The Planter and the Gael | Time for Truth | The Springhill/Westrock Massacre
The Planter and the Gael. Last week US Congress member Richie Neal, Chair of the Ways and Means Committee on Capitol Hill, led a Congressional delegation from Washington to Brussels, London, Dublin,...
5 Jun 202216min
A referendum on the Future | Acht na Gaeilge Anois | Defending journalists
A referendum on the Future Sunday marked 24 years from the historic referendum in May 1998 that saw almost three quarters of people in the North vote in support of the Good Friday Agreement. Despite...
29 Mai 202218min
Lá Mór Dearg | Employers must talk to workers | Murder of Shireen Abu Akleh
Lá Mór Dearg As this column goes to print Boris Johnson comes to visit our political leaders in Hillsborough. Whatever he may say or not say one thing is clear. We do not need him to govern us. But ...
22 Mai 202219min
A transformative election | Attacks on Human Rights laws must be opposed
A transformative election The overwhelming majority of citizens on this island want our future to be different from what went before. Those who voted last Thursday want those they have elected to rep...
15 Mai 202214min
A historic election
The Sun Is Setting. The legacy of empire, of colonialism and of slavery is for many still a matter of the present and not the past. This is especially true for many of the former British colonies in t...
8 Mai 202219min
May 5th - The Peoples Day | Taking a stand against hate crime | In Praise Of Napping
May 5th - The Peoples Day Less than one week to polling day and the pundits and pollsters are filling the airways and column inches with their take on who will be the big winners and who will be the ...
1 Mai 202217min
THE MUSIC MEN | Rióísn Reimagined
THE MUSIC MENMy recent tales of singsongs in the H Blocks have triggered more reminiscences of other such events. Two in particular stand out. Both were after Long Kesh was burned downRióísn Reimagine...
24 Apr 202213min
Celebrating the Easter Rising | The Process of change is unstoppable
Celebrating the Easter Rising Today Irish republicans across Ireland and globally will commemorate and celebrate the men and women who rose up against the British Empire and in favour of an Irish Rep...
17 Apr 202214min
