THE annual Derry Volunteers Commemoration on the last Sunday in June was a time of reflection for all republicans and remembrance of the sacrifices made particularly by IRA Volunteers but also the civilian population in epic struggles against the RUC and the British Army such as the Battle of the Bogside and the fight for justice for the fallen of Bloody Sunday.
Martin McGuinness,... Free article

SEÁNIE FITZPATRICK is on his uppers. The one-time darling of Celtic Tiger Ireland and the political establishment has hit rock bottom. Sympathy for Seánie – chief bottle washer at the toxic and now state-owned Anglo Irish Bank – is in short supply. Seánie may have fallen but he brought everyone with him. He may be bankrupt but he has his wife’s €3.6million to fall back on. Yes,... Free article

SO, ‘Ulster’ rejects the Eames/Bradley Report, though we don’t know how many of the responses to the consultation proposals came from Donegal, Monaghan and Cavan.
It seems few bothered to respond at all. Of the 174 individuals and the 72 organisations who did, the majority gave a resounding ‘No’ to all the recommendations put forward by the Consultative Group headed up by Denis... Free article

Taoiseach, a chara,
I hear that Bertie has decided against running for the Áras. Is fearr rith maith ná droch sheasamh – a good run is better than a bad stand, I suppose.
Anyway, what set me thinking about the upcoming election for President of Ireland was a photograph in the Belfast Telegraph of Poles going to the polls in a community centre on the Ormeau Road. Then I met some... Free article

Free Arnaldo Otegi - Gerry Adams and 1.5 million march for Catalan independence Free article

Determination, courage and stamina in a good cause

BY ELLA O’DWYER

IRA VOLUNTEER Brian Keenan is a republican legend. He was described by the British Establishment as “the single biggest threat to the British state”. To people who knew him, Brian Keenan’s name is associated with determination, courage and stamina and someone who thrived on a challenge - attributes that motivate... Free article

BONO, lead singer with U2, the biggest band in the world today, has been vocal about the conflict in the Six Counties, most notably in the hit number Sunday Bloody Sunday and against those who took up arms when the Civil Rights movement was batoned or shot down on the streets. In the wake of the release of the Saville Inquiry Report into Bloody Sunday, Bono wrote an opinion piece... Free article

UP TO 1,000 republicans from across Belfast and some from further afield gathered in the Short Strand area of Belfast on Sunday, June 27th, to remember the Battle of St Matthew’s and the sacrifice of the people from the area who died in the struggle for Irish freedom.
Republicans from the east Belfast enclave used the occasion of the anniversary of the Battle of St Matthew’s to... Free article

Baill Bhoird agus moltaí laga Fhine Gael

TÁ SÉ maíte ag Fine Gael go n-athróidh siad ballraíocht gach Bord Stáit taobh istigh de sé mhí ach iad a bheith ina rialtas i ndiaidh na gcéad toghcháin eile agus go bhfuighfidh baill nuacheaptha cáipéis ag míniú a gcuid dualgas agus go gceapfaí na baill ar bhonn fiúntais.
Ní théann na moltaí seo fada go leor. Ní mhíníonn siad, mar... Free article

Talking and walking, Cuts, Fianna Fáil and ‘Fianna Fáil Lite’ and Honouring the Hunger-Strikers Free article