Wednesday November 22 will mark the tenth anniversary of the death of Father Alec Reid. It is a matter of wonderment that a decade has passed since...

Seven key Irish-American organisations have announced an "Irish Unity Summit – For a New and United Ireland" to be held in New York on March 1 next...

Last week I attended an event in Parliament Buildings at Stormont, hosted by U.S. Special Economic Envoy Joe Kennedy III. There was a panel discuss...

As I write this week’s column all of the scéal coming from the Israeli government and its international allies indicate that a ground invasion of G...

Like many of you I have been shocked and distressed by the appalling events in the Middle East. The attack by Hamas fighters which targeted civilia...

The scale of the assault by Palestinian fighters into Israel last weekend is unparalleled. The scenes of death and destruction on both sides are he...

Anyone who knew David Ervine, or knows of him, will appreciate the title of Bobby Niblock’s play - "The Man Who Swallowed A Dictionary." In its hum...

UP THE SHORE i The lough will claim a victim every year. It has virtue that hardens wood to stone. There is a town sunk beneath its water. It is th...

As regular readers of this column know I have been involved for a very long time in the campaign to protect and develop as a historic and cultural ...

In 1986 I gave a talk at a Sinn Féin conference which became known by activists of my vintage as The Road to Cork or The Bus to Cork. More of that ...

This column will be in Cork, le cuidiu Dia, to attend the National Hunger Strike Commemoration on Sunday. It’s the first time that this annual even...

In the course of almost 60 years of activism I have been very lucky to meet many wonderful, committed, compassionate republicans. On Saturday, in B...