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Hunger for Justice

4 February 2026

50 years ago this week Proinsias (Frank) Stagg was on the last days of his hunger strike. His protest was to demand an end to the inhuman treatment to which he had been subjected as an Irish Republican prisoner in English jails, and for repatriation to a jail in the Six Counties. His family and comrades had campaigned tirelessly for him but the British Labour government proved totally intransigent. Frank came from a Republican family in County Mayo and his elder brother Joe was foremost in the campaign. Here we republish an article by Joe first published in ‘The Irish Prisoner’ by the Prisoners’ Aid Committee in 1977. Joe Stagg died in November 2015. Free article

Political resolution of the Kurdish question is both possible and essential

23 January 2026

The new year began with the US President once again threatening the sovereignty of Greenland, and the potential for another unilateral military attack in the Middle East.

Then on 3 January American forces entered Venezuela, killing both Venezuelan and Cuban citizens, captured its President, Nicolás Maduro, and his wife, Cilia, and took them to face charges in a New York... Free article

World crises deepen in the wake of genocide

13 January 2026

The year 2026 has begun with an escalation of the multiple international crises caused by a US government headed by a megalomaniac who openly spouts contempt for international law and says his actions will be determined only by his code and by America’s interests. Free article

The power of art in the Sallins Mail Train case campaign for justice

9 January 2026

Cormac Breatnach is curating Open Those Gates on March 29th, an event which will blend live performances, archival footage, film, poetry, and testimony - honouring those who fought for truth and justice. Free article

Seán South – The idealism of struggle and sacrifice

6 January 2026

Eoghan Mac Cormaic spoke at the annual Seán Sabhat Commemoration this year. Below we include his full oration, where he saluted ‘the selfless bravery’ of volunteers in the 1950s who were a bridge in revolutionary struggle. Free article

Three books for three castles

5 January 2026

Book Reviews: ‘Flats and Cottages’, ‘In Safe Hands’ and ‘Tommie Potts - the Sorrowful and the Great’. Free article

Ronnie McCartney: A life of commitment to comrades and Irish freedom

12 December 2025

Veteran activist, Volunteer and republican prisoner Ronnie McCartney died recently. Danny Morrison gave the funeral oration, and we publish the whole text here. Free article

Justice for the Forgotten disputes Denton finding that UVF acted alone

11 December 2025

Justice for the Forgotten, which represents the bereaved and the survivors of the Dublin and Monaghan bombings of May 1974 and other fatal attacks in the period, has disputed the claim in the Operation Denton report that the UVF was capable on its own of carrying out the three co-ordinated Dublin car-bomb attacks which killed 27 people. Free article