Austerity is hurting Ireland, north and south
By Conor Murphy
Via Left Futures
People in Ireland are struggling under the impact of austerity policies. So too are people in Britain. We often have more in common than we think... Read more
People in Ireland are struggling under the impact of austerity policies. So too are people in Britain. We often have more in common than we think... Read more
This year sees the 15th Anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement, brought in under a Labour government and coming out of a peace process hailed as one of the most successful conflict resolution processes in the world... Read more
On 19 January Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams TD gave a key note address to a party conference in Dublin on the issue of the provision in the Good Friday Agreement for a border poll on the issue of whether the north of Ireland remain part of the British state, or become part of a re-united Ireland... Read more
Derry is gearing up to host a major conference on uniting Ireland.
The event, which will be held in the Millennium Forum of January 28th, is designed to encourage dialogue around the ‘construction of a new republic which will embrace all the people of this island’... Read more
Sinn Féin President and TD for Louth and East Meath Gerry Adams today spoke at republican commemorations in Drogheda and Dundalk.
The Sinn Féin leader said that the leaders of 1916 would be appalled by the policies of this and previous Dublin governments:
“Never was there greater need for republican politics on this island than today... Read more
There is a sharp contrast between the moderate recovery in the British economy, which is now entering its second year, and the continued contraction of the economy in ‘Northern Ireland’... Read more
Ed Curran, your former editor and opinion writer, posed the question recently — could the Republic actually afford unity — now or ever?.. Read more
A large crowd of more than 400 people gathered this week at the TUC centre in London for a conference hosted by Sinn Féin on the subject of Irish Unity... Read more
The Good Friday Agreement changes the debate about unity in a fundamental way.The question goes from being whether there will be a united Ireland to when and how Ireland will be united... Read more
Today I have been asked to talk about the prospects for Irish unity. I am interested to know why you want to know my opinion... Read more