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.

5 May 1981 was one of the most defining days in Irish history. It was the day that Bobby Sands, the 27-year-old Member of Parliament for Fermanagh/South Tyrone, died on hunger strike in the H-Blocks of Long Kesh as part of the republican prisoners’...

24 April marks the 110th anniversary of the Easter Rising in Ireland, when Irish revolutionaries took on the might of the British empire and declared a national Republic. The Proclamation of the Republic itself was a revolutionary document which...

A passion for computers sparked at a South West College open day has grown into a successful career in IT for John Lambe from Belleek, showcasing the strength of the college’s clear progression routes in computing from Level 3 through to degree-lev...

The family and friends of Lord Claud Anthony Hamilton gathered at St. Macartin’s Cathedral, Enniskillen, on Sunday to celebrate his long and happy life.

Primary school pupils across Northern Ireland are being encouraged to become more aware of risks in their homes, schools and communities through a new Education Authority initiative.

Deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly has said Agriculture Minister Andrew Muir should have taken action on bovine TB “much more quickly than he has done”.

Patients and members of the public are experiencing difficulties contacting the main switchboard at Western Health and Social Care Trust’s South West Acute Hospital (SWAH) due to an issue affecting incoming calls from mobile networks.