In the build up to his bout at Croke Park in July 1972, 'the Greatest' invited Bernadette Devlin, then an outspoken MP, for ...

In his classic work, Loser and Still Champion, Budd Schulberg opens the chapter concerning the first Ali–Frazier bout at ...

Wrapping up a series of articles on the great political upheaval in Northern Ireland in 1968-69. This instalment is about Britain putting troops onto the streets on 14 August 1969. On 12 August 1969 ...

Ali Watkins’s book looks closely at Conlon and Noraid in Philadelphia during the early 1970s. That city was an important ...

Part of a series of articles exploring the role of the left in the great political upheaval in Northern Ireland in 1968-69, written in response to John McAnulty’s polemic ( Solidarity 717) In January ...

Across the weekend there will be music (Doireann Ní Ghlacáin, Tommy Sands, Róis, The Fingal Mummers, Phelim Drew, Sarah Ghriallais and Yeates), a public interview (Bernadette Devlin McAliskey ...

"I remember being castigated by the revolutionaries for going to the fight in New York," said Bernadette McAliskey (née Devlin). “They felt my presence at the event gave it a credibility it did ...

In January 1972, Bernadette Devlin (now McAliskey) crossed the floor of the House of Commons to punch Tory home secretary Reginald Maudling. The day before, Bernadette had been about to give a ...

Devlin’s past has returned to haunt her ... Conversations on Kindness: How the Power of Kindness Can Change the World, by Bernadette Russell (27 March, Elliott & Thompson) In Conversations on Kindness ...