Six Countie News Today

WITH the reunification of our island being debated from various perspectives, including the indifferent, the revisionist and the plainly hostile, I would like to submit my sentiments and observations on the subject.

October 10 1923 The Six Counties are tied to Great Britain; financially, they are helplessly in the hands of the British Government – and the familiar remark that monetary affairs in the Twenty-Six Counties are also in a deplorable mess does not affect the position here… When the government of the Free State tackle their unemployment problem, they must depend on their own resources, and they have untrammelled and unlimited powers in the direction of utilising these resources to the ...

Country Living with Francis Farragher THERE’S a whole generation of people who have now grown up in a largely peaceful Ireland, but for those of us of a certain vintage, the mention of place names like Greysteele or Warrenpoint immediately brings back memories of shocking atrocities. For those of who were around for the 1970s […]

Ireland is one of the most important issues facing the British labour movement. For a quarter of a century the Six Counties of north-east Ulster have been in a state of latent, and sometimes open, civil war. In all this time, the left in Britain has been able to do nothing to help our working-class brothers and sisters, the majority of the people in both the Catholic and the Protestant communities, find a way out of the bloody cul-de-sac into which sectarianism, the conflict of national identiti...

Sinn Féin is hailing an historic turning point, but, despite that, Irish reunification is still a long way off. Anne McShane and Kevin Bean look at the results

Written before the Good Friday Agreement at a time when the 'armed struggle' was still part of daily life in Northern Ireland this article, though inevitably somewhat dated, this remains a cogent analysis of the recent history of Ireland.

); The northern province’s GAA body released a statement this evening. By The42 Team Friday 21 May 2021, 6:38 PM 10 hours ago 1,561 Views 1 Comment Image: Tommy Dickson/INPHO Image: Tommy Dickson/INPHO HUNDREDS OF FANS will be back at Gaelic games matches in the ‘Six Counties’ of Northern Ireland from next week, Ulster GAA has confirmed....

Brexit, together with shifts in both population and political allegiances, means that something now has to give, reckons Derek James

Ulster GAA confirm May 7 return for competitive games in Six Counties April 22, 2021 Good news for the Six Counties. The NI Executive at their meeting on 15th April 2021 confirmed that squad training and competitive outdoor sport could return on Friday 23rd April 2021. This followed the first phase where 15 people (including coaches), could resume in the ’Six Counties’ on Monday 12th April 2021. As a result of the announcement Ulster GAA, following consultation with the GAA COVID Advisory G...

Ulster GAA issue advice to clubs in the six counties on April 12 return April 07, 2021 Return to training protocols. Ulster GAA has issued advice to clubs in the six counties surrounding the return of structured outdoor training for adults and underage groups on April 12. The Northern Ireland Executive confirmed that outdoor sports in groups of 15 for all ages can resume from next Monday and the go-ahead has been given by the GAA. Adult training can only be held with no more than 15 people on t...