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Éirígí has announced details of a vigil in Dublin to mark the anniversary of the death of Volunteer Bobby Sands.

In memory of Volunteer Patrick O’Callaghan

John Crawley delivered the oration at a commemoration in Crossmaglen on 28 April, 2024 in honour of IRA volunteer Patrick O’Callaghan.

Saving Moore Street, the cradle of the 1916 Rising

The future of Moore Street in Dublin and harnessing its potential was the focus of a special conference on Wednesday.

Aontú leader Peadar Tóibín interviewed

Aontú has reached up to 5% support in opinion polls and is just shy of becoming the fourth largest party in the 26 Counties, just over five years since the party began as a more socially conservative alternative on the republican left.

Easter speeches and statements 2024

A round-up of the messages and orations delivered around Ireland to mark the 108th anniversary of the Easter Rising.

Easter commemorations 2024

A round-up of events to honour Ireland’s fallen this Easter, with thanks to Republican Memorial Tributes, and apologies for errors or omissions. Please confirm times and dates with your local organisation.

The lonely death of Michael Kearney

Volunteer Michael Kearney’s name was cleared in 2003 following an internal Provisional IRA investigation which confirmed he was not an informer. A statement by Seamus Kearney in relation to the Kenova Report and its revelations about the killing of his brother by an IRA unit which had been infiltrated by the British Crown Forces.

‘Seismic change underway in Ireland’

Sinn Féin President Mary Lou McDonald TD delivered the following keynote address to the Irish Unity Summit in New York last week, an event organised by a collaboration of Irish-American groups to drive support for Irish reunification.

GFA process cannot deliver republican objectives

A speech delivered to an American AOH delegation in Derry on 15 February by former IRA Volunteer John Crawley.

New agreement solidifies occupation

Not only is it the case that Stormont will not deliver for normal working people, but it also cannot deliver a 32 County Socialist Republic. It is fundamentally flawed from its conception.

The real change will be a Sinn Féin First Minister

The plan is to get the Stormont executive up and running on Saturday before any organised resistance has time to emerge.

Óglach Jim Gallagher Commemoration

Republican Network for Unity held its annual Commemoration last week for Óglach Jim Gallagher of the IRA’s Derry Brigade. Orlaith Ní Domhnaill from RNU Belfast delivered the oration.

Leinster House ‘rewriting history’

Last week the Irish people learned that we cannot talk about the men and women of the Irish Volunteers/ Óglaigh na hÉireann /the Irish Republican Army without facing a fine by the fascist FF/FG government.

A first-hand account of the IRA Border Campaign

Seán Garland (1934-2018) joined the Irish Republican Army in the early 1950s and played a leading part in the IRA Border Campaign before becoming President of the Workers’ Party in Ireland. The following is an account of the beginning of the Border Campaign, written by Sean Garland himself before his passing.

Frank Kitson - Death of an international terrorist

It was in Kenya that Frank Kitson first came to prominence, earning his dubious reputation as ‘a counter-insurgency expert’.

What Palestine needs is not a ceasefire

Lasair Dhearg argues that their should be no compromise with Zionist imperialism in Palestine.

Vigil for Palestine

The Dublin branch of the IPSC are holding a candlelight vigil to mourn the almost 20,000 people killed in Apartheid Israel’s ongoing genocidal war on the Palestinian people in Gaza.

Irish republican prisoners list 2023

Just in time for Christmas, the most recently updated Irish Republican Prisoner list, with prison addresses, as collated by the Irish Republican Prisoner News Facebook page.

New book examines Derry gerrymander

Population growth in Derry’s Shantallow following the breakdown of the unionist ‘gerrymander’ of the city is chronicled in a new book by one of the north’s longest serving councillors.

Wolfe Tone quotes

A leading Irish revolutionary figure who was captured by the British and sentenced to be hanged, Theobald Wolfe Tone, died this week 225 years ago.

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