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Stop the Demolition of Moore St; Coffin Ships; The Pen Behind The Wire.
Moore StStop the Demolition of Moore StThe threat of demolition to parts of the Moore St Terrace - that played a central role in the...
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Debate on Irish Unity steps up: Well Done Special Olympians: Teach your dog...
Debate on Irish Unity steps upTwo successful events on the future of Ireland were held in Belfast and Dublin last week. The atmosphere and enthusiasm at both events was mighty. The two events were...
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Cage 11 and The Twelfth
Cage 11 and The TwelfthThis is an article I wrote in February 1977 while I was Cage Eleven in Long Kesh. Here it is again for the season that’s in it. It’s also contained in Cage Eleven, published by...
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Slán Irish Voice: Every Brilliant Thing: War Crimes in Jenin
Slán Irish VoiceTwo weeks ago Niall O’Dowd, founder of the Irish American newspaper The Irish Voice announced that it was to close after 36 years. The New York based Irish Voice and the Irish Echo...
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“I stand with the people of Ireland” - Jessie Jackson: The partitionist...
“I stand with the people of Ireland” - Jessie JacksonReverend Jesse Jackson has been a long-standing friend of Ireland and an advocate for equality and peace. He has visited here many times and I have...
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Frederick Douglass takes pride of place in Belfast; National Hunger Strike...
Frederick Douglass takes pride of place in BelfastA great crowd turned out on Monday morning in Lombard St. in Belfast City Centre for the unveiling by Belfast City Ard Mheara Ryan Murphy of a very...
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Be an Activist; Rita O’Hare and Áras Uí Chonghaile: Internment and mass...
Terry O'Sullivan, Paul Maskey and Jeremy CorbynBe An ActivistI had the privilege of attending many of the debates and discussions which are a unique and vital part of Féile an Phobail. Well done to...
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John Joe McGirl – an unbreakable Fenian: A master class on campaigning
Speaking in Ballinamore to a packed hall on the legacy of John Joe McGirlJohn Joe McGirl – an unbreakable FenianIn the course of almost 60 years of activism I have been very lucky to...
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The Road to Cork: The Power of X: Seamus Heaney: Bernadette O'Hagan
The Road To Cork. 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 at another time. Suffice for now to...
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Unique Robert Ballagh Moore Street Print; You Are Never Alone With A Book:...
Unique Robert Ballagh Moore Street PrintAs 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 quarter the...
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Time to say Yes to Palestinian State: Raising Awareness about Sepsis: Sláinte
Time to say Yes to Palestinian StateLast week the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs Micheál Martin visited Israel, the West Bank and Jordan. It was an opportunity for the Irish government to...
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Lough Neagh facing an ecological disaster: Tory backing for Pinochet: Siúlóid...
Mid Ulster MP Francie Molloy at Lough NeaghLough Neagh facing an ecological disaster Up the ShoreiThe lough will claim a victim every year.It has virtue that hardens wood to stone.There is a town sunk...
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We must listen to each other: My Big Toe: Tom Dunn - the Peasant Patriot
Catherine Pollock, Catherine Cooke and Alison Wallace in DerryWe must listen to each otherEfforts by the British government and the unionist parties to stymie the conversation on future constitutional...
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David Ervine - The Man Who Swallowed A Dictionary: Street Art: Mól An Óige.
David Ervine - The Man Who Swallowed A DictionaryAnyone 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 humorous...
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Peace Talks Now: On Being Seventy Five: More Street Art.
At the separation wall around Bethlehem 2009 Peace Talks NowThe scale of the assault by Palestinian fighters into Israel last weekend is unparalleled. The scenes of death and destruction on both sides...
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We are all Palestinians Now: Peacemakers: Tír Chonaill Thuaidh
We are all Palestinians NowThe ground invasion of Gaza has begun. The Israeli government and its international allies previously claimed that will be a ‘surgical strike against Hamas’. From British...
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We are all Palestinians Now: Peacemakers
We are all Palestinians NowLast week as I wrote this column all of the scéal coming from the Israeli government and its international allies indicated that a ground invasion of Gaza was imminent. It...
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Ceasefire Now; Wolfe Tone's Cordial Union:Pulse and Mickey Coleman
Ceasefire NowNews from the Middle East continues to numb and outrage and anger most people. But we cannot give up. We have a duty to the people of Palestine to stay focussed on the demands to Stop the...
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The Unity Debate is growing: Ethnic Cleansing: Crann na Saoirse
The Unity Debate is growingSeven key Irish-American organisations have announced an ‘Irish Unity Summit – For a New and United Ireland’ to be held in New York on 1st March next year. This major...
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Fr. Alec Reid: Making Magic at the Ard Fheis
Fr. Alec ReidNext Wednesday – 22 November – will mark the tenth anniversary of the death of Father Alec Reid. It is a matter of wonderment that a decade has passed since he left us. Students of the...
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