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Tue, 26 May 2026 21:16:17 +0100Workers' rights delayed or blocked are rights denied
Last week a large number of local trade unionists, various MLAs, and Party workers rallied together outside Parliament Buildings in Belfast to call for progress on implementation of the ‘Good Jobs Employment Rights Bill’, which is being spearhead...
Tue, 19 May 2026 13:35:26 +0100Raymond McCreesh and Patsy O’Hara – Died on hunger strike in the H-Blocks of Long Kesh
THURSDAY, 21 MAY 1981, witnessed the deaths of two more Hunger Strikers. Raymond McCreesh passed away at 2:30am. That evening, Patsy O’Hara died. The deaths of Raymond and Patsy – who had started the strike on the same day, died on the same day a...
Thu, 14 May 2026 08:44:37 +0100“We wouldn’t be where we are without that struggle”
Forty years after the killing of IRA Volunteer Séamus McElwain, former political prisoner, Sinn Féin MLA and republican activist Seán Lynch reflects on the man he knew, the conflict they lived through, and the political path that followed.
Mon, 11 May 2026 13:34:57 +0100Francis Hughes – Died on 12 May 1981 on hunger strike in the H-Blocks
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...
Fri, 08 May 2026 08:40:33 +0100The Triple Lock - the truth
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...
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Fri, 19 Jun 2026 12:07:52 +0100More than £3,200 raised for Sunday School after vandalism
A fundraising coffee morning organised in Newtownbutler has raised more than £3,200 in support of Galloon Parish Church Sunday School, which was targeted in a vandalism attack earlier this year.
Fri, 19 Jun 2026 11:49:09 +0100Pupils pay tribute to principal with musical performance
Pupils at Irvinestown Primary School have paid a special musical tribute to their retiring principal, Mrs. Edwina Read, who is stepping down this month after 34 years of dedicated service to the school.
Fri, 19 Jun 2026 09:05:33 +0100Be wary of the mineral deficiencies that quietly reduce lamb growth
Mineral nutrition is often an overlooked factor in lamb performance
Fri, 19 Jun 2026 10:55:49 +0100Festival in doubt as organisers take legal action over €283k loss
The organisers of the Rory Gallagher Tribute Festival have been forced into taking legal action following the news that in excess of €283,000 of ticket sales are in limbo after Tickets.ie stopped trading.
Fri, 19 Jun 2026 16:02:35 +0100Jury sent home again as they deliberate over Donaldson abuse case
The jury in the case of Jeffrey and Eleanor Donaldson has been sent home for the second day, having now deliberated for over six hours.