Irish Unity is firmly on the agenda in the presidential election with all three candidates saying they support unity. This is ...

Twenty years ago this month, ten workers from the Henry Street branch of Dunnes Stores in Dublin’s city centre went on strike to protest the selling of produce from Apartheid South Africa. A year ...

"Progressive political parties, all social partners and wider civic society need to speak with one clear voice in support of the Protocol. It is time to stand united and refuse to be dragged backwards ...

I commend the Republicans of County Clare for remembering Volunteers Patrick O’Mahony, Christopher Quinn and William O’Shaughnessy and for restoring this memorial plaque. As I put these words together ...

This month marks the 80th anniversary of the United Nations Charter being adopted, which has become the foundation of the United Nations itself and our international law framework. The Charter ...

The cost of living emergency and public finances crisis presents a decisive crossroads for the DUP. The party leadership position is untenable. In these circumstances an unconditional return to power ...

This feature first appeared in An Phoblacht/Republican News on March 28th 1991 to mark the 75th anniversary of the Easter Rising IT IS NO EXAGGERATION to say that the events of Easter Week in 1916 ...

On the 250th anniversary of the birth of Daniel O’Connell we republish this article which was first published in August 2019. The RTÉ two-part documentary on Daniel O’Connell presented by Olivia ...

“Ireland’s political hall of mirrors” This description of how “facts” about Ireland are distorted comes from the 1998 book ‘The Irish War’ by former Parachute Regiment soldier turned journalist Tony ...

As many enthusiasts of the United Irish era will know, the rebel forces of County Down gathered in the days preceding the Battle of Ballynahinch on nearby Ednavaddy Hill. So on route to Rostrevor this ...

Former Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams takes us inside the last hours of the talks that culminated in the Good Friday Agreement. In the 25 years since the Good Friday Agreement, over half a million ...

The opportunity to secure self-determination for our peoples is within reach. National sovereignty is inseparable from the organisation of society in the interests of all citizens. That is, a process ...