4 August 2022 Edition

Challenges in the Irish Unity debate

4 August 2022

Mícheál Mac Donncha reviews ‘United Nation - the Case for Integrating Ireland’ by Frank Connolly Free article

We must be the guardians of our own history

4 August 2022

At the Prisoners Day book launch of ‘The Armagh Women’ in the Felons Club, Richard McAuley referred to the question every author asks of themselves. “Where to start?” So, they started at the beginning, with a brief history of the jail itself from its construction in 1780 to its closure in 1988. Female political prisoners were moved to Maghaberry prison in 1986 before they were eventually released as part of the Good Friday Agreement. Free article

A tale of solidarity and struggle

4 August 2022

Mairéad Farrell reviews the republished ‘John Lennon’s Dead’ by Síle Darragh Free article


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