The last days of December traditionally bring the release of state papers after the 30-year embargo. Accordingly, the last couple of days saw the release of…
Tag: Ireland
At their third Ard-Fheis (AGM) on 17/18 November in Dundalk, Co Louth, the Irish republican party Saoradh elected a new chairperson. Brian Kenna from Dublin…
Continue reading Interview with new Saoradh chairperson Brian Kenna
Republican Sinn Féin, the oldest of the anti-Good-Friday-Agreement groups that emerged from the Provisionals, appointed a new president. The announcement of Seosamh Ó Mhaoileoin came…
Continue reading New RSF President: But who is Seosamh Ó Mhaoileoin?
This article has initially been published on Political Violence @ A Glance on 22 August 2018. On May 29, Benjamin H. shot four people dead…
Continue reading Radicalization in Prison: Historical Lessons for Today’s Challenges
This article has initially been published on The Irish Story on 6 August 2018. January 30 2018 marked the 50th anniversary of the launch of the…
A stabbing by an Egyptian teenager that left a Japanese man dead and two Irish men injured has reignited debates on immigration in Ireland. Irish…
Continue reading A Fatal Attack in Dundalk, Racism and Irish Republicanism
One of the main (academic) adventures that kept me from doing what I should actually be doing here in Florence, namely, writing my PhD Thesis,…
Continue reading Studi irlandesi on “Resistance in Modern Ireland” published!
In March 2017, I published a book based on Oral History interviews with activists of the women’s wing of the Provisional IRA, Cumann na mBan.…
The fact that Irish Republican prisoners are held in British prisons in the North of Ireland causes conflict for the Northern Ireland Prison Service. Irish…
From Wednesday, October 12, to Friday, October 14, the Department of History & Civilization and the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies at the European University Institute, collaborate…