GFA25 Gerry Kelly | St Patrick | Bono's Book
Celebrating St. Patrick and the GFA This week Uachtarán Shinn Féin Mary Lou McDonald and Leas Uachtarán Michelle O’Neill will be in the USA for the St. Patrick’s Day events. St. Patrick’s Day or week...
19 Mars 202315min
GFA 25 | Macalla na mBán
Macalla na mBán. This week’s column is dedicated to women. It includes a guest piece by Bairbre de Brún, former MLA and Minister. Wednesday was International Women’s Day. It is a day set aside to c...
12 Mars 202316min
Moore Street | Decision Time | Wounded Knee | Horror in Palestine
The Story of Moore Street Last week the Moore Street Preservation Trust held an Urgent Public Meeting in Liberty Hall in Dublin to discuss the crisis surrounding the future development of the Moore S...
5 Mars 202321min
Decision Time | Unity is Our Future | Stand Up | Letting Sleping Dogs Lie
Make Your Mind Up Time. As I write this column the rumours are rife that the European Commission and the British government are close to an agreement – maybe – on the Protocol. It could be this week...
26 Feb 202318min
Celebrating Activism | Prison Books | Brendan Behan
Celebrating with Alex and Fra Republicans don’t say thank you often enough to each other. Fra McCann and Alex Maskey are 50 year activists. That is they have both been involved in the struggle for ov...
19 Feb 202318min
Moore St | Prison Books | Have your Say
Moore St belongs to the people The importance of the Moore Street 1916 Battlefield site was best summed up by Uachtarán na hÉireann Michael D Higgins who said: “This area belongs to no one individual...
12 Feb 202324min
Duke of York | Bloody Sunday | Citizens Assembly
The Duke of York The recent cold snap and the sniffles of many of my associates reminded me of when I was a young curate in The Duke of York pub in Commercial Court in Belfast in the mid 1960s. In ...
5 Feb 202321min
Trees | Freedom | First Dáil
TREES I want to recommend that you make friends with a tree. Any tree. Pick one in your local park or glen or up on a mountain. Get up close and friendly with it. Or admire the very welcome trees now...
29 Jan 202320min
