They were recorded buying condoms in a Belfast chemist shop. These fearless women gave hope and courage to ordinary women who were only coming into awareness about how their reproductive rights had become the property of male dominated establishments, not just in Ireland. Continue reading
Much commemorated in literature and music, the 1798 legend lives on in the town because the geography and townscape have changed little. Wall walks the same trails meandering alongside the Slaney. That is his Enniscorthy, a place of enduring pain, and ancient prayer represented here by his poem, ‘Night Heron’ Continue reading
Willie Carlin was an ex-British soldier who worked for Sinn Fein Continue reading
In many places, the border lines made little sense and did not reflect local economic and social geographies Continue reading
Ironically one issue the DUP, the former party of Ian Paisley, will seek to explore is a more open border with the Irish Republic Continue reading
It was the first time that a Unionist leader had attended an Ulster GAA final. Continue reading
Was he the most important leader of contemporary Ireland? Continue reading
The commitment by the EU to accept a united Ireland is a huge victory for the Irish government Continue reading
A persuasive argument that unification between Northern Ireland and the Republic is inevitable before very long ….. Continue reading
these are things that should be looked at in the context that they might happen at some time in the future. Continue reading
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