Ireland 100 years since partition Follow

Bloody Sunday was state sanctioned murder

A protest was held at Free Derry Corner last Saturday over British government plans to bring in a Troubles “amnesty”.

​​​​​​​Repression led to uprising and armed struggle, explains Simon Basketter

Throughout its existence, Northern Ireland has been a political slum characterised by repression, sectarianism and poverty.

Simon Basketter looks at why Britain split Ireland up during its battle for independence