Sinn Féin National Chairperson Declan Kearney MLA writes: Some sections of the Irish political establishment tried to derail Catherine Connolly’s presidential election campaign by resorting to the ‘project fear’ playbook. They failed. Free article

As a strongly pro-neutrality president of Ireland was about to be elected last week a British warmonger addressed a unionist meeting in Westminster and said Irish unity would pose a threat to Britain from Russia. Free article

In the end she won by a landslide. Taking 914,143 votes and 63.36% of the total valid poll Catherine Connolly stormed home with the Government-backed candidate Heather Humphreys of Fine Gael getting 29.46% of the vote. Free article

Irish republicans from across Ireland and Scotland gathered in Coatbridge this weekend to remember the late Irish republican leader and peacemaker Martin McGuinness. Free article

This week in 2019 Mícheál Martin expounded to the Fianna Fáil annual fund-raising dinner about that permanent resident in his head - Sinn Féin. He said: “If we want to see the scale of the damage which a party can cause when wrapping itself in the flag but actually putting its own interests first, all you have to do is look at how Sinn Féin has left Northern Ireland without a voice at the very moment when its future is being decided.” Free article

Irish Unity is firmly on the agenda in the presidential election with all three candidates saying they support unity. This is despite the best efforts of Taoiseach and Fianna Fáil leader Mícheál Martin to bury the issue. Free article

This month marks the 80th anniversary of the United Nations Charter being adopted, which has become the foundation of the United Nations itself and our international law framework.

The Charter emphasises the universal nature of human rights, the exercise of self-determination, and global peace.

Following the defeat of fascism in 1945, the UN Charter fuelled the emergence of a new... Free article

THOMAS DAVIS was one of the most significant Irish nationalists of the 19th century. His writings helped to shape Irish nationalism itself and they exercised a key influence on the cultural and political revival of the early 20th century. Free article

The grave of an Irish Republican who died in prison in England in 1977 was marked with a new headstone in Glasnevin Cemetery on 7 September by the National Graves Association. Free article

Today, Irish unity is closer than at any time since the partition of our country and there are many reasons to be optimistic about what national reunification can deliver in terms of economic growth, shared prosperity, and a better quality of life for workers and families throughout Ireland. 

An unprecedented political consensus now exists among the majority of political parties... Free article