The period after the narrow Dáil vote in favour of the Treaty in January 1922 saw division between the pro and anti-Treaty sides widening but also many efforts to maintain unity and to prevent armed conflict.

The period after the narrow Dáil vote in favour of the Treaty in January 1922 saw division between the pro and anti-Treaty sides widening but also many efforts to maintain unity and to prevent armed conflict.

‘A powerful read and a fitting testament to all those who suffered at the hands of the State and Church in their horrific institutions’. Kathleen Function reviews Jim McVeigh’s 'Stolen Faith'.

With just six weeks to the Assembly election the DUP are putting electoral concerns ahead of supporting tens of thousands of vulnerable children

One hundred years ago the new state of ‘Northern Ireland’ was being consolidated by the Unionist Party, the Orange Order and the British crown forces by means of sectarian terror against the non-unionist population, especially in Belfast.

One hundred years ago the new state of ‘Northern Ireland’ was being consolidated by the Unionist Party, the Orange Order and the British crown forces by means of sectarian terror against the non-unionist population, especially in Belfast.

Writing in his latest blog, Declan Kearney said failure by the British government to deliver Acht Gaeilge will be a new act of deceit.

A recent Amnesty International report has found Israel to be an “Apartheid State” and guilty of “crimes against humanity” through depriving Palestinians of their rights under international law.

Invasion, occupation, weapons and wars should belong to the past; the future of Europe, and humanity, must be peace! Sinn Féin MP Chris Hazzard’s speech to the March 5th Stop the War Coalition rally in London.

As the North’s Education Authority cut funding for Irish language youth provision in West Belfast Sinn Féin highlight the British government’s unfulfilled commitment to implement the Irish Language Act.