Three significant outcomes have begun to crystallise in the aftermath of the most recent Irish general election.

First, Sinn Féin has been consolidated as the third major political force in the southern Irish state.

Second, for the first time since partition, politics in the 26 counties has potentially shifted from the binary dominance of the two conservative parties, Fianna Fáil... Free article

The 40th anniversary commemoration of Volunteer Seán McIlvenna will held on Sunday 15 December in Blackwatertown, County Armagh. Free article

During this general election campaign in the south of Ireland, the electorate has been presented with a real choice - between the plan for change presented by Sinn Féin, or more of the same from the two conservative parties, Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil. 

Both of these parties dominated southern Irish politics for over a century. They have consistently represented the economic and... Free article

Sinn Féin’s National Chairperson Declan Kearney MLA has said everyone should be afforded the right of respectful commemoration. Free article

Last Saturday in Brussels I addressed the launch of a European Anti-Apartheid campaign in support of Palestine. 

The conference occurred at a time a population of 400,000 Palestinians faces total annihilation in northern Gaza. All food and medical aid to the region has been blocked since 1st October. 

The scenes broadcast from places like Beit Lahia, Jabalia, Deir Al- Balah, and Al... Free article

15 OCTOBER marks the 50th anniversary of the burning of Long Kesh camp in 1974 by republican POWs in protest at conditions and ill-treatment. In an article originally published in the November 1994 issue of Captive Voice, a magazine produced by republican POWs, former prisoner JOE DOHERTY, from north Belfast, recalls that historic act of resistance by republicans among the 1,500 prisoners and internees. Free article

Book Review by Mícheál Mac Donncha: ‘Policy of Deceit – Britain and Palestine 1914-1939’ by Peter Shambrook Free article

Writing in his latest blog for An Phoblacht, Declan Kearney says that the occupation of Palestine is not intractable and that the way forward is obvious. Free article

From midnight on Wednesday 31 August 1994 the Irish Republican Army commenced what it described as “a complete cessation of all military operations”. The IRA said it was taking this momentous step “to enhance the democratic peace process and underline our definitive commitment to its success”. Free article

‘The Last Disco - the Story of the Stardust Tragedy’ by Seán Murray, Christine Behan and Nicky Ryan. Published by Eriu. Free article