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Roger Casement’s haunting letter eight days before his execution

Posted By: May 15, 2016

Sheila Langan @irishcentral May 15,2016 05:31 AM  Days before he was executed for treason, Roger Casement sent this letter from his prison cell.  In it, he shared his abiding love for Ireland.  Photo by: RTEThe final wish of Roger Casement, the Irish-born, former British diplomat who was captured at Banna Strand waiting for weapons from Germany for the 1916 Rising and executed […]

New nationalism risks going the way of New Labour

Posted By: May 15, 2016

Patrick Murphy. Irish News (Belfast). Saturday, May 14, 2016The only surprising thing about the decline in the nationalist vote during the assembly election was that anyone was surprised by it. New nationalism, as this column has called it, is a bit like Tony Blair’s New Labour, which was dressed-up conservatism.New nationalism (also inspired by Tony Blair) is now apparently seen by […]

Connolly family donates Rising medals

Posted By: May 13, 2016

Suzanne McGonagle. Irish News (Belfast). Friday, May 13, 2016 Medals awarded to James Connolly are now on show in the National Musuem of Ireland ACOLLECTION of medals awarded to 1916 Rising leader James Connolly and members of his family have been donated to the National Museum of Ireland.The unique collection represents awards given to four generations of the Connolly family in […]

Rise of the People Before Profits alliance offers a challenge to Sinn Fein and the SDLP… but this is not the case for the DUP

Posted By: May 13, 2016

 John Brewer. Belfast Live. Thursday,  May 12, 2016  John Brewer, Professor of Post Conflict Studies at Queen’s University gives his opinion as the dust has settled on the Assembly elections The dust has now settled on Last Thursday’s Assembly elections in Northern Ireland. Some commentators got very excited as the results slowly unfolded, thinking there was evidence of […]

Rise of the People Before Profits alliance offers a challenge to Sinn Fein and the SDLP… but this is not the case for the DUP

Posted By: May 13, 2016

John Brewer. Belfast Live. Thursday,  May 12, 2016  John Brewer, Professor of Post Conflict Studies at Queen’s University gives his opinion as the dust has settled on the Assembly elections The dust has now settled on Last Thursday’s Assembly elections in Northern Ireland. Some commentators got very excited as the results slowly unfolded, thinking there was evidence of […]

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