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
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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…
Former Provisional Shane Paul O’Doherty argued in this newspaper last week that republican inmates didn’t qualify as prisoners of war. Here, historian Dieter Reinisch says…
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…
Last week, four men were arrested in North Armagh and East Tyrone following a series of raids. The police operation was aimed at Irish Republicans active in…
Continue reading Craigavon Magistrates’ Court: Another Miscarriage of Justice?
I recently stumbled over following sentence on a widely read Irish blog: “Cumann na mBan (CnamB) has been subject to several splits down through the years.” This comment…
Continue reading So how many Cumainn na mBan are actually out there?
On March 31, I published an article about Republican Easter Commemorations in the North of Ireland on this blog. The article was republished on the…
Continue reading ‘Many people don’t feel included’: More thoughts on #Coalisland2016