Three significant outcomes have begun to crystallise in the aftermath of the most recent Irish general election. First, Sinn Féin has been consolidated as the third major political force in the southern Irish state. Second, for the first time sinc...

During this general election campaign in the south of Ireland, the electorate has been presented with a real choice - between the plan for change presented by Sinn Féin, or more of the same from the two conservative parties, Fine Gael and Fianna Fá...

Sinn Féin’s National Chairperson Declan Kearney MLA has said everyone should be afforded the right of respectful commemoration.

Last Saturday in Brussels I addressed the launch of a European Anti-Apartheid campaign in support of Palestine.  The conference occurred at a time a population of 400,000 Palestinians faces total annihilation in northern Gaza. All food and medic...

15 OCTOBER marks the 50th anniversary of the burning of Long Kesh camp in 1974 by republican POWs in protest at conditions and ill-treatment. In an article originally published in the November 1994 issue of Captive Voice, a magazine produced by repub...

Some more scenes from this year's busy Royal Ulster Winter Fair, in Lisburn.

A RINGING of bagpipes outside St. Macartan's Cathedral in Enniskillen was a fitting send-off for much-loved local piper, Jonathan Watson.

POLICE have warned of an increase in Class A drugs in the district following patrols across Fermanagh.

In a high-visibility patrol carried out yesterday afternoon, officers from the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI), as part of the District Support Team (DST), made a significant drug-related arrest in Enniskillen during Operation Seasons Greet...

PRESIDENT of the Ulster Farmers' Union, William Irvine, has said the Union "will not accept policies that will hinder succession planning" in his new year message.