COMMENTING on this evening’s statement by the Basque armed organisation ETA, Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams TD said:

I welcome the decisive and positive terms of ETA’s response to Monday’s ‘Declaration’ in Donostia-San Sebastian by the International Conference Group.

Following our deliberations, the International Group expressed the opinion that “it is possible to end, the... Free article

THE centenary of the arrival of James Connolly in Belfast to organise dockers and mill workers will be marked by an event in City Hall on the evening of Friday 28th October.

The evening will begin at 6:30pm with Mayor of Belfast Niall Ó Donnghaile unveiling a portrait of James Connolly by artist Frank Quigley.

This will be followed by a guest panel discussion on the theme of the... Free article

WOULDN’T be voting for him,” says Derek to me in The Long Hall bar in Dublin, where we’re having a cheeky afternoon pint and discussing Martin McGuinness’s candidacy. I’m nodding away to him, focused more on attracting the barman’s attention to address an urgent gin shortage.
Derek’s die-hard Labour Party, going back to his grandad’s time. He’d vote for a slab of concrete if it... Free article

Anti-Fascist Action Ireland presents...

From Casa Pound to Anders Behring Breivik: Looking at recent developments in European fascism

From black-bloc autonomist nationalists in Germany to 'third millennium fascist' squatters in Italy to suit-wearing Nazis in Sweden, the last twenty years has seen huge developments and shifts in the Neo-fascist scene. No longer can Nazis be simply... Free article

From the Pat Finucane Centre:

The Finucane family met the British Prime Minister David Cameron and Secretary of State Owen Paterson at 10 Downing Street today to hear the Government’s decision on an inquiry into the murder of Pat Finucane in Belfast in 1989. The family was asked to come to Downing Street by the Prime Minister following a re-appraisal of the case in order to... Free article

PHOTOS BY MARK MOLONEY

A NEW Irish Times poll result revealed today shows Sinn Féin support rising to make it the second largest party in the state, second only to Fine Gael. Sinn Féin deputy leader Mary McDonald TD said the result of the Ipsos/MRBI poll shows that many people who voted in the general election for the Government parties — the Labour Party in particular — feel utterly betrayed.

She... Free article