Slán Shane | Connolly House | Lies of War
Slán Shane Shane MacGowan was a friend of West Belfast. Back in 1988 in the wake of the killings of IRA Volunteers Mairead Farrell, Dan McCann and Sean Savage in Gibraltar, and the killing of other c...
10 Dec 202313min
Where to for Loyalism? | Peace requires respect for Palestinian rights | The Far Right must be challenged
Where to for Loyalism? I have met many loyalists over a very long time. In prison. Out of prison. In secret or in private talks going back to the 1970s. And many times since then. I like to think tha...
3 Dec 202318min
Strength to strength | Seán Harte | Palestine
strength to strength Regular readers will know that Ionad Eileen Howell/St. Comgall’s was formally opened in June by the US Economic Envoy Joe Kennedy. It came after many years of fundraising, plann...
26 Nov 202315min
Fr Alec Reid | Ard Fheis
Fr. Alec Reid Next Wednesday – 22 November – will mark the tenth anniversary of the death of Father Alec Reid. It is a matter of wonderment that a decade has passed since he left us. Students of the ...
19 Nov 202310min
Unity | Ethnic Cleansing | Crann Na Saoirse
The Unity Debate Seven key Irish-American organisations have announced an ‘Irish Unity Summit – For a New and United Ireland’ to be held in New York on 1st March next year. This major initiative – c...
12 Nov 202312min
Wolfe Tone | Ceasefires Now | Pulse
Wolfe Tone’s Cordial Union Last week I attended an event in Parliament Buildings at Stormont, hosted by US Special Economic Envoy Joe Kennedy. There was a panel discussion on the impact of the Good ...
5 Nov 202314min
We are all Palestinians | Peacemakers | Tír Chonaill Thuaidh
We are all Palestinians As I write this week’s column all of the scéal coming from the Israeli government and its international allies indicate that a ground invasion of Gaza is imminent. It will, ac...
29 Okt 202313min
Irish Peace Initiative | People's Assembly | Moore Street Tour
Ireland Should Launch A Middle East Peace Initiative. Like many of you I have been shocked and distressed by the appalling events in the Middle East. The attack by Hamas fighters which targeted civil...
22 Okt 202318min
