THE annual Sinn Féin Summer School is regularly referred to as “one of the most popular events on the republican calendar”. Take into consideration of the idyllic surroundings of Baile Bhúirne in west Cork, especially when streams of a golden July sun pour through the skylight in the Mills Inn and cast shadows across the timber floors, it’s not difficult to see why. Free article

MAYO SINN FÉIN held a commemoration in Ballycastle, County Mayo, on 4 June in honour of local patriots Tommy Nealon, Clydagh and Dr John Crowley. Free article