A Process of Perpetual Change | Siúlóid an Taoisigh - The Chieftain’s Walk |...
A Process of Perpetual ChangeThis weekend I will be in Dublin for the 36th Desmond Greaves Weekend Summer School. It begins in the UNITE Trade Union Hall, in Middle Abbey St, on Friday evening the 11...
View ArticleAndy Burnham is a Unionist | Drumcree – Unionism Stuck in the Past | Paddy...
Andy Burnham is a UnionistShould we have been surprised by British Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s crass assertion last week that the issue of the unity referendum promised in the Good Friday Agreement,...
View ArticleBallina Commemoration will remember the Hunger Strikers | Irish Traveller...
Ballina Commemoration will remember the Hunger StrikersThis Sunday the national hunger strike commemoration will commence at 2.30pm in Ballina, County Mayo. The starting point is at Bunree Road...
View ArticleAnger Is Not A Strategy! | Thoughts on the Unity Agenda | Meeting Friends of...
Anger Is Not A Strategy! Monday’s Irish Times has an editorial dealing with the possibility of the collapse of the Northern Assembly at Stormont. This is the latest media driven piece of speculation...
View ArticleWHO iS BUGGING WHO? | Choosing the Struggle by Martina Anderson | Women's...
WHO iS BUGGING WHO? The efforts by the PSNI and MI5 to monitor the calls of journalists has been in the news lately. MI5 was ordered to pay compensation to BBC journalist Vincent Kearney and former...
View ArticleThe Re-Conquest of Ireland | Gerry Kelly | No Place for Armed Groups |
The Re-Conquest of IrelandWell done Mayo in the all-Ireland football final. Commiserations to Kerry. Both teams played their hearts out but in the end Mayo were worthy winners.Next month on August 30...
View ArticleWomen’s Voices, Hopes for a New Ireland’ | Methodism and the Peace Process |...
Women’s Voices, Hopes for a New Ireland’Féile an Phobail is the launch pad each year of exiting new projects, and especially new books. One such book this year is ‘Women’s Voices, Hopes for a New...
View ArticleAnother step in the right direction | Irish Republicanism &‘The Gays’...
Another step in the right directionThe decision by Micheál Martin last week to oppose Sinn Féin’s “Planning for Constitutional Change Bill 2026” was no real surprise. His opposition to any meaningful...
View ArticleUnionism and Unity | National Hunger Strike Commemoration for Mayo | ‘Our...
Unionism and UnityThis week significant developments that can shape the future direction of constitutional politics on this island are taking place in Leinster House. On Tuesday Sinn Féin’s Bill...
View ArticleMomentum around Unity Grows | Sign the Petition for Moore St. | Tá fáilte...
Momentum around Unity GrowsI want to begin by commending the SDLP for organising last week’s conference – The Future of these Islands: Preparing for Change. It was a well-attended day-long event, held...
View ArticleThe Unity Bill passes its First stage | The Arts in a New Ireland | Clodagh...
The Unity Bill passes its First stageThe “Planning for Constitutional Change Bill 2026”, which I referenced in last week’s column, has passed its first hurdle in the Dáil. It will now go to second...
View ArticleStand-Up to Racism | Momentum Building Around Unity | Seeking the Truth: Pat...
Stand-Up to RacismThe bullet holes from the August 1969 sectarian pogrom against the people of the Falls area are still visible on the front wall of St. Comgall’s Primary School, Divis Street. Last...
View ArticleAn Open Letter to my Orange Neighbours | Bodenstown | Cupla Focal Eile.
An Open Letter to my Orange NeighboursA Chairde,As June heads towards July the distant beat of your drums is pounding out their rhythm. The marching season for all of the Loyal Orders is well underway...
View ArticleRóis-Máire Donnelly - A Ballymurphy Woman | Unionism and the Future | Stop...
Róis-Máire Donnelly - A Ballymurphy WomanThere was a time when younger people I used to bump into would say to me by way of introduction ‘You used to know my Mammy.’ ‘Or my Daddy’. Nowadays they say...
View ArticleGaelscoil na Móna – Looking to the Future | A Slap in the Face to...
Gaelscoil na Móna – Looking to the FutureA few weeks after the Good Friday Agreement was agreed in April 1998 I brought a delegation of the Board of Governors of Bunscoil Phobail Feirste, on the Shaws...
View ArticleFianna Fáil – A centenary of failure | Cúpla Focal | Britain’s shameful role...
Fianna Fáil – A centenary of failureLast Saturday the Fianna Fáil Ard Fheis in Dublin marked the centenary of that party. At its foundation in 1926 meeting it was agreed that the party would be titled...
View ArticleThe Disunited Kingdom | Marwan Barghouti – A Resolute Defender of Freedom |...
The Disunited KingdomAt the time of writing this week’s column Keir Starmer is still the Leader of the British Labour Party and Prime Minister. On Monday he delivered a ‘Save Keir Starmer’ speech...
View ArticleSpringhill Heroes | Tiocfaidh ár lá | Free Marwan Bargouti
Springhill HeroesWhen I was a wee buck growing up in Ballymurphy there was a river at the back of the houses across from our home place at the corner of Glenalina Road and Divismore Park. The river...
View ArticleStanding at the crossroads | International Solidarity | Honouring Rita...
Standing at the crossroadsSinn Féin, but especially, the party in Belfast pulled out all of the stops at the weekend to ensure that the Ard Fheis was a huge success. The ICC Waterfront Hall was...
View ArticleArd Fheis 2026 in Belfast | The Great Fenian Escape | Moore Street Trust...
Ard Fheis 2026 in BelfastThis weekend the Sinn Féin Ard Fheis will be held in the ICC Waterfront Hall in Belfast. Like hundreds more I will be there as the party debates policy, including how we can...
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