By John Walsh In this centenary year of the foundation of the state, one topic that has received little attention is the Irish language. For instance, none of the 50 […]
Read More →By John Gibney The ‘Republic of Biafra’ came into being in May 1967, when Nigeria’s eastern province seceded and declared itself independent. Nigeria itself had become independent in 1960; its […]
Read More →By John Mulqueen ‘As we marched down Grafton Street calling out our message and asking for support, a few … decided to join us … The rest ignored us or […]
Read More →By Brian Harvey Every year, the minister for finance steps up in the Dáil to announce the budget. Buried deep within is normally a grant to fund Irish emigrant services […]
Read More →By Angus Mitchell On 24 November 1922, Erskine Childers—the renowned author and anti-Treaty republican—was executed by a military firing squad of the Irish Free State in Beggar’s Bush barracks. During […]
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