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Terence MacSwiney, Ireland and the world (Free article)
24 October 2020
The story of Terence MacSwiney’s hunger strike has been told many times, in the pages of An Phoblacht and elsewhere. That it still carries such power and resonates to this day shows what an epic struggle it was. One Irish political prisoner was alone in the heart of the British Empire and fighting that Empire with only his determination and his…
Interview | 1980 Hunger Striker Mary Doyle (Free article)
27 October 2020
Mary Doyle took part in the 1980 Hunger Strike as a POW in Armagh Jail. She looks back to the traumatic years of the 1980 and 1981 Hunger Strikes.
Report highlights strategy to deny justice to plastic bullet victims (Free article)
30 October 2020
New research on the use of plastic bullets shows the premeditated decision to attack 1984 rally where Sean Downes died as a result of a plastic bullet fired at point blank range.
Kevin Barry – the first of 24 prison executions (Free article)
31 October 2020
“The only message I have for anybody is ‘Hold on and stick to the Republic.’” – Kevin Barry
Centenary of the execution of Connaught Ranger James Daly (Free article)
2 November 2020
2 November 2020 marks the centenary of the execution of a brave young Irishman who refused to serve any longer in the British Army in protest at British Government terror in Ireland. It was soldiers of the Connaught Rangers who made that protest in India.
The birth of the B Specials 100 years ago (Free article)
10 November 2020
Notorious for their sectarianism and inextricably linked with decades of Unionist one-party rule in ‘Northern Ireland’, the B Specials pre-dated the formal establishment of the Six-County state and their formation 100 years ago this month signalled the British government’s intention to impose Partition by force, while re-arming Unionism to subdue…
Banned Civil War novel re-published 87 years later (Free article)
12 November 2020
A once banned civil war based novel by Liam O’Flaherty has been republished after 87 years.
The emerging border claimed an early death (Free article)
12 November 2020
As the British government and its Unionist allies prepared to divide Ireland, and as they planned to put the UVF in uniform and arm them as the B Specials, the UVF was active along the emerging border. One of their victims was IRA Volunteer Michael Kelly, recalled here by Monaghan Sinn Féin activist Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin, former Cavan-Monaghan TD.
We must act to put an end to holiday hunger – Karen Mullan (Free article)
12 November 2020
Sinn Féin's education spokesperson Karen Mullan has called for action to tackle holiday hunger and support families.
Ireland & the World: The difference a Biden Presidency could make – Declan Kearney (Free article)
13 November 2020
Writing in his latest blog, Declan Kearney reflects on the historic victory for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris in the US election and the need for continued support for the peace process.
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