25 May 2023 Edition
British and Irish Governments must act
25 May 2023
It is often the case that the news media latch onto a word or a phrase, and it becomes repeated across TV, radio, online, and in print. It is frequently an attempt to describe complex social and political events with a term that implies that journalists and the organisations they belong to can impart the core understanding of a specific moment in time. Free article
Human rights compromised by Brexit
25 May 2023
International report finds that human rights in the north of Ireland would:'be better protected in a reunified Ireland' Free article
We must stand with the Kurdish people in their struggle
25 May 2023
Chris Hazzard visited Istanbul earlier this year as a participant in a human rights delegation to observe the current conditions of the Turkish state and investigate the impact of the political situation. He offers his thoughts on Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s recent electoral victory. Free article
'We would play an All-Ireland Final anywhere'
25 May 2023
Every GAA player dreams of playing in Páirc an Chrócaigh on All-Ireland Final Day. Boys and girls. Men and women. And the dream can very much become a reality. Not if you’re a junior ladies club player. This dream has not become a reality. Yet. Laura Carroll, 2022 All-Ireland Club Final winner with Salthill Knocknacarra, takes us through the bizarre twists and turns of her teams’ journey to an All-Ireland Final. Free article
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Lions in slumber
25 May 2023
On the 225th anniversary of the 1798 rebellion Joe Dwyer delves into an overlooked part of early Irish republican history – that of republicans in Britain and the allies they found there. Free article
The legalised lawlessness of the British Empire
25 May 2023
In the days before the coronation of Charles III, indigenous leaders and other representatives from 12 Commonwealth countries, former British colonies, issued a joint call on the new monarch to formally apologise for British imperial crimes and to make reparations by redistributing the wealth of the British crown and returning artefacts and human remains to their rightful owners. Free article
Gerry Adams elected in West Belfast 1983
25 May 2023
The British government, still stunned by the strong showing of Sinn Féin in the October 1982 Assembly elections, were further shaken when Gerry Adams resoundingly won the West Belfast seat in the Westminster election of 9 June 1983. Free article