A DEPOSIT RETURN SCHEME (DRS) for drinks containers was a centrepiece of the Taoiseach’s Programme for Government set out in June last year. A DRS for Ireland will see shoppers pay a small deposit on drinks containers which is subsequently redeemed...

This is an edited version of an article by Trevor Quinn of Cork SIPTU, first published in An Phoblacht, November 2011

This is an edited version of an article by Trevor Quinn of Cork SIPTU, first published in An Phoblacht, November 2011

Writing in his latest blog, Declan Kearney says the Tories & DUP are engaged in the worst type of toxic politics.

Liverpool’s Irish community was in mourning following the recent death of local republican, historian and Irish language activist Tony Birtill.

As autumn turned to winter in 1921 negotiations were taking place in London that were to shape the destiny of Ireland for decades and the consequences of which are still felt today. The Irish delegation in London represented Dáil Éireann, the gover...

The great African-American anti-slavery leader Frederick Douglass was honoured in Dublin on 21 October with a City Council commemorative plaque on one of the buildings where he spoke when he visited Ireland in 1845.

Thomas Russell, a founding leader of the revolutionary society of the United Irishmen, was executed by British crown forces in Downpatrick Gaol on this day, 21st October 1803.

Writing in his latest blog, Declan Kearney said the people of Ireland deserve a future beyond the failure of partition.

Islington played host to the launch of a Mica Redress campaign London-Irish support network last week with Jeremy Corbyn attending and pledging his support.