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THE Centenary celebrations of the formation of Northern Ireland and the Partition of Ireland was one of the many casualties of the Coronavirus pandemic. Without the ongoing pandemic, Monday would doubtless have been marked with great fanfare from Unionist groups across civic society – instead, celebrations and commemorations have been delayed until later in the year. Locally, Centenary day plans were pared right back, with Enniskillen Castle being illuminated in purple, in non-partisan, corporate Council colours on May 3 to mark 100 years since The Government of Ireland Act 1920 came in...

» Special Correspondent MAY 5th 1981 was one of the most defining days in Irish history. It was the day that Bobby Sands, the 27-year-old Member of Parliament for Fermanagh/South Tyrone, died on hunger strike in the H-Blocks of Long Kesh as part of the republican prisoners’ campaign for the restoration of political status. Bobby was the first of ten hunger strikers to give their lives in 1981 in the centuries-old struggle against Britain’s attempted criminalisation of the struggle for freedom in its first and nearest colony. He was elected on April 9th 1981 in the by-election to fill the...

Book review: Danny Morrison looks at the story of Irish partition "How (author, Ivan) Gibbons can claim that although partition was messy and a second-best solution, it was pragmatic and avoided mass civil strife baffles me - given the thousands who died overall" King George arriving to open the new parliament of Northern Ireland in Belfast, 1921. Sun, 02 May, 2021 - 14:00 Danny Morrison Ivan Gibbons  Haus Publishing, H/B £12.99  Its one-hundredth birthday falls on May 3, yet no unionist or revisionist historian has ever written a book titled, The Success of Partition. Doubts over its fut...

No reliance on Good Friday As shown by the resignation of Arlene Foster, unionism is in profound crisis. But can the left take the lead and build working class unity? Anne McShane reports on the Conference for an Alternative United Ireland An online conference took place on April 24 to discuss the question of winning a united Ireland. There were no official organisers of the event. The Facebook page stated only that “Trade unionists, socialists and activists have come together to organise a ‘Conference for an Alternative United Ireland’, to discuss the possibilities of eradicating the b...

Beware those encouraging young people on to streets Young loyalists rioting on the Shankill Road in west Belfast last week. For decades young people in Northern Ireland have been drawn onto the streets to fight battles waged by their elders  27 April, 2021 00:01 THE reasons behind the recent violence on our streets are many and complex. They reflect genuine issues that must be addressed. However, setting fire to your own area, attacking your own police service, potentially damaging the economy of your own country and undermining its social fabric are self-defe...