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Rightwingers in London and Belfast feigned outrage yesterday at a scheme to "let off" so-called on-the-run republicans that they had known about for five years.
British Prime Minister David Cameron pledged a judge-led inquiry into 187 letters assuring republicans that they would not be prosecuted if they returned to Northern Ireland.
He jumped on the bandwagon after Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) First Minister Peter Robinson threatened to quit, which would bring down the power-sharing agreement and trigger Northern Ireland Assembly elections.
JOE DWYER of Sinn Fein reflects on the links between the Irish and Cuban struggles for independence and on Castro’s personal engagement with the cause of Irish freedom
The independent TD’s campaign has put important issues like Irish reunification and military neutrality at the heart of the political conversation, argues SEAN MacBRADAIGH