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December 12, 2024

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Red faces for ‘peace’ group funders

maskeduvf.jpg A widely hailed loyalist ‘peacemaker’ is convicted of possessing guns and ammunition. You just couldn’t make this stuff up.

Published December 12, 2024



Irish republican prisoner list

prisonersxmasirpwa.jpg An updated Irish Republican Prisoners List for 2024, with addresses for sending Christmas greetings.

Published December 5, 2024



Sinn Féin’s appeal is rooted in our republicanism

adamsinterview.jpg The choice in this election is crystal clear – another government led by Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil – or a new government led by Sinn Féin.

Published November 28, 2024



‘Thatcher would have known’

finucaneinterview.jpg Geraldine Finucane, the widow of murdered Belfast defence lawyer Pat Finucane, was interviewed this week by the Guardian in her Belfast home.

Published November 21, 2024



An assertive republicanism could still win this election

toibinmcdonald.jpg Attacks on the Fine Gael/Fianna Fáil as representing a choice between Tweedledum and Tweedledee are fine but Sinn Féin needs to demonstrate, in a clear and easily understood way, that it is radically different from these parties.

Published November 21, 2024



Escape from Portlaoise

prisonmap.jpg An account of a famous IRA escape in 1974, adapted from a feature published earlier this year by Laois Today.

Published November 13, 2024



Where are you really from?

timbranniganbook.jpg A brief autobiography by former political prisoner and author Tim Brannigan for the BBC radio show ‘It’s My Story: Where Are You Really From?’

Published November 7, 2024



Drawing the line for the Union

boundarycommissionmap.jpg How the ‘third man’ on the Boundary Commission 100 years ago helped secure the border for unionism.

Published October 31, 2024



The PSNI is delivering for the RUC

psnilandrovers.jpg The PSNI is behaving in similar ways to its sectarian predecessor.

Published October 31, 2024



Why are doctors who have visited Gaza being ignored?

doctorsgaza.jpg Palestinians are being systematically exterminated with taxpayer money and our politicians are doing absolutely nothing to stop it.

Published October 24, 2024



The way to put loyalist gangs out of business is to stop the cash

taigsvtot.jpg There is that no incentive for paramilitary groups to transition – in fact there is every reason to stay in business, writes Brian Feeney.

Published October 17, 2024



The murder of Willie Price

willieprice.jpg Extracts from a new booklet on the SAS murder of Willie Price on 13 July 1984, compiled for his family by Relatives for Justice.

Published October 10, 2024



I will not shed any tears for Netanyahu’s rogue state

bdsprotest.jpg It’s been hard to watch the news over the last couple of days and not feel like I am going completely insane.

Published October 10, 2024



Why massacring civilians is Israel’s deliberate strategy

gazamassacre.jpg All of humanity is less secure after a year of genocide against the Palestinian people in Gaza and the West Bank and as Israel now unleashes its wrath on Lebanon.

Published October 3, 2024



Hilary Benn joins long list of useless British overlords

hilarybennmedia.jpg If Benn did anything worthwhile last week, it is that he reminded us that there is no future if we remain tied to this failing United Kingdom.

Published September 19, 2024



Pushing the reset button

starmerharris.jpg Does Dublin not realise the British would love rid of this place, writes Brian Feeney (for the Irish News).

Published September 12, 2024



Countries should withdraw recognition of Israel

recogniseisrael.jpg In May, three additional European states officially recognised a non-existent Palestinian state. Ireland, Spain, and Norway are the latest to join more than 140 other United Nations members in recognising this phantom entity.

Published September 5, 2024



Sick taunts of the anti-immigrant thugs

ormeauracist.jpg Above (right) is the sick five-finger salute from a loyalist anti-immigrant thug that has sent a Troubles victim into a cycle of despair.

Published August 22, 2024



Facing genocide in the land of meaningless gestures

gazagalway.jpg Our politicians have failed to match the mood of the Irish people when it comes to the genocide in Gaza.

Published August 22, 2024



John Joe McGirl

mcgirlcommemoration.jpg Former IRA Chief of Staff John Joe McGirl passed away 36 years ago this year, but recently some establishment figures have been calling for the annual commemoration in Ballinamore to be ‘cancelled’. Next week brings the 30th anniversary event in honour of a man who dedicated his life to defying British rule in Ireland.

Published August 8, 2024