Danny Morrison

ACTOR Michael Fassbender has described his portrayal of IRA hunger striker Bobby Sands as the performance "closest to my heart out of all the work I have done".

THERE’S rarely a month goes by when The Irish News doesn’t carry a story in which somebody north of the border is complaining about RTÉ – the national broadcaster, at least notionally.

THE REPUBLIC’S establishment parties have appropriated the name 'Ireland' with the “deliberate aim of casting the north as the other”, according to Sinn Féin’s former publicity director.

PLANS by the British government to write its own "history" of the Troubles is a reaction to the examination of the part its forces played in the conflict it has been claimed.

A PROMINENT businessman and former British soldier has reacted derisively to criticism of his "eclectic eccentric hill walking group" with former IRA members.

An Irish government report that the Provisional IRA sought to sideline its political wing in the peace process has been dismissed as "preposterous" by Sinn Féin's former publicity director

A COLLECTION of articles, essays and poems reflecting on the impact of the republican hunger strikes is to be republished with new contributors.

DANNY Morrison has admitted that, whatever else he does in life, his phrase 'armalite and ballot box' strategy would be on his headstone.

AN RTÉ radio presenter has apologised for laughing while reading a quote from former taoiseach Liam Cosgrave about hunger strikers saying "water was too good" for them.

SINN Féin's former director of publicity believes Stormont is facing an "existential crisis" and there is little prospect of republicans returning to an executive in the near future.