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...

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.

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...

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...

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.

A motion, calling for a scheme to be set up to guarantee a basic income for artists, on a par with what already exists in the Republic of Ireland, was supported by a majority of councillors at the May 28 monthly meeting of Mid Ulster District Council...

Two supermarket chains have sponsored the planting of 1,800 native trees across Co. Fermanagh, as part of their ongoing tree planting initiative.

Sinn Féin councillor Noeleen Hayes has called on Health Minister Mike Nesbitt to urgently review the current payment model for Health Service dentistry and to clarify plans for a proposed Emergency Dental Clinic in the Western Trust area.

An animal sanctuary has issued an urgent appeal for a foster home for a young cat battling severe infections that could cost him his eyesight.

Volunteers, service users, and community groups gathered at Kesh Courthouse last week for a special celebration marking the end of another successful season of its popular "Tasty Tuesday" programme.