One hundred years ago in June 1925 the first paper to bear the title 'An Phoblacht' was published. It was to last for 12 ...

In early May, I brought a motion to the regional Assembly in the north of Ireland urging all members, regardless of different political outlooks, to call upon the Irish government to fulfil its ...

Republicans from Finglas and around Dublin gathered last weekend to pay tribute to Volunteer Martin ‘Doco’ Doherty, who was shot dead 31 years ago today. Doherty was killed at the Widow Scallan’s pub ...

We need to invest in public services, protect those in need, and improve daily life for workers, families and communities Last July saw the Tories emphatically ejected from government in Britain. The ...

IT IS NO EXAGGERATION to say that the events of Easter Week in 1916 radically altered the, course of Irish history. This is the story of the Rising in Dublin during that week, an event that reawakened ...

The “Good Jobs” Employment Rights legislation due to come before the northern assembly is the most progressive employment legislation ever to be introduced in the north. It presents an unparalleled ...

Friends and Comrades. Writing at the turn of the 19th Century, the Cuban José Martí called on the great many peoples of Latin America to “get together and march in close ranks- like silver in the ...

No matter how much its opponents wish it to go away the political momentum towards Irish Unity is not stalling. It crosses party lines and even within parties its impact is highly significant. Writing ...

The death occurred on Friday 21 February of Brendan McFarlane, who was a Republican leader inside and outside the prisons, known and respected by generations of activists across Ireland and beyond.

A weekend of events marked the 50th anniversary of Kevin Coen, an IRA volunteer killed in 1975. Sinn Féin TDs Martin Kenny and Matt Carthy spoke at separate commemorative events in Fermanagh and Sligo ...

As I write, the Israeli army is using Irish United Nations peacekeepers in Southern Lebanon as human shields. The Israelis are again invading Lebanon and killing its citizens. And in the past year ...

The bereaved and survivors of this tragedy have borne their sorrow with great dignity for 43 years. Another mother, Gertrude Barrett, who lost her son Michael, was the first to give a pen picture at ...