In 1986 I gave a talk at a Sinn Féin conference which became known by activists of my vintage as The Road to Cork or The Bus to Cork. More of that ...

This column will be in Cork, le cuidiu Dia, to attend the National Hunger Strike Commemoration on Sunday. It’s the first time that this annual even...

In the course of almost 60 years of activism I have been very lucky to meet many wonderful, committed, compassionate republicans. On Saturday, in B...

I had the privilege of attending many of the debates and discussions which are a unique and vital part of Féile an Phobail. Well done to all the pa...

A great crowd turned out on Monday morning in Lombard Street in Belfast City Centre for the unveiling by Belfast City Ard Mheara (Lord Mayor) Ryan ...

I am a longtime fan of Tony Bennett. News of his death at the fine age of ninety six brings an end to an amazing life and a wonderful singing caree...

Two weeks ago Niall O’Dowd, founder of the Irish American newspaper The Irish Voice, announced that it was to close after 36 years. The New York-ba...

Internment was introduced 52 years ago next month on August 9, 1971. In the early hours of that morning 342 men and boys from nationalist homes acr...

Two successful events on the future of Ireland were held in Belfast and Dublin last week. The atmosphere and enthusiasm at both events was mighty. ...

Last June, Micheál Martin, the then taoiseach, attacked the decades long neutrality policy of the Irish state. He claimed that; “We need to reflect...

The threat of demolition to parts of the Moore Street Terrace, a place that played a central role in the Easter Rising, has increased significantly...

St. Comgall’s/Ionad Eileen Howell in Divis Street will be formally opened next week, on Thursday, June 22. The multi-million pound project has been...