On 12 May 1981 at 5.43 pm, just seven days after the death of Bobby Sands, Hunger Striker Francis Hughes died. The South Derry man had endured 59 days on Hunger Strike. His sisters Noreen, Maria and Vera and brother Roger were by his bedside when he ...

A Court has vindicated ten people murdered by the British Army in Ballymurphy between 9th and 11th August 1971.

11 May marks the 75th anniversary of the death on hunger and thirst strike of IRA leader Seán McCaughey in Portlaoise Prison. 

As the case against British soldiers involved in the killing of Joe McCann collapsed in court this week, the British government have moved to give a blanket amnesty to British soldiers accused of crimes in Ireland.

5 May 1981 was one of the most defining days in Irish history. It was the day that Bobby Sands, the 27-year-old Member of Parliament for Fermanagh/South Tyrone, died on hunger strike in the H-Blocks of Long Kesh as part of the republican prisoners’...

The latest blog by Declan Kearney on Cuba and its inspiration for humanity across the world.

One hundred years ago this week the British regime carried out further executions of Irish Republican prisoners in Dublin and Cork. As the war intensified under martial law more and more prisoners were being tried by British military courts which han...

One hundred years ago this week the British regime carried out further executions of Irish Republican prisoners in Dublin and Cork. As the war intensified under martial law more and more prisoners were being tried by British military courts which han...

Book review: ‘The Irish Munitions Embargo of 1920’ by Peter Rigney, Umiskin Press, Dublin.

Book review: ‘The Irish Munitions Embargo of 1920’ by Peter Rigney, Umiskin Press, Dublin.