A lot of articles, books, documentaries and news pieces have been produced over the last two decades exploring the origins of the Peace Process in the North of Ireland, and none more so than in the…
Written before the Good Friday Agreement at a time when the 'armed struggle' was still part of daily life in Northern Ireland this article, though inevitably somewhat dated, this remains a cogent analysis of the recent history of Ireland.
LEADING spokesmen for the Irish Republican Army have today formally denied that they still exist in a brief press conference at a secret location in Antrim. Slamming a damning joint PSNI-MI5 report claiming that IRA members …
The Troubles were far from over on 1 September 1994, but for the first time in many decades, the people of Northern Ireland seemed optimistic about peace.
A bunch of six Republican posters, some for the IRA. Many thanks to the sender.
Research in Progress - 1982 Sighting: Beechmount Street - Belfast - 1982"Many Unionists identify with Israel as an isolated community, surrounded by hostile forces and lacking international support. Their pro-Israeli sentiments also are a reaction to Irish Republican support for the Palestinian cause. In the 1980s, a mural in a nationalist area of Belfast depicted armed Irish Republican Army (IRA) and PLO members under the slogan: "IRA-PLO one struggle." Despite peace, these cleavages still run deep: In response to the Second Intifada, northern Protestant areas flew the Israeli flag, and Catholic areas raised the Palestinian national colors." ________________________ "Many Unionists identify with Israel as an isolated community, surrounded by hostile forces and lacking international support. Their pro-Israeli sentiments also are a reaction to Irish Republican support for the Palestinian cause. In the 1980s, a mural in a nationalist area of Belfast depicted armed Irish Republican Army (IRA) and PLO members under the slogan: "IRA-PLO one struggle." Despite peace, these cleavages still run deep: In response to the Second Intifada, northern Protestant areas flew the Israeli flag, and Catholic areas raised the Palestinian national colors."Source: Why the Irish Support PalestineForeign Policy Magazine - June 23, 2010 http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2010/06/23/why_the_irish_support_p...
In Ireland, there were females both in Republican groups such as the IRA, which are fighting against British forces in Northern Ireland, as well as in groups of Loyalists who are pro-state and support the continuation of British rule of the area. Usually the IRA women cadres performed certain non-military roles, in which they exploited traditional stereotypes of gender. The women became faceless very often wearing a mask and they used midi skirts thus revealing their femininity. They used to hide and carry weapons, as the British soldiers were loath to body search women because of the tremendous public revulsion it would create. Here's a small collection of portraits of female IRA fighters in the 1970s.
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Era de esperar que toda la frustración que vengo experimentando llegara a su punto de fuga, es decir, es imposible contener la sensación de frustración dentro de uno mismo por un largo tiempo, no …
The War Nerd (aka Gary Brecher aka John Dolan) examines the Long War military and political strategies of the (Provisional) Irish Republican Army versus that of the Taliban in an interesting, if at…
The future of the Irish border is one of the key issues of the Brexit negotiations. Because of its sensitive history, there are fears over what might happen if a hard border and checkpoints returned.
And here is a bonus in honor of all those who wore green to work today… Ireland never really had that much of a firearms industry, but when you mention the AR18 across the pond, you should kn…
In “Say Nothing,” the New Yorker’s Patrick Radden Keefe examines the 1972 murder of Jean McConville during the height of Northern Ireland's "Troubles," casting a light on the expansive violence of the time.