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Tue, 26 May 2026 21:16:17 +0100
Workers' 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...

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 +0100
Francis 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 +0100
The 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...

Tue, 05 May 2026 11:35:47 +0100
Séamus gave it his all
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.

Impartial Reporter

Thu, 04 Jun 2026 08:39:00 +0100
Frank Galligan: Turf fires, townlands and the magic of schoolyard memories
St. Mary’s Primary School, Teemore, is celebrating fifty years since its inception and I was delighted to be asked to facilitate the project over a period of some months. It included poems, stories, school history, and as well as contributions from...

Thu, 04 Jun 2026 08:38:00 +0100
USPCA voices concern after 'repeat offender' banned from owning animals again
A Caledon farmer who was banned from keeping animals for ten years after DAERA inspecters found dead and suffering cattle on his farm was previously banned for similar offences in 2008, The Impartial Reporter can reveal.

Thu, 04 Jun 2026 08:00:00 +0100
'Shock and sadness' over number of children on protection register
Seventy-two children in Fermanagh were on the Child Protection Register as of March 2026, according to newly released figures from the Western Health and Social Care Trust.

Thu, 04 Jun 2026 07:56:00 +0100
Maguiresbridge farmer named Deputy President of RUAS
A farmer from the Maguiresbridge area with more than four decades of experience in cattle breeding has taken on a senior leadership role at the heart of Northern Ireland’s agricultural community, after being elected Deputy President of the Royal Ul...

Thu, 04 Jun 2026 07:31:00 +0100
Breast cancer survivor takes centre stage in moving Calendar Girls production
A Derrylin woman who underwent extensive treatment for breast cancer has spoken about returning to the stage for the first time since her diagnosis as part of a powerful charity production of Calendar Girls.

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