Eamonn McCann: Rage not reverence should mark first World War commemorationsLike the Kiwis and the Aussies, the Irish too, were flung to their deaths like fistfuls of chaffThu Apr 30 2015 - 14:52
Eamonn McCann: Syria kidnapping was not what it seemedJournalists’ abduction and release was big news in US, but story was a bit too neatThu Apr 23 2015 - 05:00
Eamonn McCann: Role of Catholic Church in Easter Rising should be remembered‘Freedom to be Catholic had become an important component of national freedom’Thu Apr 09 2015 - 16:15
Eamonn McCann: ‘On-the-runs’ issue could run and run in the North elections‘It matters little that Gerry Kelly and Sinn Féin are not only right on this one but publicly on-the-record right’Thu Apr 02 2015 - 05:00
Protests at bishop’s ordination over allegations of church sex abuse cover-upEamonn McCann: ‘Ushers were needed to protect Bishop Juan Barros from jostling by the angry congregation’Thu Mar 26 2015 - 09:30
Eamonn McCann: Tony Blair under fire as he is set to leave Middle East peace role‘As was evident in the begorrah antics at the White House on Tuesday, the Northern Ireland peace process just keeps on giving, albeit to the wrong people’Thu Mar 19 2015 - 05:00
Eamonn McCann: Union protests pushed Sinn Féin to pull out of agreementThe unions’ main concern is that the agreement involves the loss of 20,000 public sector jobsThu Mar 12 2015 - 05:00
Chrissie Hynde and Mary Wollstonecraft – inspirations for International Women’s DayEamonn McCann: ‘There’s the connection, the tradition coming down, the river ever flowing, the women marching, marching’Thu Mar 05 2015 - 05:00
Eamonn McCann: Sparks fly over Israeli prime minister’s proposed US visitNetanyahu expected to call for US intervention to prevent Iran acquiring nuclear bombsThu Feb 26 2015 - 05:00
Eamonn McCann: The best and worst of the Oscars – why ‘Heaven’s Gate’ is my litmus test‘American Sniper will likely win a few gilded prizes on Sunday. Not that should matter much to lovers of movies’Thu Feb 19 2015 - 12:05
Eamonn McCann: Stephen Fry’s ‘God’ comments raise questions about atheism‘Religion is a distorted reflection of social relations, emanating from the material world, to be eradicated only by transformation of the circumstances of life’Thu Feb 12 2015 - 05:00
Abortion law change will need sisters to do it for themselvesPolitical opposition to abortion changes in North doesn’t reflect pollsThu Feb 05 2015 - 13:58
Why a Victoria Cross should be awarded to a Falklands/Malvinas war paratrooper‘They should give Corporal Stewart “Scouse” McLaughlin the medal. He earned it doing what he reasonably believed they had sent him to do. Same as in Derry’Thu Jan 29 2015 - 12:01
Eamonn McCann: Why Prince Andrew won’t face chants of ‘Out! Out! Out!’ at Davos‘Former footballer Ched Evans won’t be the only person to watch the news today and wonder at a world so ill-divided’Thu Jan 22 2015 - 12:01
Tory cuts in North gift-wrapped in process that keeps on givingStormont House Agreement commits to redundancies and privatisationThu Jan 08 2015 - 12:01
Rockin’ around the Christmas Tree – the song that makes the seasonBrenda Lee and her family must listen at least once to the song every holiday, there being no escapeThu Dec 25 2014 - 06:01
Irish Government points the finger – and turns a blind eye – when it comes to torture allegationsHooded men case and Shannon stopover rendition accusations send mixed signalsThu Dec 18 2014 - 12:01
The free market is the main obstacle to saving the world from global warmingThere is a precedent for state economic planning: wartime United StatesThu Dec 11 2014 - 12:01
Water charges: North has lessons for campaigners‘It came as a surprise when it emerged 35,000 water meters had been installed in new-built houses across the North since 2007. What was the point if charges were still ruled out?’Thu Dec 04 2014 - 12:01
What’s behind the war of words by Gerry Adams and Gregory Campbell?‘Both men were voicing opinions which have been held for generations but which in recent times have tended to be left unsaid in public or said in softer ways’Thu Nov 27 2014 - 12:01
Protest and be damned: water activists demonisedOpinion: ‘Incidents have been exaggerated to portray opponents of the current political order as little better than terrorists’Thu Nov 20 2014 - 12:30
Standing up against the poppy and the perversion of sportOpinion: ‘The underlying purpose of Remembrance is to soften the memory of futile slaughter the better to make the next generation ready to do its share of dying in wars caused by greed and imperial rivalries’Thu Nov 13 2014 - 12:01
The British authorities, as well as Adams, have questions to answer on Cahill allegationsOpinion: A question of priorities means, in practice, wronged women must waitThu Nov 06 2014 - 12:38
The British authorities, as well as Adams, have questions to answer on Cahill allegationsOpinion: A question of priorities means, in practice, wronged women must waitThu Nov 06 2014 - 12:01
Why water, why now? Ireland takes to the streetsOpinion: ‘The idea of having to pay for a substance so natural that it falls from the sky and without which we’d die sparks a particular anger’Sat Nov 01 2014 - 00:01
Afghanistan: the war with no winnersOpinion: More than $100 billion has been spent and thousands have died, yet it remains one of the world’s poorest and most corrupt countriesThu Oct 30 2014 - 12:01
When a Traveller family is denied a wake for their boyOpinion: ‘It struck me that if we had taken this approach in the North, there might still be a government at Stormont, probably headed by a grandson of Lord Brookeborough’Thu Oct 23 2014 - 13:07
Why is the Northern Assembly outsourcing its burning issues to itself?Opinion: North talks include parades, the past, flags, welfare reform and the election of a new Assembly speakerThu Oct 16 2014 - 13:52
Isis, Hamas and Iran are far from being the same thingOpinion: Isis proclaims its disregard for national borders. Hamas, on the other hand, is a nationalist organisation par excellence, fighting for a Palestinian stateThu Oct 09 2014 - 12:01
Troubled times for North talks as the truth about the past is withheldOpinion: ‘The chances of Loyalist or Republican paramilitary groups making a clean breast of it are slim at best. The chances of the British government owning up are zero’Thu Oct 02 2014 - 12:01
Ryder Cup reflects no aspect of actually-lived realityOpinion: American fans, like the players, seem to be more fervent than their European counterpartsThu Sept 25 2014 - 12:01
If the North voted to leave the Union, would Westminster leaders care?Opinion: Miliband’s madcap flags proposal has been but one sign of panic in the No campThu Sept 11 2014 - 12:01
Poll shows punishment of Palestinians is not workingOpinion: The figures signal the failure of Israel and its allies to persuade the Palestinians by punishmentThu Sept 04 2014 - 12:11
Unionists demand withdrawal of funding from fleadh over rebel song controversyOpinion: ‘Go On Home’ was originally recorded by the Wolfe TonesThu Aug 28 2014 - 12:01
Israel’s assault on Gaza is an expression of the Dahiya DoctrineOpinion: The doctrine provides a basis for deploying massive force and showing reckless disregard for civilian lifeThu Aug 21 2014 - 12:46
Abortion guidelines North and South deny women their rights under lawOpinion: In both jurisdictions, a frantic ‘pro-life’ rearguard action has persuaded politicians to back off from meaningful changeThu Aug 14 2014 - 12:01
Easter Rising seen as an exercise in futilityOpinion: There’s an overlap between views of John Bruton and cheerleaders for the IRA’s 1971-1998 campaignThu Aug 07 2014 - 12:01
Palestinians care as much about their children as we doOpinion: Netanyahu spokesman’s words closely follow pollster Luntz’s languageThu Jul 31 2014 - 12:01
Victims of abuse in North still waiting for justiceOpinion: Questions may arise about Hague’s judgment in accepting advice not to publish Welsh reportThu Jul 17 2014 - 12:01
Inter-unionist competition defines response to march banElectoral politics in Northern Ireland plays out not between but within communitiesThu Jul 10 2014 - 12:01
Women’s rights central to ruling on business owners’ religious beliefs and contraceptionOpinion: Principle of separation of church and state blurredThu Jul 03 2014 - 12:01
Most of the Irish media failed to bring truth about Gerry Conlon’s innocence to lightOpinion: It was plain that the Guildford Four, like the Birmingham Six and Judith Theresa Ward had been framedThu Jun 26 2014 - 12:01
A year on from ‘12 Years a Slave’, slavery continuesOpinion: Thai authorities do a U-turn over forced labourThu Jun 19 2014 - 12:01
Northern Ireland is the most successful country ever in World Cup finalsOpinion: These are the World Cup facts the ‘experts’ keep under wrapsThu Jun 12 2014 - 12:01
Anti-racist message is muted because of the Northern peace processRacism is a blight spreading across the terrainThu Jun 05 2014 - 12:01
Labour’s disastrous election reflects the crisis in European social democracyOpinion: The major unions’ leaderships likely to suffer reputational damage from the falling rubble of Labour principlesFri May 30 2014 - 16:02
Why do we rarely give the Devil his due?Opinion: Pope Francis is aware of a sceptical element within the Church on the ousting of demonsThu May 22 2014 - 12:00
David Cameron plays the Orange cardOpinion: Both Conservatives and Labour have form when it comes to deals with the DUP in exchange for Commons votesThu May 15 2014 - 12:01
