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 man has been arrested after police seized suspected Class A drugs and cash with a combined estimated value of £10,500 during a proactive operation targeting organised crime in Mid Ulster.

A child who was critically injured in a road traffic collision in Co Cavan has died in hospital, Gardaí have confirmed.

The PSNI has said there are currently no plans to close Lisnaskea Police Station following claims that the facility could face closure.

Detectives investigating a burglary in Drumquin and reports of suspicious activity in the Castlederg area have released two men on bail following their arrest earlier this week.

Gardaí have renewed their appeal for the public's help in tracing a 14-year-old boy who has been reported missing from Co Donegal.