Fianna Fáil Taoiseach Mícheál Martin has gone from delaying progress towards Irish Unity to actually becoming an obstacle to that objective which is ...

Sinn Féin President Mary Lou McDonald announced on Monday that party representatives will not participate in St Patrick’s Day ...

The story of one of the bloodiest engagements of the War of Independence will be recreated by local historians as part of the commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the Cúl na Cathrach Ambush, east ...

Beidh daoine ann sna glúnta romhainn a thabharfaidh a mionn leat go raibh siad i láthair ag Ard Fheis stairiúil Chonradh na ...

ELLA O’DWYER is from County Tipperary. MARTINA ANDERSON is from the Bogside in Derry. Both were arrested in Glasgow in June 1985 with Gerry ‘Blute’ McDonnell, Peter Sherry and Pat Magee, ‘The Brighton ...

United Irelanders across London, and further afield, were saddened on Friday to hear about the passing of Martin Collins. A political organiser, across a range of Irish organisations and campaigns, ...

As many enthusiasts of the United Irish era will know, the rebel forces of County Down gathered in the days preceding the Battle of Ballynahinch on nearby Ednavaddy Hill. So on route to Rostrevor this ...

When Frank Stagg embarked on what was to be his fourth and final hunger strike in a British prison in late 1975, he did so with conviction, clarity of mind and in the full knowledge the authorities ...

"The release of Abdullah Öcalan would help transform the current political situation and establish a solid foundation for negotiations to begin" The new year began with the US President once again ...

50 years ago this week Proinsias (Frank) Stagg was on the last days of his hunger strike. His protest was to demand an end to the inhuman treatment to which he had been subjected as an Irish ...

On 2 September last, the day before Ronnie McCartney’s 72 nd birthday, he was given the news in the City Hospital that he had Stage 4 cancer, that chemo would not help, and that he had between six and ...