pressure to back-track on a policy that has been in place since the last Budget.Free article

Delivering real change in education

NELSON MANDELA once said that education is the most powerful weapon you can use to change the world.
It’s a maxim that successive Sinn Féin ministers from Martin McGuinness to Caitríona Ruane and now myself have taken into office with us.
Education is central to the egalitarian ideals of Sinn Féin’s political project. While Ireland’s... Free article

Elections see Basque pro-independence coalition return highest number of MPs

BY THE DUBLIN BASQUE COMMITTEE

THE Basque people elected seven MPs of the pro-independence left in the Amaiur coalition in the Spanish general election held on November 20th. Amaiur includes the Abertzale (pro-independence) Left, Eusko Alkartasuna, Aralar and Alternatiba and had the most MPs elected in... Free article

Taking control of our own economic destiny

By Conor Murphy MP, MLA

IRELAND faces many challenges presented by the current global economic recession in addition to the historic legacy of partition where we have two failing economies competing back-to-back on an island with a population of 6.2million people.
In the North, the Assembly and Executive has limited fiscal powers which... Free article

THE FAMILIES of those killed and injured in the McGurk’s Bar Massacre will be holding a series of events on Saturday 3rd December to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the bombing (the attack occurred on Saturday 4th December 1971). This is a public, cross-community event so please feel free to visit at any stage.

7:00pm – Commemorative Mass at St Patrick’s Church, Donegall... Free article

PORTUGUESE GUE/NGL MEP Marisa Matias (right) has been chosen for the MEP of the year award in health policy in a poll of MEPs organised by The Parliament Magazine.

The awards were announced Tuesday night at a ceremony held in Brussels with Matias recognised for being very active in many fields, with particular emphasis on chronic diseases such as diabetes, mental health and... Free article

BETTY FLEMING

1932 - 2011

AN APPRECIATION

So destiny would have it that Saturday the 24^th of September 2011 was to be the last day of your life.  We all knew that in recent weeks you were suffering the ravages of cancer and although your mind and your pain were dulled by morphine, you were still a living and breathing symbol of endurance and courage.  From a distance the whole... Free article