Op-Ed: Rita O’Hare letters@irishecho.com All of us who believe that Ireland’s best future is unity have not just the right but the duty to assert this view and to plan for it. To argue otherwise is to try to undermine … Continue reading →

The “Plantation” of Ireland There were invasions and settlements [or plantations in Ireland long before the Cromwellian settlement of Ireland from 1652 through 1660, but none was more effective or pietiless. Earlier attempts failed because the invaders or settlers were … Continue reading →

Strand Two of the GFA was supposed to connect North and South through common sense economic, social and environmental forums and institutions. Nationalists were committed to these reforms because it was thought that this could provide democratic momentum towards a … Continue reading →