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FLOORBOARDS.
Floorboards was my friend. Sorry. Floorboards is my friend. As regular readers will know this column doesn’t believe that your friends cease to be your friends just because they die. No, they are...
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Government U Turn a Victory for People Power
The leaders of the 1916 Rising were identified for Court Martial and Execution by the RICLast week the Irish government announced a programme of centenary commemorations for 1920, and the events that...
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GOOD LUCK TO THE NEW POWER SHARING GOVT.
Mise agus Liz and Mary Lou in Parliament BuildingsAs I sat in the public gallery at Stormont last Saturday afternoon, alongside Liz Maskey, Mary Lou McDonald and Bill Groves, I had a birds-eye view of...
View ArticleKeep your eye on the prize
The national struggle for Irish freedom and independence is centuries old. Our story is a history of revolts, resistance and uprisings. Ireland is often described as England’s first colony. It is that...
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Go raibh maith agat Máirtín
Recently, after almost three decades as an elected representative - first as a Councillor on Belfast City Council and then in the Assembly – Máirtín Ó Muilleoir announced his decision to step back from...
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The BannIng of Mary Lou
Sunday’s Business Post and The Irish Mail on Sunday opinion polls indicate a strong element of discontent with the politics of the two main conservative parties in the South – Fine Gael and Fianna...
View ArticleBe The Change You Want To See.
The general election in the South is drawing to a close. Polling day is Saturday – the first time an election has taken place on a Saturday since the historic 1918 election which saw Sinn Féin win a...
View ArticleElection 2020 – a tipping point
The votes have been cast and counted. Sinn Féin has emerged as the largest party by votes in the southern state. Over half a million (535,595) citizens gave their first preference to Sinn Fein. We have...
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Remembering Lily Fitzsimons – a proud United Irelander
The Sinn Fein team going into City Hall. Lily Fitzsimons is flanked by Alex Maskey, Tish Holland, Sean McKight, , Fra McCann is hiding behind Alex; Paddy McManus, Joe O'Donnell, Sean Keenan, Mick...
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The Myth Of “Shadowy Figures”
Mise agus Martin and Ted in Stormont Castle 2018The demonising of republicans has long been an integral part of politics on this island, and especially in the lead into and during electoral campaigns....
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IF YOU WANT TO GET AHEAD GET A HAT.
Bairbre de Brún, Mise, Lucilita Breathnach and Martin at the centenary celebrations in Dublin 2016I like hats. And caps. I have quite a nice collection of headwear, worn and aged, like myself,...
View ArticleMicheál Martin fails the Coca Cola test
There have been some surreal moments on the back of the recent election results as the political and media establishment in the South tries to come to terms with Sinn Fein emerging as the largest...
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Chieftain's Walk Postponed
Martin and Buttons on Derry's WallsChieftain’s Walk postponed I wrote this blog and it was published by the Andersonstown News on Wednesday. However, the crisis created by the Coronavirus led Martin’s...
View ArticleSOLIDARITY
There is only one issue to write about this week. The Coronavirus is dominating the news agenda and conversations in homes, among those at work, on social media and in every other way human beings...
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UP THE REBELS.
Tomás MacCurtain lying in state 100 years agoThe necessary cancellation of Easter Rising Commemorations does not mean we should not celebrate these events. We can all wear an Easter Lily. Wherever...
View ArticleA CHANGE HAS GOTTA COME
All of us are adjusting to our new routines and trying to come to terms with the real threat posed by the Corona Virus pandemic. The thousands of deaths in Italy and Spain are grim reminders of what...
View ArticleEaster and The New Republic; and Songs to be Sung
There probably has not been an Easter week quite like this one in modern Irish history. I have always liked Easter and although I have less connection now with the institution of the Catholic Church,...
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Saving Moore Street.
Republicans across the island of Ireland and beyond commemorated the 1916 Easter Rising last weekend. The online Sinn Féin events were all exceptional and I want to commend everyone involved in...
View ArticleMartin and Varadkar toxic twins of austerity
I hope you are all staying safe and well. My thoughts are with those who are sick and with their relatives, and with those who have suffered bereavement. Welcome back to our leader Mary Lou who was...
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Solidarity is saving lives.
There is a lot of speculation about when the lockdown caused by the pandemic will end. As a lay person my own best call is that it will be some time before we should do this. The main factor in any...
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