My Blog this week is 'On being 72'; Brit attacks on human rights; & German...
On being Seventy Two.I celebrated my seventy second birthday last week.Seventy two is closer to eightyThan it is to sixty.Or fifty.Or forty. Or thirty.Or twenty. But I know thatI will never be...
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An appeal to Irish AmericaThis US Presidential election race is its final stretch. It’s probably one of the most watched and bitter in modern American history. In recent weeks the electoral battle...
View ArticleMt Blog this week is on 'A Shared Ireland?' Kevin Barry and Aontoim Abú
A Shared Ireland?Regular readers of this blog will not be surprised by An Taoiseach, Micheál Martin’s, recent comments on his government’s Shared Island Unit. As we have noted before Mr Martin is not...
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My Blog this week is about a Palestinian hunger striker; Gaeilgeoir Breanndán...
A Palestinian internee hungers for justice I want to welcome the end of the remarkable 103 day hunger strike by Palestinian Maher al-Akhras. Last week as we remembered the deaths on hunger strike 100...
View ArticleMake Voting Easier; Polls telling a vital story and Do you have an old An...
Make Voting EasierJoe Biden is now the President Electof the USA. Kamala Harris – the first woman to hold thís post– will be the new Vice President. There is always huge interest in Ireland about...
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This weeks blog examines the Economic Benefits of a United Ireland; Remembers...
Economic Benefits of a United IrelandIn four weeks (23 December) we will mark 100 years since the Government of Ireland Act, which partitioned Ireland, was signed into law by an English King. Six...
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This weeks Blog deals with 'Economic Self-government; Covid-19 and the...
Economic Self-government is the future.Last Friday, as this column noted, Sinn Féin published a new discussion paper – The Economic Benefits of a United Ireland. At the heart of the paper is a belief...
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This weeks blog: A Session With Bobby Sands and Solidarity with the...
A Session With Bobby Sands.At last! Danny Devenny is doing a book. He will have to finish it now that this column has broken the story. It will be a photographic and literary journey through his very...
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Blog: Are you listening to our voices, Micheál: Brexit mess intensifies unity...
Are you listening to our voices, Micheál?Micheál Martin’s ‘Shared Island Unit’ is perceived by some as a positive initiative encouraging debate on Irish Unity, even though he fails to even mention...
View ArticleDUP betrayed again by a British government and the British threaten the EU...
Betrayed again! British policy is dictated by British interests. It has always been so. The fact that Prime Minister Boris Johnson has again betrayed unionists over Brexit should have come as no...
View ArticleNollag Shona Daoibhse. A Visit to Bethlehem
Nollag Shona Daoibhse.This Christmas will be unlike any other Christmas for most of us. The pandemic is to blame for that. Christmas can be a lonely place for some people. This year will be especially...
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Bliain Úr Faoi Mhaise Daoibhse.Chairde, a very happy 2021 to you all. Here are ten personal things I want to do in this bright new year. · Survive the pandemic. Stay alive and stay healthy....
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This weeks Blog: Stay Safe; Brexit Border; Irish govt & UN Security Council;...
Stay Safe. As the pandemic surges out of control the under investment in health services north and south on this island is obvious for everyone to see. The good news of the vaccine must be tempered...
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Blog: Des Wilson, The Peoples Priest; How Mandela and his comrades paid...
Des Wilson – A Voice for the Poor and Oppressed by Joe McVeighFr. Joe McVeigh was a close friend and colleague of Des Wilson. It wasn’t just that both were priests. They both shared a passionate...
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Blog: Jesus Wept; the story of the Mother and Baby Homes: A new plan for...
JESUS WEPT.The recently released report of the ‘Mother and Baby Homes Commission’ is a shameful record of the brutality, ill-treatment and abuse inflicted on generations of women and their children in...
View Article6000 days - the story of Jaz McCann and the H Blocks: Lá Féile Padráig Faoi...
6000 DAYS.Jaz McCann writes very well. The reader is quickly drawn into his world. From the opening sentences of his Prologue Jaz paints the sights and sounds, the emotions, shocks, excitement,...
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Micheál Martin has it badly wrong on Irish Unity: and Cats
Micheál Martin has it badly wrong on Irish UnityFor almost a quarter of a century I used to spend my St. Patrick’s Day in the United States talking to Irish America and political leaders in...
View ArticleBin the Orange Card: Inclusion and Reconciliation in the new Ireland
Bin the Orange CardIn recent months unionist politicians and parties have been increasingly turning to the age-old tactic of talking up the potential for conflict and the alleged threat posed by the...
View ArticleThe Process of Change Must Continue: Voting for Bobby Sands
The Process of Change Must Continue.The recent loyalist sponsored violence and the provocative and inflammatory language of unionist political leaders has led to speculation about what the violence is...
View ArticleInflexible Unionism; Black Mountain and Palestinian Prisoners Day
Inflexible UnionismThe current unionist narrative seeks to present the present political crisis as the fault of everyone else except themselves. Mostly they blame the Irish Protocol element of the...
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