republicanism – Peter Geoghegan

Belfast Unrest – the View from the Interfaces

By peterPosted on 20th January 2013Posted in Northern Ireland, Politics, Sunday Business PostTagged flags, Jonny Byrne, loyalism, Neil Jarman, republicanism, unionism

Belfast is often described as a patchwork quilt of conflicting loyalties. Most residents live on streets that are overwhelmingly nationalist or unionist. Imposing ‘peace walls’ physically divide communities one each another. This has long been the case on the Suffolk estate in West Belfast, where a small Protestant community of less than a thousand people […]

New IRA same old stance

By peterPosted on 14th August 2012Posted in Northern Ireland, ScotsmanTagged Dissident, IRA, Jon Tonge, Real IRA, republicanism

A new republican anti-ceasefire group in Northern Ireland is a threat, but its goals are likely to be unfulfilled, writes Peter Geoghegan In DECEMBER 1969, the Irish Republican Army held an extraordinary convention at Knockvicar house in Boyle, County Roscommon. During the preceding months, the Troubles had exploded into life across the border. Many rank […]