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Wed, 26 May 2021 14:22:25 +0100Fullerton family’s 30 year campaign for justice
May 25th marked the 30th anniversary of the assassination of Sinn Féin councillor Eddie Fullerton. Roy Greenslade catalogues the Fullerton family’s ongoing campaign for justice.
Mon, 24 May 2021 09:38:19 +0100Centenary of the Burning of the Custom House
The burning of the Custom House in Dublin on 25 May 1921 was one of the largest operations ever carried out by the IRA. It struck at the centre of British administration in Ireland as the building housed nine separate government departments including...
Mon, 24 May 2021 09:38:19 +0100Centenary of the Burning of the Custom House
The burning of the Custom House in Dublin on 25 May 1921 was one of the largest operations ever carried out by the IRA. It struck at the centre of British administration in Ireland as the building housed nine separate government departments including...
Sat, 22 May 2021 09:05:20 +0100The Partition Election, 'Northern Ireland' and the Second Dáil
100 years ago this week the election to the new ‘Northern Ireland’ Parliament marked the beginning of the Orange state
Sat, 22 May 2021 09:05:20 +0100The Partition Election, 'Northern Ireland' and the Second Dáil
100 years ago this week the election to the new ‘Northern Ireland’ Parliament marked the beginning of the Orange state
Wed, 19 May 2021 09:55:09 +0100McCreesh and O’Hara die on the same day
Thursday, 21 May 1981, witnessed the deaths of two more Hunger Strikers. Raymond McCreesh passed away at 2.30am. Later that evening Patsy O’Hara died.
Tue, 18 May 2021 11:39:33 +0100There is no equivalence between the oppressor and the oppressed in Palestine - Declan Kearney
Declan Kearney's latest blog looks at the ongoing situation in Palestine and the ongoing attacks against people in Gaza.
Fri, 14 May 2021 15:54:17 +0100Ballymurphy families relief as coroner’s verdicts indict British State
It took Justice Siobhan Keegan over two and half hours to outline her findings on the 1971 Ballymurphy massacre. After over 100 days of evidence from eye-witnesses and expert testimony, Peadar Whelan details the findings of the inquest.
Wed, 12 May 2021 08:55:22 +0100Legendary Volunteer dies on Hunger Strike
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 ...
Tue, 11 May 2021 14:42:37 +0100'A day of truth' - Ballymurphy victims and families vindicated
A Court has vindicated ten people murdered by the British Army in Ballymurphy between 9th and 11th August 1971.