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1981 Hunger Strike - Ireland Republican sections in Ireland observe 42nd anniversary of 1981 hunger strikes

10 Irish republican prisoners including 27-year-old Bobby Sands starved to death in 1981 at the HM Prison Maze in Northern Ireland while on a hunger strike to protest the revoking of their status as political prisoners

What lies ahead for Sinn Féin after polls in the North of Ireland?

Mairéad Farrell, a Sinn Féin member of Parliament in Ireland, talks about the political situation in the aftermath of the elections to the legislature in the North of Ireland

Chamber-House-of-Lords-Houses-Parliament-London UK government’s bill violating Brexit deal faces setback 

The UK parliament’s House of Lords voted overwhelmingly against key clauses of the government’s new Brexit bill, which breaches the existing exit treaty signed by the UK with the European Union earlier this year 

Brexit: The end of the beginning

The UK may have officially left the EU on January 31 but the divisions created during the process remain and many challenges lie ahead

UK results Conservative Party wins comfortable majority in the UK elections

The vote, which saw the worst performance of the Labour Party since 1934, is widely seen as a vote for Brexit

UK elections and the Brexit question

We talk about how the United Kingdom will look if viewed through the lens of Orientalism

BRITAIN-EU-POLITICS-BREXIT-CONSERVATIVE-CONFERENCE Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal is neoliberalism on steroids

Johnson’s plan, yet to be fully released, seems to do little to make the UK more protectionist and may lead to the dismantling of provisions safeguarding labor rights and environment in the country

Northern Irish residents protest gold mining in Sperrin Hills

The protesters claim that mining in the region will pollute the air and water with toxic chemicals

Belfast_Pride_Parade Tens of thousands join the Belfast Pride Parade in Northern Ireland

The Belfast Pride Parade marked the culmination of the Belfast Pride Festival and sought to highlight the rights that are still denied to the LGBTQ community in the region

Irish Communist Party - Interview ‘Our allegiance is to Irish Republic, declared in 1916, which include everything from the plough to the stars’

In the first part of our interview with the national executive member of the Communist Party of Ireland, Jimmy Doran, we speak about a varied set of issues, ranging from reproductive rights, austerity policies of the government, to the question of Northern Ireland.

Theresa May survives confidence vote but tough times await UK

There seem to be no easy answers to the question of Brexit as May’s proposal is reviled by all

Amid EU-UK sparring, Brexit’s Irish impasse remains unresolved

With the interests of the Irish people on both sides of the border at the mercy of the negotiating powers, rumblings of an Irish unification, which would have seemed far-fetched prior to Brexit, have been sounding in both the countries.