Interview: Conor Mulvagh on the Home Rule Party
Conor Mulvagh, historian of the Irish Parliamentary Party, talks to John Dorney about the IPP or Home Rule Party that dominated Irish politics for nearly …
Book Review Ireland Since 1939: The Persistence of Conflict
By Henry Patterson Penguin Books Reviewer: Barry Sheppard Large scale surveys of modern Irish history are not exactly new. Numerous comprehensive volumes …
Bombs Return To Northern Ireland
Andy Oppenheimer looks at the rise in attacks by Republican paramilitaries in Northern Ireland and their potential for escalation. On 5 November …
Book Review: The Young Ireland Rebellion And Limerick
The Young Ireland Rebellion And Limerick by Lauren Fenton Reviewer: Padraig Óg Ó Ruairc The Young Irelander’s Rebellion of 1848 could be …
RTÉ’s ‘From Boom to Bust’ reviewed
Cathal Brennan runs a cold eye over a slice of recent Irish history – the now-defunct Progressive Democrat Party – as portayed in …