Irish Republicanism

Easter Rising 2016: Live and let celebrate

Turgon on March 28, 2016, 1:14 pm

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Last week a Muslim acquaintance of mine wished me Happy Easter. I try to remember to wish Muslims Happy Eid. I would submit this has parallels with how Unionists and other non Republicans should approach the Easter Rising celebrations. Christians can and do invite those of other or no religion to Easter events as a form of evangelism: I believe Muslims do the same thing. At such events an attempt is often made to “convert” the invitees to the religion …

Danny Morrison’s “West Belfast”: a coming of age novel set against the backdrop of a city in conflict

Alan Meban (Alan in Belfast) on April 8, 2015, 4:35 pm

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I grew up hearing Danny Morrison’s name on the radio at breakfast time as Sinn Féin’s Director of Publicity. More recently I’ve known him as chair of Féile an Phobail and spotted his attendance at many of the festival’s events in St Mary’s and the annual West Belfast Talks Back debate. But I’d never realised he was an author until his book (re)launch earlier this year at the end of January. Spread over a decade, West Belfast is a coming …

Right Side Up: Republicansim from the Centre-Right

David McCann on January 11, 2015, 7:55 pm

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I muse about republicanism a lot on this site. How a possible Yes campaign might be constructed and the economic arguments for unity are something that really intrigues me. The two leading parties in Irish nationalism are Sinn Fein and the SDLP. Both proclaim (I note this does not always happen in practice) centre-left economic values of a strong state with provision of many social services and high public spending. In essence the sort of economic environment that exists presently …