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Tue, 07 Jul 2026 09:15:45 +0100Joe McDonnell – Died on July 8th 1981 on hunger strike in the H-Blocks of Long Kesh
JOE McDONNELL was the fifth Hunger Striker to die due to the intransigence of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and her government.
Fri, 03 Jul 2026 09:17:35 +0100The United States and a United Ireland
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...
Mon, 29 Jun 2026 10:46:05 +0100“We know exactly who we are. Irish Socialist Republicans. United Irelanders.” - Mary Lou McDonald
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 ...
Thu, 25 Jun 2026 18:20:00 +0100Standing for progress and against forces of the reactionary far right
Two weeks ago, racist pogroms were mounted against ethnic minority and migrant people in greater Belfast, forcing families from their homes. Elsewhere in the north of Ireland, multiple violent attacks and intimidatory protests took place. This vic...
Fri, 12 Jun 2026 09:39:37 +0100Bobby Sands writing in An Phoblacht/Republican News
BOBBY SANDS was the most prolific writer of the republican prisoners in the H-Blocks of Long Kesh during the Blanket Protest which lasted from 1976 until 1981. He was in prison for most of that time, being arrested in October 1976 and sentenced in Se...
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Sun, 12 Jul 2026 06:00:00 +0100Luxury home with 'exceptional views' hits market
A luxury home enjoying sweeping views of the countryside is now on the market.
Sat, 11 Jul 2026 17:25:59 +0100Sea of sashes as thousands celebrate Rossnowlagh Twelfth
It was a heaven-sent day on the sun-washed shores of Rossnowlagh, as the sons and daughters of Ulster and the border counties were decked in the sashes their fathers and mothers wore.
Sat, 11 Jul 2026 11:48:10 +0100Tributes paid after death of respected Fermanagh sports physio Ernie Irvine
Tributes have been paid following the death of well-known Fermanagh physiotherapist Ernie Irvine after a long battle with cancer.
Sat, 11 Jul 2026 10:33:43 +0100Lisa McHugh reflects on health battle one year after life changed
Country music star Lisa McHugh has shared an emotional reflection on what she describes as the “toughest” year of her life, marking one year since she was admitted to hospital after losing the power in her legs.
Sat, 11 Jul 2026 10:09:25 +0100Irvinestown comes alive as Lady of the Lake festival begins
It was a balmy evening in Irvinestown when the 47th annual Lady of the Lake festival kicked off.