On Thursday, 9 April 1981, Bobby Sands was elected MP for the constituency of Fermanagh and South Tyrone. Sands polled 30,492 votes against unionist candidate Harry West’s 29,046. There were only 3,280 spoilt, highlighting the failure of the SDLP�...

Sinn Féin Justice and Policing spokesperson Gerry Kelly believes “the disturbances in loyalist areas across the north are an out-working of the DUP’s rhetoric and undermining of the PSNI and criminal justice system”

Here today we reprint the Roll of Honour in memory of the 364 Republicans whose names are recorded here. These men and woman, Volunteers in Óglaigh Na h-Éireann, Cumman Na mBan, Fianna Éireann, and members of Sinn Féin gave their lives in the cau...

Martin McGuinness once said that the deaths of the ten hunger strikers in 1981 was “our 1916”. The impact of the hunger strike was so profound that he was comparing it to the epoch-making events of the 1916 Rising and the executions of the 16 lea...

Martin McGuinness once said that the deaths of the ten hunger strikers in 1981 was “our 1916”. The impact of the hunger strike was so profound that he was comparing it to the epoch-making events of the 1916 Rising and the executions of the 16 lea...

Writing in his latest blog, Declan Kearney said the DUP need to stop making bad decisions.

The Cure for Southern Partitionist Guilt – Ciarán Quinn outlines talks about Irish Unity and the need for new thinking and planning.

Women are entitled to modern, compassionate healthcare. The historic referendum to Repeal the Eighth Amendment made this very clear. No woman can be left behind; no matter where they live on our island.  One year after the law was changed to legal...

Former republican prisoner Peadar Whelan reviews 6,000 days, the ‘epic memoir of survival’ by Jim ‘Jaz’ McCann.

Ray McCreesh and Patsy O'Hara join Bobby Sands and Francis Hughes on the H-Blocks Hunger Strike for the restoration of political status