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Tue, 26 May 2026 21:16:17 +0100Workers' rights delayed or blocked are rights denied
Last week a large number of local trade unionists, various MLAs, and Party workers rallied together outside Parliament Buildings in Belfast to call for progress on implementation of the ‘Good Jobs Employment Rights Bill’, which is being spearhead...
Thu, 14 May 2026 08:44:37 +0100“We wouldn’t be where we are without that struggle”
Forty years after the killing of IRA Volunteer Séamus McElwain, former political prisoner, Sinn Féin MLA and republican activist Seán Lynch reflects on the man he knew, the conflict they lived through, and the political path that followed.
Mon, 11 May 2026 13:34:57 +0100Francis Hughes – Died on 12 May 1981 on hunger strike in the H-Blocks
The death of Francis Hughes at the age of 25 on hunger strike in the H-Blocks of Long Kesh saw not the end of a legend but a new chapter in what was, by any measure, the story of one of the most fearless and tenacious guerrilla fighters of the 20th C...
Fri, 08 May 2026 08:40:33 +0100The Triple Lock - the truth
There was huge interest among delegates to the presentation on the Triple Lock at last summer’s ICTU Global Solidarity School. As a result Dublin Council of Trade Unions organised a similar presentation for its delegates and a call for the Trade Un...
Tue, 05 May 2026 11:35:47 +0100Séamus gave it his all
Sinn Fein MLA Gerry Kelly gave the main oration to a gathering of over 1,000 people in Scotstown, Co. Monaghan, to honour IRA Volunteer Séamus McElwain on the 40th anniversary of his death in a British SAS ambush.
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Sat, 30 May 2026 09:43:01 +0100Calls for 'racist' anti-immigration banner erected in playpark to be removed
An 'anti-immigration' banner erected in Tyrone is being treated as a hate incident and there are calls for it to be removed.
Sat, 30 May 2026 09:19:21 +0100Councillor angry after 'sickening' and 'disrespectful' dumping of animal carcass
A Mid-Ulster councillor has hit out after ‘another’ dead animal was left dumped on the side of a road.
Fri, 29 May 2026 17:09:26 +0100Local opposition mounts against proposed 600 foot tall Leitrim wind turbines
A cluster of fourteen, 600 foot-tall, proposed wind turbines at Dough Mountain near Manorhamilton in north County Leitrim has been described by a community group as “unprecedented and unsuitable.”
Fri, 29 May 2026 16:27:34 +0100Court hears Jeffrey Donaldson's 'regret' was 'nothing to do’ with sex allegations
A letter written by Sir Jeffrey Donaldson to a woman who has accused him of sexual assault expressing “regret” was “nothing to do” with the allegations, a court has heard.
Fri, 29 May 2026 14:14:22 +0100Catch a glimpse of life on the farm at CAFRE Enniskillen
The College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) is inviting the public onto campus during Bank of Ireland’s Open Farm Weekend, with a free, family friendly event taking place at Enniskillen Campus.