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
'We know who pulled the trigger, we want to know who pulled the strings' - John Finucane tells Oireachtas committee
26 November 2020
There has been another powerful display of support both in Ireland and across the world for a full public inquiry into the murder of human rights lawyer, Pat Finucane. Free article
Horrific murder of Loughnane brothers by the Auxiliaries
26 November 2020
One of the most shocking incidents of British terror in Ireland occurred 100 years ago when the Loughnane brothers, Pat and Harry, were kidnapped and brutally tortured by the Auxiliaries. Free article
Pat Gilhooley – An Appreciation
25 November 2020
Owen Carron marks the mammoth contribution of Pat Gilhooley to the Republican Movement and the political, social and agricultural life of Leitrim. Free article
Public inquiry into Finucane murder needed now - Michelle O'Neill
24 November 2020
In this article, Sinn Féin Leas Uachtarán Michelle O'Neill calls on the British government to announce a full public inquiry into the murder of Pat Finucane. Free article
Political leaders in joint call for inquiry into Pat Finucane murder
22 November 2020
Political leaders in the north have joined together to call on the British government to immediately announce a public inquiry into the murder of human rights lawyer, Pat Finucane. Free article
From Amritsar to Croke Park to the Bogside
21 November 2020
The massacre of 14 civilians by British forces at Croke Park on Bloody Sunday 1920 echoed the massacre at Amritsar in India the year before and prefigured Derry’s Bloody Sunday of 1972. Free article
Mary Lou McDonald: We remember each of the fourteen who lost their lives on Bloody Sunday 1920
21 November 2020
It is right and fitting that we mark the anniversary of the centenary of Bloody Sunday 1920 today. Free article
McKee, Clancy and Clune murdered in Dublin Castle
19 November 2020
The IRA's dramatic elimination of the British spy network on 21 November 1920 and the British massacre of civilians at Croke Park overshadowed the murders on the same day of three political prisoners in Dublin Castle. Free article
IRA strikes major blow in intelligence war
19 November 2020
The events of Bloody Sunday 1920 began with the IRA striking a major blow in the intelligence war which had raged and intensified between them and the British regime in Dublin Castle since 1916. But this war had deeper roots in the past. Free article
Effective testing and tracing is the pathway to avoid a cycle of lockdowns - Sheehan
18 November 2020
In this article, Sinn Féin MLA Pat Sheehan argues that an effective find, test, trace isolate and support system will lead to less reliance on lockdown measures in order to help stop the spread of COVID-19. Free article
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