Eventual Redemption

Jan 28, 2025 | Greenisland Press News

Writer, poet and ecopsychologist Anthony Hegarty’s review of Longlines by Caoilte Breatnach is published both here at Greenisland Press and on Caoilte’s website. -oo0oo- JJ Hynes, a veteran of the Troubles in Derry and Belfast, has sacrificed his life, marriage,...

What is ‘Say Nothing’ for?

Jan 20, 2025 | Features

The Irish-American writer Tim O’Grady recently wrote a review for the website of the current affairs magazine, Byline, which was also published by the Belfast Media Group and the Andersonstown News. His review was a forensic analysis of the television series, Say...

‘A Spiritual Act, A Holy Deed’

Dec 15, 2024 | Features

I wrote this tribute to Native American Indian Leonard Peltier in 2003 as he entered his twenty-eighth year of imprisonment. I included the feature in my 2004 book, Rebel Columns, and sent Leonard a signed copy with a personalised dedication but the prison authorities...

Rita – A Memoir

Aug 23, 2024 | Greenisland Press News

The most recent publication by Greenisland Press, Rita—A Memoir, was launched during Féile an Phobail in West Belfast to an audience of almost four hundred people on 3 August in St Mary’s University College. Gerry Adams chaired the proceedings and guest speakers...

‘A Little Gem’

Jul 11, 2024 | Features

Jake Mac Siacais* reviews Greenisland Press’s recently-published novel, McCoubrey, set in Portadown just before and after the introduction of internment in 1971. WHEN asked by my good friend Danny Morrison to review Mark B McCaffery’s debut novel, McCoubrey, I...