In December 1974 in Southampton, British police surrounded a house to capture two IRA Volunteers. The Volunteers, one of whom was Ronnie, broke through the cordon and as Ronnie was being pursued by a ...
Justice for the Forgotten, which represents the bereaved and the survivors of the Dublin and Monaghan bombings of May 1974 ...
At that border crossing, I felt like I’d morphed back in time, to what life might have been for me. What it was for my ...
A few days ago I came across a podcast by Irish historian Dónal Fallon which outlined the history of a particular commemoration to the IRA freedom fighter Seán Treacy, who was killed during a gun ...
Half a century after one of Ireland’s darkest miscarriages of justice, artists, journalists, lawyers, and human rights defenders will come together for a night of remembrance, resistance, and renewal.
United Irelanders across London, and further afield, were saddened on Friday to hear about the passing of Martin Collins. A political organiser, across a range of Irish organisations and campaigns, ...
In the end she won by a landslide. Taking 914,143 votes and 63.36% of the total valid poll Catherine Connolly stormed home with the Government-backed candidate Heather Humphreys of Fine Gael getting ...
The commemorative dinner-dance formed part of the ‘Margaret Skinnider weekend’, an annual weekend of politics and commemoration organised by the Margaret Skinnider Cumann of Cairde na hÉireann. Each ...
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 ...
"Fundamental constitutional change in Ireland must be shaped by a progressive, labour agenda." Today, Irish unity is closer than at any time since the partition of our country and there are many ...
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 ...