Was The IRA Defeated? Or How Did The Troubles End
Dr Thomas Leahy is a lecturer in British and Irish Politics and Contemporary History at Cardiff University, and the authorContinue Reading
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Dr Thomas Leahy is a lecturer in British and Irish Politics and Contemporary History at Cardiff University, and the authorContinue Reading
I thought some of my fellow political anoraks might be interested in this appearance by a young Bernadette Devlin McAliskeyContinue Reading
One of the great modern myths of the Troubles, the insurgency and counterinsurgency conflict that raged in the British-ruled northContinue Reading
The apparent support expressed by David Petraeus, the disgraced former United States Army general, for the controversial campaign in theContinue Reading
Featured below is an interview by Channel 4 News in Britain with a spokesperson for the so-called New Irish RepublicanContinue Reading
In May 2000, two years after the signing of the Good Friday Agreement, the regional and international peace treaty thatContinue Reading
After two years of Brexit-frenzied politics in the United Kingdom it’s almost shocking to hear a UK leader expressing aContinue Reading
The high-profile campaign by conservative politicians and media figures in the United States to absolve US military personnel of theirContinue Reading
The weekend publication of an interview in The Sunday Times newspaper with representatives of the Army Council of the NewContinue Reading
The tragic death of the journalist and author Lyra McKee during overnight clashes in the city of Derry is aContinue Reading
While some politicians and commentators in the United Kingdom may be have little more than contempt for the Good FridayContinue Reading
The destabilising effects of Brexit on the Irish-British peace process is the focus of this documentary by Dateline, a currentContinue Reading
The Irish press is giving ample coverage to the disappointing decision by the authorities in the United Kingdom to prosecuteContinue Reading
With the distinct possibility that the country is moving towards parallel referendums on the question of reunification within the nextContinue Reading
With the political and press establishment in the United Kingdom racketing up its protests against any attempt by the regionalContinue Reading
I honestly don’t know what to make of this rather fawning interview by the Scottish YouTuber James English with theContinue Reading
In the video clip below, the Prime Minister of the Netherlands, Mark Rutte, expresses his frustration with the United Kingdom’sContinue Reading
An Taoiseach Leo Varadkar speaking yesterday on the issue of a no-deal Brexit with two rather poorly-informed if somewhat sympatheticContinue Reading
An interesting discussion on Brexit chaired by the Scottish newspaper columnist Lesley Riddoch, featuring the Irish author Fintan O’Toole andContinue Reading
Some interesting thoughts from the newspaper columnist Fintan O’Toole in The Irish Times on the radical Brexit movement in theContinue Reading
The Turkish news channel, TRT World, has published a short documentary on YouTube presented by the South African-born journalist andContinue Reading
Just after 10 pm on Saturday the 18th of June 1994, two men wearing boiler suits and balaclavas entered the Heights Bar in Loughinisland, County Down,Continue Reading