Local Liverpool trade unionist and political activist groups marched through the heart of the city centre last weekend to mark the contribution of local International Brigade volunteers in the Spanish Civil War.

“The prospect of Irish unity is no longer a distant dream. It is an achievable objective. That did not happen by accident. It was built by generations of republicans who refused to surrender hope.” So said Martina Anderson, speaking at the 50th a...

Ninety years ago today on 17 July 1936, Spanish generals led by Francisco Franco began a coup against the democratically elected government of the Spanish Republic.

THE death of IRA Volunteer Martin Hurson on 13 July 1981, after 46 days on the Hunger Strike, was unexpected. The suddenness of his death, coming only five days after that of Joe McDonnell, came as a shock since two other Hunger Strikers – Kieran D...

JOE McDONNELL was the fifth Hunger Striker to die due to the intransigence of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and her government.

A woman has died and a child has been left critically injured following a road traffic collision in Co Cavan on Friday evening.

A 25-year-old law student has been granted bail after appearing before court in the Republic of Ireland charged with possession of explosives.

Former headmaster, author, broadcaster and well-known Fermanagh storyteller Bryan Gallagher has died peacefully, surrounded by his loving family.

The Ulster Unionist Party has praised An Garda Síochána following the interception of what has been described as an "extremely significant" explosive device in Co Monaghan.

An “extremely significant” bomb has been intercepted in a vehicle in transit near the Irish border in an operation targeting dissident republicans, gardaí have said.