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Tue, 26 May 2026 21:16:17 +0100Workers' 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...
Tue, 19 May 2026 13:35:26 +0100Raymond McCreesh and Patsy O’Hara – Died on hunger strike in the H-Blocks of Long Kesh
THURSDAY, 21 MAY 1981, witnessed the deaths of two more Hunger Strikers. Raymond McCreesh passed away at 2:30am. That evening, Patsy O’Hara died. The deaths of Raymond and Patsy – who had started the strike on the same day, died on the same day a...
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 +0100Francis 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 +0100The 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...
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Tue, 16 Jun 2026 09:56:21 +0100Ardhowen Theatre in Enniskillen kicks off busy week of entertainment
Ardhowen Theatre is preparing for another busy week of entertainment, with live music, nostalgia and creative networking all featuring in an exciting programme of events.
Mon, 15 Jun 2026 17:37:50 +0100K9 Search and Rescue Unit joins search for missing Castlederg woman
K9 Search and Rescue Northern Ireland has completed four days of intensive search operations on Lough Erne as efforts continue to locate missing Castlederg woman Lyndsay Rankin.
Mon, 15 Jun 2026 17:10:56 +0100Fermanagh Show among lowest funded county shows, figures show
Fermanagh Show received just £15,167.80 in funding from the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) over the past five years, placing it among the lowest funded county agricultural shows in Northern Ireland.
Mon, 15 Jun 2026 17:01:27 +0100Fermanagh farmers will not benefit immediately from bTB pilot
Livestock farmers in Fermanagh and South Tyrone will not see any immediate benefits from a new bovine tuberculosis research pilot, according to the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs.
Mon, 15 Jun 2026 16:35:33 +0100No road safety works planned for Letterbreen's 'double corners'
The Department for Infrastructure (DfI) has said no additional road safety measures are currently planned for 'double corners' in Letterbreen, despite evidence of a number of recent collisions at the location.