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Northern Ireland
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Assembly Elections: Positive moves against sectarian politics
By Daniel Waldron The campaign in the run-up to the Assembly election was a dull and uneventful affair.…
North: A ‘Fresh Start’ for Austerity and Division
Sinn Féin and DUP sign up to welfare ‘reform’ and corporation tax cut
Working class people need a government that puts the 99% first
Taoiseach Enda Kenny’s decision to hold the general election in spring 2016 is in part an attempt to…
North: Step up the fight for LGBTQ equality
By Kevin Henry The vote for marriage equality in the South is an important point of inspiration in…
North: When workers stood united against sectarianism
There is a hidden history to the ‘Troubles’ in Northern Ireland. That is the role played by the organised workers’ movement in opposing sectarian violence.
Controversy over Newry Play Park
In 2001, a childrens’ play park in Newry was named after hunger striker Raymond McCreesh. The move remains intensely controversial to this day. In recent weeks sectarian politicians from Sinn Fein and the unionist parties have clashed repeatedly in the council chamber, on the airways and in the press on the issue.
Hooded men: State brutality under the spotlight
By Daniel Waldron On the basis of new evidence having come to light, the Irish government has agreed…
Agreeing Not To Agree, Again – The Stormont House Agreement
By Michael Cleary On December 23rd the five Executive parties and the British and Irish governments signed off…
Northern Ireland: 20 years after the ceasefires
In 1994, the IRA and Loyalist paramilitaries called ceasefires. Four years later the Good Friday agreement was declared to mark the end of the ‘Troubles'.
Film Review: ’71
The fim '71 tells the story of a young British Army private (Gary Hook) on his first patrol in Belfast in the year 1971.
