Irish Republican News: Archives

A rare opportunity for Ireland to end the hegemony of Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael governments looms closer as the 26 County general election campaign enters its final stretch.

Anger as O’Neill honours British Army dead

Sinn Féin’s leader in the North, Michelle O’Neill has come in for widespread criticism after she became the first Sinn Féin leader to attend an event to commemorate British military forces.

General election set for November 29

The Dublin government is to officially call a general election on Friday as it pushed €400m into bank accounts in a bid to convince voters to ignore deepening crises in housing, inequality, health, child welfare, immigration, political greed and corruption.

‘Stop the horror’

Ireland’s president has said it is “time to stop this horror of history” after fresh Israeli outrages in Palestine and Lebanon and after Israeli legislators passed laws to block the work of the main aid agency in Gaza.

Support for British rule falls below 50%

Support for the North of Ireland remaining in a Union with Britain has dropped below the key 50% level for the first time in a state-funded survey of the Six Counties, adding to pressure for an end to partition and the complete decolonisation of the island of Ireland.

Death of British Army’s massacre general

Mike Jackson, the former head of the British Army and the adjutant of the Parachute Regiment during the Bloody Sunday massacre, has died aged 80.

Sun sets on the British empire

Britain is to return its last African colony to Mauritius, ending decades of abuses of the Chagos island and its residents, whom it forcibly expelled from the islands in the 1960s and 1970s.

New loyalist threat to Irish language class

Days after a group of loyalist paramilitary figures met the North’s Minister for Education to make sectarian demands for curbs on the Irish language, the threat of paramilitary violence has forced the cancellation of an Irish language event.

Investigation into state funding of UDA/UVF violence

The so-called ‘International Fund for Ireland’ is to be called to account over allegations it has been supporting loyalist violence in the Six Counties.

Fury as new British government reneges on deals

Relationships between the nationalist community and the British government are at their lowest in years after a ‘blitzkrieg’ of backsliding by London on promises to tackle inequality in the north of Ireland.

Britain must face the truth

The Finucane family have been praised for their determination through 35 years of stonewalling by successive British administrations to finally force the current government to hold an independent public inquiry into the murder of their husband and father.

Moves to defend UDA, UVF over racist violence

The PSNI has effectively backed unionist paramilitary gangs accused of orchestrating racist attacks and is now refusing to blame them for recent violence and intimidation across the Six Counties.

Extradition bid on 30th anniversary of ceasefire

The arrest and detention without bail of 61-year-old veteran republican Martin McCauley on foot of a British extradition warrant has been strongly condemned by republicans.

Huge crowds send a message to RTÉ

A campaign by Ireland’s state-run broadcaster to demonise republicans backfired spectacularly this week after events it tried to smear drew record-breaking attendances.

Public rallies against loyalist violence

Thousands have been demonstrating against efforts to stir up race hate against immigrants in Belfast.

The mask comes off

The shadowy links between far-right instigators of racist violence in Dublin and loyalist paramilitaries in the north of Ireland was on display in Belfast city centre last Saturday when a fascist mob marched through the city and carried out a wave of attacks on Muslim-owned businesses.

Begrudging response to sporting triumph

Unionists and loyalists reacted with bitterness to the celebrations which followed Armagh’s triumph in the Gaelic games All-Ireland football final last weekend.

Hurling spectacle boosts GAA stadium plan

A campaign for the redevelopment of a disused Gaelic sports venue in Belfast as a major multi-purpose sports stadium has received a boost after a captivating all-Ireland hurling final was broadcast on BBC and around the world last weekend.

Death threat follows right-wing agitation

Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald has described a threat on her life as “very shocking and very disturbing”.

New British govt urged to ‘get head out of the sand’

Celebrations across Ireland at the demise of the Tories in the Westminster general election have given way to concern at the incoming British government under Keir Starmer, the leader of the party he refers to as ‘Changed Labour’.

November 21, 2024

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