DUP support for welfare cuts is anti-welfare state
15 August 2014
When Peter Robinson spoke last week about economic realities, he conveniently forgot the biggest economic and social reality of all – British Tory cuts are designed to destroy the welfare state. Now the DUP has been sucked into that position. Free article
Challenge to Assembly ministers backing Tory welfare cuts – spend one week on low incomes
18 August 2014
Gauntlet thrown down to Finance Minister Simon Hamilton (DUP), Justice Minister David Ford (Alliance), Employment Minister Stephen Farry (Alliance) and Regional Development Minister Danny Kennedy (UUP) Free article
Sectarian church attacks condemned
18 August 2014
Vandals target Catholic churches in County Antrim Free article
The Irish Volunteer - Volume 1 - Number 28
15 August 2014
The Irish Volunteer - Óglach na hÉireann Volume 1 - Number 28 newspaper, first published 15th August 1914. Free article
Unionists dared to defend welfare cuts in their communities
12 August 2014
No one in the North, unionist or nationalist, voted for Tory ‘welfare reform’ – welfare cuts are not part of our Programme for Government, says Sinn Féin MLA Daithí McKay Free article
Rory McIlroy praises Bill Clinton for Irish Peace Process role
12 August 2014
Golf champion says Clinton pivotal to the golfer’s generation being able to fulfill their life objectives in peace Free article
Sinn Féin to take key European role on Palestine
9 August 2014
Martina Anderson MEP to be appointed as Chair of the European Parliament’s Delegation for relations with the Palestinian Legislative Council Free article
‘North’s political process is in trouble,’ says Gerry Adams
8 August 2014
Unionist axis, British Government and Irish Government stances combining to undermine the Good Friday Agreement, Sinn Féin leader warns Free article
GAA chiefs clash with fans over Gaza banner
8 August 2014
Fans urged to fly Palestine flags as Croke Park defends removal of famous Armagh banner Free article
The Irish Volunteer - Volume 1 - Number 27
8 August 2014
The Irish Volunteer - Óglach na hÉireann Volume 1 - Number 27 newspaper, first published 8th August 1914. Free article
Thomas McElwee – Died on 8 August 1981 after 62 days on hunger strike in the H-Blocks of Long Kesh
8 August 2014
Thomas McElwee, at the age of 23, was the tenth man to join the 1981 Hunger Strike. From Bellaghy in south Derry, he was imprisoned in 1976 after a premature bomb explosion in which he lost an eye. Free article
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Fascinating insights into
Irish revolutionary history now online
Every week over the next two years, An Phoblacht is making all the editions of The Irish Volunteer – the newspaper of the Irish Volunteer movement – available online exactly 100 years after they were first published
The Irish Volunteer — tOglách na hÉireann was first published on 7 February 1914 and every week until 22 April 1916, just days before the Easter Rising.
Acting as the official newspaper of the Irish Volunteers it outlined the political views of the leadership and reported on the and important events, such as the Howth Gun Running of 1914.
Included in its pages alongside political opinions and news reports are various advertisements for such items as revolvers, bandoliers and military uniforms from stockists across Ireland.
You can now read these fascinating insights into Irish revolutionary history with an online subscription to An Phoblacht for just €10 per year. This includes a digital copy of each new edition of the paper and Iris magazine, access to our digitised historic archives as well as copies of The Irish Volunteer.
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