IRISH REPUBLICAN NEWS: Archives

January 30, 2009

Workers seize plant as Waterford Crystal ordered shut

Hundreds of workers were occupying Ireland’s world-famous Waterford Crystal factory tonight after being told by text message they were losing their jobs.

LEGACY: MONEY AND LIES

The relatives of those killed by British forces in the north of Ireland have criticised the emphasis placed on so-called “recognition payments” to be paid by the British government to their families as a way of dealing with the past conflict.

Long Kesh stadium proposal abandoned

Plans for a new international sports stadium at the site of the former prison at Long Kesh were finally axed yesterday.

‘Partitionism’ a form of sectarianism - McGuinness

Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness has hit out at the Dublin government for describing cross-border shoppers as “unpatriotic”.

PSNI raids in north Belfast

The PSNI police mounted raids in Ardoyne on Tuesday against an anti-drugs group which they say is linked to republican militants.

Release McCafferty call

eirigi spokesperson Breandan Mac Cionnaith has called for the immediate release of Belfast republican Terry McCafferty, who is currently languishing in a prison in the North.

Bloody Sunday march to protest delays

This year’s Bloody Sunday Commemorative March in Derry will stop in William Street - where the original march was stopped on its way to the Guildhall before it was fired upon by British soldiers, killing 14 civilians.

A defining point in Irish history

The keynote address by Sinn Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams at the Mansion House in Dublin to his party’s 90th anniversary commemoration of the First Dail.

Long Kesh - Scenes from the inside

Can an incident-packed and prolonged time span be adequately explored in the form of a play?

January 28, 2009

‘Truth panel’ provokes unionist anger

There were angry clashes in Belfast today before the publication of an official report for the British government on dealing with issues of truth and reconciliation in the North.

January 23, 2009

IRELAND HAILS OBAMA PRESIDENCY

On a visit to Washington DC to attend the US Presidential inauguration ceremenonies, Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams has said he believes that President Obama can assist the Irish peace process.

Flanagan, MI5 deny culpability

Former RUC police chief Ronnie Flanagan has denied any knowledge of Special Branch surveillance of prominent human rights lawyer Rosemary Nelson prior to her assassination in 1999.

Campbell extradition bid

Dundalk man Liam Campbell is the subject of an attempt to extradite him to Lithuania following his arrest this week.

Turmoil for Greens as economic crisis mounts

The Green Party is facing a mounting internal revolt over its participation with Fianna Fail in the crisis-hit Dublin coalition government.

PSNI technician found guilty in UVF plot

A victims’ campaigner has said he will sue PSNI Chief Hugh Orde after his personal details were passed on to unionist paramilitaries by a computer operator who was working for the PSNI.

‘Disappeared’ claim denied

A claim that the IRA executed a South Armagh man for working as an informer in 1979 has been denied by local MP, Sinn Féin’s Conor Murphy.

Address to First Dail Eireann commemoration

Caoimhghin O Caolain TD told the official commemoration this week that the work of the First Dail remains unfinished. We publish the full text of his address.

1919-2009 - Compare and Contrast

Those who paraded themselves in the Mansion House on Tuesday past have little right to claim the inheritance of the revolutionary republicans and socialists who established the First Dail.

January 16, 2009

‘CONDEMN CRIMES’ - ADAMS

Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams has accused republican hardliners of demanding protection money from drug dealers and other criminals in the North.

Closer to justice for Robert Hamill

Part of the centre of Portadown was sealed off on Thursday night to allow the family of Robert Hamill, as well as members of a public inquiry investigating his murder, to view the area where he was fatally beaten by a loyalist gan

Anglo-Irish Bank: Ireland’s Enron

The Dublin government has been forced to nationalise Anglo-Irish Bank because of a scandal over concealed debt and the serious erosion of confidence in the bank as a result, Taoiseach Brian Cowen admitted today [Friday].

Gaza protests continue

Thousands have demonstrated in Ireland against the continuing Israeli invasion of Gaza amid mounting calls for the Israeli ambassador to be expelled and economic sanctions against Israel.

Courts hear appeals for informer records

PSNI chief Hugh Orde is to be asked to provide the information which led to Danny Morrison’s conviction for kidnapping being quashed.

First Dail to be remembered

Sinn Féin have announced plans to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the first Irish parliament.

Setting the ‘free Derry’ record straight

The famous ‘Free Derry’ wall was painted forty years ago this month. Eamon McCann corrects the record of the day when the inspiring international landmark was born.

Much to be optimistic about

In the face of this economic crisis the argument for stronger not weaker government intervention in the economy needs to be heard.

January 9, 2009

MASSACRE IN GAZA

The Israeli bombing of two UN-run schools filled with children taking shelter from the continuing bloodshed in Gaza has provoked protests and increasingly desperate appeals for a halt to the killing.

Pat Doherty steps down

Pat Doherty is to stand down as Sinn Féin Vice President after over twenty years in that office.

PSNI recruitment bid captured on phone

An Omagh teenager has recorded on his mobile phone an attempt by the PSNI police to persuade him to become an informer.

Sinn Féin has abandoned 2016 target - DUP

The DUP has interpreted comments by Gerry Adams as an admission that the hope of a united Ireland by 2016 has been abandoned.

Hamill inquiry set to open

After a decade of delays and deliberate procrastination, public hearings in the inquiry into the 1997 murder of Robert Hamill are to begin in Belfast next Tuesday.

International events to mark Famine

Ireland is to officially recognise the Great Hunger - more than 160 years after British colonial policies coupled with the collapse of the critical potato harvest resulted in the death or emigration of some two million people.

The Burntollet attack

The People’s Democracy march, forty years ago this week, is seen by historians as marking a significant turning point in the recent conflict.

Christmas has ended - so should Gaza siege

The reoccupation by Israel of the Gaza Strip and the slaughter of its Palestinian inhabitants form one of the most shameful episodes, among a long list of others, for the international community since the state of Israel was set up in 1948.

January 4, 2009

Invasion of Gaza condemned

The Dublin government and all of the political parties in the 26 Counties have condemned Israel’s invasion of Gaza and have backed calls for a ceasefire in the region.

January 2, 2009

1978: DIRTY WAR, DIRTY PROTEST

Previously confidential files released this week in Dublin, Belfast and London under the 30 year ruled provide evidence of the increasing role of the ‘Dirty War’ -- the use of covert intelligence and the SAS shoot-to-kill strategy by the British government.