On 29 March 2026, the iconic Vicar Street venue will transform into a space of reflection and resistance to mark fifty years ...
Stalwart political campaigner on all things Ireland Martin Collins died last week. Joe Dwyer pens an appreciation of Martin’s ...
Some sections of the Irish political establishment tried to derail Catherine Connolly’s presidential election campaign by resorting to the ‘project fear’ playbook. They failed. Instead she rose above ...
As a strongly pro-neutrality president of Ireland was about to be elected last week a British warmonger addressed a unionist meeting in Westminster and said Irish unity would pose a threat to Britain ...
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 ...
"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 ...
On the 50th anniversary of the Miami Showband massacre we re-publish this article by the late Ella O’Dwyer, first published in 2007. THE Miami Showband massacre took place 31 July 1975, near Newry, in ...
An historic statement was issued by Óglaigh na hÉireann, the Irish Republican Army on Thursday 28 July 2005. It brought an end to the IRA’s armed campaign and opened a new phase in the Republican ...
A large crowd turned out in beautiful sunny weather in Kiltyclogher for the 109th anniversary of Seán MacDiarmada on Sunday, 11th May. The commemoration was preceded by a parade from Sraduffy Cross ...
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 ...