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The last time I met Kieran Doherty
Sunday, August 2nd is the anniversary of the death on hunger strike in 1981 of Andersonstown man Kieran Doherty. Normally, August is also when Sinn Féin holds its National Commemoration in remembranc…
Published on 5 years, 3 months ago
Celebrating the Twelfth
This week I thought I would talk about the 12th in this podcast. When I mentioned a few days ago to some friends that I was going to do this podcast about the 12th and asked them what they thought if…
Published on 5 years, 3 months ago
Leading the Opposition
The big spin from last week and the formation of the new government in Dublin is that civil war politics is dead and gone.
But the truth is that for most career politicians they have been dead for de…
Published on 5 years, 4 months ago
Bodenstown and the re-alignment of Irish politics
Traditionally the third Sunday of June is when Irish republicans from across the island of Ireland gather at the graveside of Wolfe Tone in Bodenstown. Such annual commemorations have been taking pla…
Published on 5 years, 4 months ago
You only die once. You live everyday.
You only die once.You live everyday.
I first met Martin McGuinness shortly before he & I travelled to London in 1972 as part of a delegation to negotiate with the British govt. Martin would have been …
Published on 5 years, 5 months ago
Long Kesh Escapes
Last week the British Supreme Court quashed two convictions I had received in 1975 for attempting to escape from Long Kesh internment camp. It was a long ten year battle. The case also revealed the f…
Published on 5 years, 5 months ago
Remembering Bobby Sands
A remembrance of my friend and comrade Bobby Sands who died on hunger strike this week (5 May) 1981. Bobby was the first of ten republican prisoners who died in the H-Blocks of Long Kesh. The Thatche…
Published on 5 years, 6 months ago
Leo and Micheál; The Toxic Twins of Austerity
Published on 5 years, 6 months ago
A Change Gotta Come
Season 1 Episode 1
Current Affairs, Politics, Irish Unity, History and Culture.
Published on 5 years, 6 months ago