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This work's cluttered cover-design - a sepia picture of the IRA hero Frank Ryan above a banner proclaiming, 'IRISH REPUBLICANS GREET SPANISH REPUBLICANS - SMASH ALL IMPERIALISMS' - is unpromising. Armed Irish republicanism has an almost Haitian ability to worship with vagarious simultaneity at rival shrines, including mass-murdering sectarianism, ostentatious Communion-gobbling Catholicism, sickly Bodenstown sentimentality and socialist self-righteousness. The cover misleads: for In Spanish Trenches is unquestionably the definitive work on the Irish of the International Brigades in Spain. Th...

Save Share Rio Tinto has promoted its chief financial officer Jakob Stausholm to be its next chief executive, resisting pressure to appoint an Australian citizen as part of efforts to boost its engagement with the nation that provides the majority of its earnings. Danish executive Jakob Stausholm will be the next chief executive of Rio Tinto.  Supplied A Danish citizen who stands almost two metres tall, Mr Stausholm said regaining the trust of traditional owners in Australia’s iron ore heartland would be one of his “key priorities” when he officially replaces Jean-Sebastien Jacques on ...

Belfast boxer and Ballymena athlete feature in documentary about Ireland's early Olympic successes John McNally, who won silver in boxing in the 1952 Helsinki Olympics Ballymena-born athlete Maeve Kyle with her daughter Shauna THE stories of a Belfast boxer and a Ballymena athlete are among those celebrated in a new documentary about Irish Olympic successes in the first 60 years of the modern games. John McNally, who won a silver medal in boxing in the 1952 Helsinki Olympics and Maeve Kyle, regarded as a pioneer for women in sport, are both featured in Laochra Thar Lear (H...

China should consider alternatives for Australian iron ore as trade tensions simmer, analyst says As tensions between Australia and China continue to simmer, Beijing needs to think about diversifying the supply of one key commodity from Down Under, according to an analyst. Beijing imports 60% of its iron ore from Australia, and is heavily dependent on the commodity, which it uses to make steel. China is the world’s top producer of steel. Other Australian exports to China have been affected by the deteriorating relationship between the countries, with Beijing hitting goods such as wine and b...