Micheál Martin has it badly wrong on Irish unity | The big cat and dog debate - I love dogs!

Micheál has it badly wrong on Irish unity:

While no-one was able to travel to the USA this St Patrick’s Day because of the pandemic restrictions it wa…

5 years, 2 months ago

Lá Féile Padráig Faoi Mhaise Daoibhse | Seachtain na Gaeilge | Jaz McCann's 6000 days

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 a…

5 years, 2 months ago

Up The Republic, She Raised The Battle Cry: Kathleen (Largey) Thompson

It is my great privilege to have met many fine women and men over the years. The Léargas series of books is a record of some of these I came to know …

5 years, 2 months ago

March 1st 1981: A date to remember | The Belfast Hills

A date to remember

Dates can evoke powerful memories for all of us. The birth or death of a loved one; a wedding; a new job; a joyous family occasion …

5 years, 3 months ago

Political Unionism and Operation Fear

So what are we to make of the threats by some Unionist leaders over the Irish Protocol?
Do we ignore them? I think not.  Even though we have heard al…

5 years, 3 months ago

Fly Me To The Moon

Fly Me To The Moon.

I downloaded a new album, Cheek to Cheek, by Tony Bennett and Lady GaGa. It is brilliant. I am a longtime fan of Mr Bennett and in…

5 years, 3 months ago

Brexit - A Child of the DUP and Anger at attack on victims and survivors

Brexit - A Child of the DUP.

I have been watching the machinations of the DUP over the Article 16 carry on. T

So, what’s it all about? For me it’s very…

5 years, 3 months ago

Outrage at attack on Bookies families

On the 5th of February 1992, five  people were brutally murdered, with a further seven  injured in a massacre carried out by the UDA.   Each year the…

5 years, 4 months ago

Fra McCann's amazing life of struggle; Growing support for a border referendum; Me, Larry King and the SF broadcast ban

 Fra McCann's amazing life of struggle

I have known Fra McCann for almost 50 years. Even as he battles prostate cancer Fra continues to live his life …

5 years, 4 months ago

Des Wilson – A Voice for the Poor and Oppressed by Joe McVeigh; The ANC and the 1981 hunger strikers; The storming of the Capitol

Des Wilson – A Voice for the Poor and Oppressed by Joe McVeigh
Fr. Joe McVeigh was a close friend and colleague of Des Wilson. It wasn’t just that bot…

5 years, 4 months ago