A century ago in the summer of 1925 the Boundary Commission established under the Anglo-Irish Treaty was hearing evidence on ...

Irish citizens in the north of Ireland and those living abroad are still disenfranchised from participation in the democratic ...

Sinn Féin’s Matt Carthy gave the main address at the annual commemoration for Volunteer Martin ‘Doco’ Doherty, who was killed ...

Republicans across the Northwest attended the annual commemoration for 1916 martyr Seán Mac Diarmada on 11 May. The niece and ...

The failure to deliver a functioning childcare system is now one of the defining failures of this government. Despite pre-election promises and repeated commitments, the government has failed to act.

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 ...

The “Good Jobs” Employment Rights legislation due to come before the northern assembly is the most progressive employment legislation ever to be introduced in the north. It presents an unparalleled ...

The death occurred on Friday 21 February of Brendan McFarlane, who was a Republican leader inside and outside the prisons, known and respected by generations of activists across Ireland and beyond.

The bereaved and survivors of this tragedy have borne their sorrow with great dignity for 43 years. Another mother, Gertrude Barrett, who lost her son Michael, was the first to give a pen picture at ...

Twenty years ago this month, ten workers from the Henry Street branch of Dunnes Stores in Dublin’s city centre went on strike to protest the selling of produce from Apartheid South Africa. A year ...

My comrade in Arms, Óglaigh na hÉireann, Ella O’Dwyer, came from Roscrea, Co Tipperary. Her sudden passing has carved a pain in my heart that I never knew existed. My deepest sympathy goes out to Ella ...

In moving forward, our shared challenge must be to make the political process work, and to plan for the next 25 years. That means preparing for and winning a unity referendum in this decade, while at ...