January Articles

My friend Sean, the IRA killer who became disgusted with terrorism and turned informer to save life

I finished last week’s column about the account of Martin McGuinness’s life just published by the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (DNB) with: Published: 26 January 2021 “Despite all their lies and intimidation, McGuinness’s followers cannot stop true history...

After TG4 sanitised Martin McGuinness, now comes a proper biography of the ruthless IRA liar

Last week, after having writing about the dreadful naïve, ill-informed and biased TG4 documentary sanitising Martin McGuinness, I was cheered by a reminder that in the long term history will show him for what he was Published: 19 January 2021 He was a liar who claimed...

With praise even from a Fine Gael politician, Martin McGuinness has the last laugh

I get fed up sometimes reading and writing about Sinn Féin/IRA. Published: 12 January 2021 But while violent republicanism is still a threat to peace and happiness of the people of the island of Ireland, most of the media let such terrorists get away – sometimes...

Truth is the weapon to use against republicans

My hope for post-Brexit, post-Covid Northern Ireland is that its good people work together to exploit future opportunities. Published: 5 January 2021 They will have to do so despite the continual destructiveness of Sinn Fein, which skilfully uses its dark arts to...