Raymond McCreesh and Patsy O’Hara – Died on hunger strike in the H-Blocks of Long Kesh
19 May 2026
THURSDAY, 21 MAY 1981, witnessed the deaths of two more Hunger Strikers. Raymond McCreesh passed away at 2:30am. That evening, Patsy O’Hara died. The deaths of Raymond and Patsy – who had started the strike on the same day, died on the same day and were born within a fortnight of each other in February 1957 – marked a critical escalation in the prison struggle as well as the struggle outside the prisons walls. Free article
The Partition plot – hatched in deception, enforced in terror
21 December 2020
The centenary of the passing of the 1920 Government of Ireland Act falls on 23 December, the day 100 years ago when the legislation received ‘royal assent’ and became law, setting the British legal framework for the Partition of Ireland. The British government plot to divide Ireland was long in the making and it was accomplished by a combination of deception and terror. Free article
The co-option of Seamus Heaney
18 December 2020
In this article, Ciarán Quinn writes about the attempts by the NIO to appropriate the poetry of Seamus Heaney and his legacy as part of it's publicity campaign on the centenary of partition. Free article
Spanish Government’s bad faith undermines Basque Peace initiatives
18 December 2020
Spanish Supreme Court ignores European Court of Human Rights judgement, as government undermines Basque peace process. Free article
Cork City torched, Dublin City Hall seized
11 December 2020
The burning of Cork City centre 100 years ago this week was not only one of the worst ‘reprisals’ carried out by British crown forces, it was also a direct attack on democracy with the destruction of the City Hall, seat of the City Council. That attack on democracy was seen again soon afterwards in Dublin when British forces seized the City Hall.
The Auxiliaries went on a... Free article
McGurk's campaigners raise freedom of information request
11 December 2020
On the 29th anniversary of the McGurk’s bar bombing relatives have called for the PSNI to disclose the source of the RUC misinformation claims about the tragic event. Free article
‘History wars’ deflect from national reconciliation & Irish unity – Declan Kearney
11 December 2020
Writing his latest blog article, Declan Kearney has said the time has finally arrived to begin a matured, reasoned and inclusive discussion about the future of our island. Free article
Root problems facing workers and families must be tackled - Archibald
2 December 2020
Writing for An Phoblacht, Sinn Féin's economy spokesperson Caoimhe Archibald MLA addresses a Universal Basic Income and the need to address the route problems facing workers' and families. Free article
Cruel and shameful denial of Finucane inquiry once again exposes British 'justice'
30 November 2020
The cruel and shameful decision by the British government not to hold a public inquiry into the murder of human rights lawyer Pat Finucane has once again exposed the fact that British state is unwilling and unable to admit to its role in the conflict. Free article
Journalists get landmark damages from PSNI over Loughinisland arrest
27 November 2020
Two journalists who highlighted the extent of British collusion with loyalists in the Loughinisland massacre will receive a huge payout in damages from the PSNI after a legal case over their arrest and the unlawful seizure of their files. Free article
Remembering the Past – Centenary of the Kilmichael ambush
27 November 2020
On the late afternoon of Sunday 28 November 1920, the flying column of the Third West Cork Brigade of the Irish Republican Army lay concealed in ambush positions in a rocky, heathery glen. Their leader was Tom Barry, a former member of the British Army, who had joined the Republican Movement and helped to pioneer guerilla warfare by the IRA’s flying columns. Free article
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