In 2018 - on the eve of Storm Emma - Jane was running out of fuel. “It’s an old house, not well insulated and we use oil which isn’t cheap. We didn’t have money for any more. That fear of facing that with no heating wasn’t nice” she says.

Fortunately for Jane, she got a tax refund that day and was able to heat her home in the nick of time. But it could have been a disaster. 

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January 2021 marks the centenary of the ambush in Drumcondra, Dublin, which was a tragic and costly defeat for the IRA and led to the fatal wounding of one Volunteer, the capture and subsequent executions of four Volunteers, and a life sentence for another. Free article

The most obvious lesson from Brexit is that Ireland north or south can no longer be a hostage to the whims of Westminster. It is a truth known to generations of republicans. It is a lesson learned by every generation of Unionist leadership.  It is a fact yet to be acknowledged by the Irish government establishment.

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In an article which first appeared in the Irish News, Declan Kearney responds to Archbishop Eamon Martin's criticism of nationalist and republican leaders on the centenary of partition. Free article

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

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 Supreme Court ignores European Court of Human Rights judgement, as government undermines Basque peace process. Free article

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. 

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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

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