Roger Casement – His Final Resting Place
Ray Bassett
31 October 2026
From an early age, I was very interested in the life of Roger Casement and his exploits in Peru and the Belgium Congo. Here was
From an early age, I was very interested in the life of Roger Casement and his exploits in Peru and the Belgium Congo. Here was
We are eager to engage with supporters and opponents of a border poll and promote debate with those who are undecided. If you would like to write for us, notify us about an event or like more information please email [email protected].
By Martin Burns Taoiseach Micheál Martin has taken a first tentative step towards support for a border poll. He has moved from calling a border
Heather Humphreys’ reported remarks to the Thomas D’Arcy McGee summer school in Carlingford the other day were fairly shocking – claiming that her heavy defeat in last year’s Irish presidential
There’s a curious symmetry up at Stormont. Both Michelle O’Neill and Emma Little-Pengelly have the same dilemma for once. Eight months out from make-or-break elections for
Northern Ireland isn’t working is a common enough gripe, stretching from the SDLP, through Alliance to the new Secretary of State, Chris Bryant. He was
‘Ils n’ont rien appris, ni rien oublié,’ the French statesman Tallyrand famously remarked about the Bourbons. ‘They have learned nothing and forgotten nothing.’ It’s about
I’ve noticed there are two canards that frequently bubble up whenever unionists talk about a border poll. Both claims are true in a narrow, literal
By Martin Burns British Prime Minister Andy Burnham made his first trip to Northern Ireland since his elevation to his new job on August 27.
What are we to make of our new prime minister? It took Andy Burnham 39 days to wash up in Belfast for his first visit.
There is something profoundly anachronistic about a strain of backward-looking unionism that continues to measure the present against an imagined golden age of singular political and cultural dominance
By Martin Burns One of the less remembered steps on the road to the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement is what is referred to as the Hume/Adams