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.

Writing in his latest blog, Declan Kearney national self-determination is the only way forward for Palestine.

Martina Anderson gave the funeral oration for Volunteer Ella O’Dwyer who died last week. Anderson described her friend and comrade as ‘a soldier, a revolutionary, a loving, dedicated Irish Republican’, whose life was ‘a testament to the strug...

In 2007, for a Christmas edition An Phoblacht sat down with Ella O’Dwyer and Martina Anderson to capture their prison Christmas experiences. It is a great insight into the comradery among prisoners at the time, and crucially into the wit and humour...

Support for children in Northern Ireland for body image issues and eating disorders peaked in August last year during the school holidays.

Fermanagh viewers of RTÉ news bulletins will be blocked from watching them due to rights over Olympic footage.

More victims have now come forward to authorities in the United States alleging they were defrauded by Irvinestown brothers Matthew and Patrick McDonagh.

Joshua Black, aged 14, and his twin brothers, Dylan and Jake, aged 12, have been undergoing extensive medical treatment in recent months following a horrific crash near Enniskillen in March. The accident happened when the jeep they were in, driven by...

The parents of a Fermanagh man who took his own life as a result of his gambling addiction have spoken of their “bitter disappointment” that the Northern Ireland Assembly will not be proceeding with a proposed Gambling Bill.