In the fight for freedom 1919-1921 no County matched Cork for the level and intensity of armed resistance to British rule. It was there that some of the fiercest fighting took place. The IRA’s three Cork brigades inflicted heavy casualties on the c...

Proinsias (Frank) Stagg, IRA Volunteer from Co. Mayo, died on hunger strike in Wakefield Prison, England on 12th February 1976, 45 years ago today. These are extracts from some of his prison letters as published in ‘Irish Voices from English Jails�...

Writing in his latest blog, Declan Kearney said there are fundamental questions for the entire senior leadership of the PSNI.

As a Sinn Féin delegation met with PSNI chief constable, the families of the 1992 Ormeau Road Bookmakers Atrocity have called for the immediate release of the Ombudsman Report to be published.

A long read from Peadar Whelan who considers the implications of how unionist politicians have acted over Brexit border issues and the Article 16 row.

Saying our last goodbyes is always a sad occasion, especially for someone who was a comrade, work colleague, friend and a great character. But, in today’s Covid world it is strange.

Sinn Féin chair Declan Kearney calls on the Spanish government to engage in inclusive negotiations and bring forward a positive, new agenda which enables self determination for the people of Catalunya and the Basque Country.

Owen Carron remembers and pays tribute to Leitrim republican Vincent Kenny who died this week.

In 2018 - on the eve of Storm Emma - Jane was running out of fuel. “It’s an old house, not well insulated and we use oil which isn’t cheap. We didn’t have money for any more. That fear of facing that with no heating wasn’t nice” she says....

January 2021 marks the centenary of the ambush in Drumcondra, Dublin, which was a tragic and costly defeat for the IRA and led to the fatal wounding of one Volunteer, the capture and subsequent executions of four Volunteers, and a life sentence for a...