Irish military neutrality is greatly valued. It has enhanced the reputation of our peacekeepers overseas and allowed Ireland to remain a voice for peace, dialogue and the international rules based order. We are a small nation, on the outskirts of Eur...

BY the autumn of 1976, the armed conflict in the Six Counties had been ongoing for seven years. The widespread imprisonment, ill-treatment and, in some cases, torture of nationalists by the British state fuelled the conflict and, as so often in Irish...

The Easter Rising in 1916 was a pivotal event in Ireland’s history. It is the story that we grew up hearing, those who died that Easter time are the heroes that stilled our childhood play.

Earlier this month the mass funeral of 112 Palestinians, mostly women and children, brought again into sharp focus the scale of the genocide in the Gaza Strip. Only days ago, another mass funeral of 50 took place.  Those buried were recovered from ...

August 20th marks the death of Michael Devine, the 10th republican hunger striker to die in 1981. Born in Derry, Devine grew up in the tumult of the civil rights protests, internment and Bloody Sunday in January 1972. He died after 60 days on hunge...

As the debate on a motion calling for a border poll on Irish unity was drawing to a close at the September 24 monthly meeting of Mid Ulster District Council, Councillor Paul McLean pointed out that the Good Friday Agreement provides no actual timefra...

As a motion on Irish unity was being debated at the September 24 monthly meeting of Mid Ulster District Council, Councillor Barry Monteith argued that nothing short of a 32-county referendum would give people north and south of the Irish border a pro...

As the debate on a motion calling for a date to be set for a border poll continued, Councillor Malachy Quinn argued that the democratic pathway enshrined in the Good Friday Agreement on the question of Irish unity could not be kept “off the table�...

A motion on Irish unity, calling on both the British and Irish Governments to set a date for unity referendums, was carried by a strong majority at the September 24 meeting of Mid Ulster District Council, despite strong opposition from unionist repre...

DUP MLAs criticise A5 Western Transport Corridor delays after Court of Appeal ruling, calling for a clear timetable, landowner compensation and answers over £200m spent.