Ninety years ago today on 17 July 1936, Spanish generals led by Francisco Franco began a coup against the democratically elected government of the Spanish Republic.

THE death of IRA Volunteer Martin Hurson on 13 July 1981, after 46 days on the Hunger Strike, was unexpected. The suddenness of his death, coming only five days after that of Joe McDonnell, came as a shock since two other Hunger Strikers – Kieran D...

JOE McDONNELL was the fifth Hunger Striker to die due to the intransigence of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and her government.

I have just returned from Washington, where Sinn Féin President Mary Lou McDonald met with congressional members and Irish American and Trade Union leaders. In Congress, we met a cross-section of representatives from all shades of the Republican and...

The grave of Theobald Wolfe Tone at Bodenstown was for long the site of the largest annual national gathering of republicans. Other events may since have overtaken it in numbers, but it remains the spiritual home of Irish Republicanism and a renewed ...

Carrybridge RNLI volunteers were called into action three times over a busy weekend on Lough Erne, assisting grounded and disabled vessels before helping to locate an overdue boater in the early hours of Monday morning.

Fermanagh Community Transport has paid tribute to former volunteer George Alexander Kilpatrick following his death earlier this month.

A Holy Trinity Primary School pupil has been recognised for helping promote an important environmental message after winning an NI Water colouring competition.

An Enniskillen man has been given a top national life-saving honour after rescuing a drowning man near Crom in Newtownbutler.

Gardaí are appealing for the public's help in tracing a 15-year-old boy who has been reported missing from Co Cavan.