North Cork born Michelle O’Neill spoke of her pride at addressing a rally in Cork to honour all those republicans who died on hunger strike as she called on the government to take legal action if the British government proceeds with controversial legislation to deal with legacy issues in the North.
IT’S the Sunday afternoon session at the West Cork Literary Festival and Cork writer Cónal Creedon steps into function room of the Maritime Hotel and begins to talk about his new book, Art Imititating Life Imitating Death, and, without seemingly drawing a breath, speaks non stop for a little more than an hour.
Members of the Doherty family from Foxford travelled to Dublin last Sunday to represent Mayo at a ceremony in the Garden of Remembrance to honour all those who died in the Irish Civil War