Two videos from Brendan Duddy on that hungerstrike offer.

Former IRA prison leader releases O'Rawe Comms.

It's so difficult to know what to believe about the Hungerstrike.Now Brendan McFarlane has released comms that do throw doubt upon Richard O'Rawe's narrative.The Irish News (scan) has the full story

One time main provo operator found dead.

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The Irish News report on Gerry(whitey)Bradley's death (scan) and the report that claims he may have died after watching the RTE programme 'Voices from the Grave'.

Gerry Whitey Bradley found dead in car.

The Irish News is reporting that Whitey Bradley who told of being in the IRA in the  book 'Insider' has been found dead in a car.

The justice for Gerry poster in Andersonstown.

About those dissident Irish Republican groups.....

I've read that the role of the newspaper industry is to be the watchdog of the community, this mornings Irish News fulfills that role very well.  It's a special edition and its theme is no to the various dissident republican groups out there.

In particular Allison Morrison has interviewed ONH army council representative. The article can be read here. There is also a great discussion by John Mooney the journalist who wrote Black Operations and is an expert on terrorism, on the Nolan show this morning. That discussion is an hour in and can be found here for the next seven days.

The Plough and the Stars - video from Abbey Theatre Dublin.

Video below the fold.

On west Belfast talks back

I was at the west Belfast talks back this evening, which was very well attended. It had a great panel and an audience that wasn't afraid to speak out and hold politicians to account. I admired Ian Paisley junior for coming in to such a nationalist strong hold and putting his views forward. On most questions he was forcefull and articulate.  There was some cracking comedy from a member of the hole in the wall gang who read out a message sent to the festival from Red Hand Luke. More on that later, for now heres Barry McElduff on the topic of victims.

A TUV caption competition.