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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...
Tue, 19 May 2026 13:35:26 +0100Raymond McCreesh and Patsy O’Hara – Died on hunger strike in the H-Blocks of Long Kesh
THURSDAY, 21 MAY 1981, witnessed the deaths of two more Hunger Strikers. Raymond McCreesh passed away at 2:30am. That evening, Patsy O’Hara died. The deaths of Raymond and Patsy – who had started the strike on the same day, died on the same day a...
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...
Impartial Reporter
Tue, 16 Jun 2026 14:39:32 +0100Nomination deadline fast approaching for annual Community Champion awards
The nomination deadline is fast approaching for the third annual The Impartial Reporter Community Champion Awards 2026 in association with Encirc.
Tue, 16 Jun 2026 13:01:13 +0100Arson investigation launched after early morning house fire
Detectives are appealing for information following a report of arson with intent to endanger life at a property in Pomeroy early this morning (Tuesday).
Tue, 16 Jun 2026 12:38:18 +0100Lisa McHugh returns to the stage after 'toughest year of my life'
Lisa McHugh returned to the stage at the weekend after battling what she described as the "toughest year of (her) life".
Tue, 16 Jun 2026 12:10:20 +0100Charity run to be held in memory of Greenvale crush victims
At the end of this month, a deeply personal vision of remembrance will come to life in Cookstown, as the community gathers for 'Miles in Their Memory' - an event created to honour three teenagers whose lives were tragically cut short in 2019.
Tue, 16 Jun 2026 11:59:11 +0100A new chapter for Enniskillen Library as redevelopment moves closer
Construction work on the long-awaited redevelopment of Enniskillen Library is expected to begin in Autumn 2026, according to Communities Minister Gordon Lyons.