ON THIS DATE (27TH SEPTEMBER) 65 YEARS AGO : TWO IRISH REPUBLICAN LEADERS ESCAPE FROM FREE STATE CUSTODY.On Saturday, 27th September 1958, the Irish republican POW's in the Curragh Internmen… Read More

ON THIS DATE (20TH SEPTEMBER) 220 YEARS AGO : 'DARLING OF ERIN' BUTCHERED BY WESTMINSTER.Robert Emmet was born on the 4th March, 1778, a son of Dr Robert Emmet and Elizabeth Mason. His fat… Read More

By: James Aitchison One of literature’s great mysteries concerns Miss Havisham in Great Expectations.  Did the real Miss Havisham live in Sydney, Australia?  And if so… Read More

ON THIS DATE (5TH JULY) 83 YEARS AGO : THOMAS ÓG MacCURTAIN'S STATED LAST DAY ON EARTH...Tomás Óg MacCurtain, left, 33 years of age, pictured in Cork in 1948 (thanks to… Read More

Prince George appears to be following in his dad’s footsteps. The eldest son of Prince William and Kate Middleton was seen touring the prestigious Eton College in Windsor, E… Read More

Abortion laws in the UK are under huge scrutiny today after a woman was jailed for illegally procuring her own termination outside the legal limit. Carla Foster, from Staffordshire, was b… Read More

ON THIS DATE (3RD MAY) 107 YEARS AGO : THREE REPUBLICAN DISSIDENTS EXECUTED BY THE BRITISH.Pictured - Pádraig Pearse, Thomas J Clarke and Thomas MacDonagh.On the 29th April 1916, a re… Read More

In Defence of MaterialismExcerpt:The particular form into which Plekhanov’s book, On the Question of the Development of the Monist Theory of History, was cast, and the very great part… Read More

ON THIS DATE (25TH JANUARY) 146 YEARS AGO : BIRTH OF A REBEL PRIEST.Patrick Canon Murphy was born at Whitehill, Kilmore, in County Wexford on the 25th January 1877 - 146 years ago on this da… Read More

ON THIS DATE (7TH DECEMBER) 143 YEARS AGO : BIRTH OF AN IRA MAN WHO DARED AND SUFFERED - AUSTIN STACK.Austin Stack (pictured) was born on the 7th December, 1879 - 143 years ago on this date… Read More

Right against exploitation is a crucial part of the Indian Constitution. It is a fundamental right that protects citizens from forced labor, trafficking, and other acts that harm the freedom… Read More

“If we truly want to have world peace, we have to end human trafficking”- Jason Mraz. Introduction Human Trafficking involves the… Read More

ON THIS DATE (21ST SEPTEMBER) 195 YEARS AGO : BIRTH OF AN RIC MAN WHO RESIGNED HIS POSITION IN OPPOSITION TO 'REPRESSIVE ACTIONS AGAINST THE IRISH'.On the 21st September 1827 - 195 years ago… Read More

'CATHAL GOULDING, PADRAIG PEARSE AND SEÁN HEGARTY'. From 'The United Irishman' newspaper, April 1955.Sentenced to eight years penal servitude on October 7, 1953, on arms raid charge."… Read More

ON THIS DATE (1ST JUNE) 100 YEARS AGO : BRITISH PARAMILITARY GROUP IN IRELAND RENAMED.In every country it occupied (and in every country it continues to either occupy or take an 'interest' i… Read More

ON THIS DATE (27TH APRIL) 93 YEARS AGO : DEATH OF AN IRA MAN WHO DARED AND SUFFERED - AUSTIN STACK.Austin Stack (pictured) was born on the 7th December, 1879, in Ballymullen, Tralee, County… Read More

ON THIS DATE (9TH MARCH) 68 YEARS AGO : IRISH REPUBLICAN ICON BORN.Bobby Sands (pictured, left) - born on this date (9th March) 68 years ago (1954).Bobby Sands was born on the 9th March 1954… Read More

ON THIS DATE 76 YEARS AGO : DEATH OF A PARTY PERSON.Pádraic Ó Máille (pictured), one of the founders (in 1906) of the Sinn Féin organisation and of the Conradh na… Read More

When Joseph Johns was caught after his fourth escape attempt, authorities in Fremantle Prison made an extraordinary effort to keep him locked up. He was placed in a stone-walled cell with ja… Read More

The old West Virginia State Penitentiary in Moundsville is one of the most haunted locations in the state, if not the country. I love sharing ghost stories from this imposing and downright c… Read More

Justice by John Galsworthy Summary and Analysis Act 1 As the play opens in a solicitor’s firm, Cokeson, the managing clerk, is found at his table, adding up figures in a bank pass boo… Read More

Right from the birth of a girl child to the adulthood and beyond, there exists a long list of crimes to which women are subjected to in their daily lives. From denial of opportuniti… Read More

ON THIS DATE (10TH FEBRUARY) 36 YEARS AGO : NOLLAIG O GADHRA 'TALKS TO THE PROVISIONALS'.This article was first published in 'The Sunday Press' newspaper on the 10th February 1985 - 31 years… Read More

THE O'RAHILLY : NATIONLESS AND NOW HOMELESS.Joseph O'Rahilly ('The O'Rahilly') was born in Ballylongford, in County Kerry, on the 22nd April, 1875. He had a busy, well-travelled and interest… Read More

Kanesatake Warrior flag [Image courtesy @RussDiabo]ECOLOGICAL, CLIMATE-HEALTH ACTION FOR MOTHER EARTHCredit @xryouthrocklandCredit @xryouthrocklandGreta Thunberg, the Swedish teenager who sp… Read More

Discussion:          -There is a certain atheist fellow who calls himself "The Pixie" and enjoys regularly exchanging ideas with Joseph Hinman (Metacrock) at the Chr… Read More