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...

Donegal boxing legend Paddy Doherty recalls fighting alongside Muhammad Ali, Katie Taylor’s tribute and a career representing Ireland and Northern Ireland.

Una Bourke remembered as a woman of generosity, faith and community spirit

A heated exchange has taken place at Stormont over the future of emergency general surgery at South West Acute Hospital (SWAH), with Fermanagh and South Tyrone MLA Deborah Erskine pressing the Health Minister, Robbie Butler MLA for a decision on whet...

Work has officially begun on a £7.7 million project to deliver a new purpose-built school for Gaelscoil Uí Néill in Coalisland.

Teachers across Northern Ireland are taking action short of strike as unions continue to press for improvements to pay and working conditions.