NO RETURN TO HELL – By Brian Rowan
On the Shankill Road on Saturday they were remembering William ‘Plum’ Smith and marking the 25th…
A Brexit and a ‘New Ireland’ – how safe is the Union? – By Brian Rowan
Twenty-five years ago, Northern Ireland was at a new beginning; something we did not fully…
Sinn Fein, Irish Trade Unionism and Socialism in the 21st Century – By Jim McVeigh
It may come as a surprise to some on the left but there are many Socialists within Sinn Fein and at every level of Sinn Fein. Sinn Fein is not…
THE ARTS
Another ‘Edge of Society Man’ – By Eamonn Mallie
He attended RBAI – read Law at Queen’s University, turned his back on all…
‘Must every creative being be turned into a demigod?’ Actress Áine Ní Laoghaire on Amy Winehouse in the Irish Times
The only way to make any kind of real art, apparently, is to suffer for…