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NORTHERN IRISH trade unionists and members of the legislative assembly expressed sympathy for the family of the prison officer wounded by a dissident republican bomb, who died yesterday.
Adrian Ismay, whose identity has only now been made public, was rushed to hospital after being taken ill at home, where he was recovering from his injuries.
Mr Ismay required surgery for leg injuries after a bomb planted by the New IRA splinter group exploded under his van on March 4 as he was driving to work in loyalist east Belfast.
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
A new group within the NEU is preparing the labour movement for a conversation on Irish unity by arguing that true liberation must be rooted in working-class solidarity and anti-sectarianism, writes ROBERT POOLE
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