Ireland’s Two-Party System Shaken by Sinn Fein Surge

JILL LAWLESS and NICOLAE DUMITRACHE / The Associated Press Feb 7, 2020 As voters prepare to choose a new parliament on Saturday, polls show surprising support for the party historically linked to the IRA. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Terror and Geopolitics: Manchester in 2017 and in 1996

By Juan Cole / Informed Comment May 24, 2017 Although decades apart, both terrorist attacks were reactions against a history of colonialism. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Westboro Baptist Church’s Tax-Exempt Status Challenged

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Dec 19, 2012 Despite its vitriolic activities and protests that are political in nature, the hate group Westboro Baptist Church has somehow managed to keep its IRS tax-exempt status. But after its publicly announced plans to picket the funerals of victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, tens of thousands of people have signed petitions hoping to change that. Despite its vitriolic activities and protests that are political in nature, the hate group Westboro Baptist Church has somehow managed to keep its IRS tax-exempt status. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Dissidents Merge to Form New Irish Republican Army

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jul 27, 2012 A collection of radical left-wing groups opposed to British rule of Northern Ireland and critical of the political establishment, including the nationalist-focused Sinn Fein, have merged to reclaim the banner of the Irish Republican Army and are threatening violence against police. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

German Captains, U-Boats and Other Lies About Ireland

Robert Fisk / Truthdig Jun 19, 2010 By chance, I arrived in Dublin this week on the day that the Saville report on Bloody Sunday was published. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Walls Never Work — in the Middle East or in Ireland

Robert Fisk / Truthdig Jan 4, 2010 The story of the Protestant "settlements" in Ireland provides a ghostly narrative of those modern-day "settlements" in the West Bank, where the Israelis insist on fighting the world's last colonial war with the assistance of that great anti-colonial nation known as the United States.The story of the Protestant "settlements" in Ireland provides a ghostly narrative of those modern-day "settlements" in the West Bank. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Lessing’s Lessons on 9/11

Staff / Truthdig Oct 24, 2007 Allowing that some Americans might find her "crazy," Nobel Prize-winning writer Doris Lessing told Spain's El Pais newspaper that the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, were "neither as terrible or as extraordinary as they think," pointing to the IRA bombings in Britain as other examples of calamities. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Northern Ireland Chooses Peace

Staff / Truthdig May 8, 2007 The heads of Northern Ireland's main Protestant and Catholic political parties have joined together in an historic power-sharing government. Ian Paisley, leader of an anti-Catholic church, and Martin McGuinness, formerly of the IRA, will lead the new government. Both men have spent time in prison for their extremist roles in the conflict. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )