Gerry Adams has warned that Brexit will wreck the fundamental human
rights safeguards set out under the Good Friday Agreement. The Sinn Fein
leader pointed out that rights enshrined in the 1998 peace deal would be
negated by Britain simply pulling out of the EU.
![[Irish Republican News]](https://republican-news.org/graphics/title_gifs/rn.gif) | ![[Irish Republican News]](https://republican-news.org/graphics/title_gifs/harp.gif) |
Brexit a ‘hostile action’, could damage GFA - Adams
Gerry Adams has warned that Brexit will wreck the fundamental human
rights safeguards set out under the Good Friday Agreement. The Sinn Fein
leader pointed out that rights enshrined in the 1998 peace deal would be
negated by Britain simply pulling out of the EU.
Published January 27, 2017
British MP admits torturing republicans
A Conservative MP and former British army officer, Bob Stewart, has said
he worked as “kind of a torturer” when he was serving in the north of
Ireland.
Published January 27, 2017
Michelle O’Neill and Arlene Foster can be ‘Chuckle Sisters’
Sinn Fein’s Gerry Adams has said the party’s new Six County leader,
Michelle O’Neill, “needs to grow into the job”, but could work alongside
DUP leader Arlene Foster in the Stormont Executive if corruption
scandals are resolved.
Published January 27, 2017
Sinn Fein could prop up coalition govt in Dublin - McDonald
In a major policy shift, Sinn Fein’s Mary Lou McDonald has said that her
party could take part in the next coalition government as a junior
partner of either Fine Gael or Fianna Fail.
Published January 27, 2017
Roadblocks and delays for Stardust disaster families
The families of some of the 48 young people who died in the 1981
Stardust fire disaster in Dublin have expressed concerns over a proposed
review of new evidence in their campaign for a fresh inquiry.
Published January 27, 2017
Michelle O’Neill is Sinn Fein’s new leader at Stormont
Mid-Ulster Assembly member Michelle O’Neill is to lead Sinn Fein into
the Six County Assembly elections in March, it has been announced.
Published January 23, 2017
An emotional Martin McGuinness has said he wants to become an ambassador
for peace after the former Sinn Fein deputy First Minister quit
electoral politics this week due to ill-health.
Published January 20, 2017
McGuinness ‘made a difference’ - Adams
A commentary in the week of the historic announcement by Sinn Fein's Martin McGuinness, by colleague and party leader Gerry Adams.
Published January 20, 2017
Sinn Fein ready to name successor
Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams has said his party will make the
announcement of Martin McGuinness’s successor next week. Speaking to RTE
news on Friday, he insisted the former deputy First Minister is just
“standing down” from office and he hopes that he will be back.
Published January 20, 2017
Political temperature rises amid yet another Stormont scandal
The DUP ‘Communities’ Minister Paul Givan has been accused of acting to
a sectarian agenda after he distributed almost two million pounds in
grants to loyalist organisations, Orange lodges and Protestant church
groups.
Published January 20, 2017
British soldiers on Belfast streets, RAF lands at Shannon
The British Army appeared in numbers in west Belfast last weekend as
troops in full uniform were deployed alongside PSNI police in the
Poleglass area of West Belfast.
Published January 20, 2017
‘Hard Brexit’ fears for Ireland
A landmark speech on Britain’s departure from the European Union has
failed to allay fears of “hard border” controls and economic chaos
across the island of Ireland.
Published January 20, 2017
Sinn Fein’s Martin McGuinness has effectively retired from politics
after announcing he will not be standing for re-election in the 2 March
poll to the Belfast Assembly.
Published January 19, 2017
Election set for March 2 amid rancorous Stormont debate
The British government has announced that elections to the Stormont
Assembly wil take place on Thursday, March 2nd after the Sinn Fein/DUP
power-sharing Executive formally collapsed this afternoon.
Published January 16, 2017
Crisis talks fail, election due
The north of Ireland is inexorably heading for an election following
the resignation of Sinn Fein’s Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness
and the failure of last-minute talks efforts by the two governments.
Published January 13, 2017
McGuinness asks for privacy over illness
Martin McGuinness has called for his privacy to be respected by the media
after a newspaper published details of a serious illness for which he is
said to be receiving treatment.
Published January 13, 2017
Irish language rights campaign presses on after DUP u-turn
A DUP decision to re-instate an Irish language bursary scheme has been
described by Sinn Fein as “too little, too late”.
Published January 13, 2017
Derry hit by PSNI raids, searches
Protests are being organised following a series of heavy-handed police raids
on the home of republican activists over the Christmas and New Year
period.
Published January 13, 2017
Woman flees home after state-funded body delivers threat
A woman forced from her home in a sectarian attack in Belfast has said
she was told of a loyalist death threat by representatives of a
so-called loyalist ‘community group’ which is funded by the Stormont
administration.
Published January 13, 2017
Apollo House vacated as campaign declares success
A group of homeless people vacated a state-owned office building in
Dublin on Thursday, ending a month-long squat that brought international
attention to the housing crisis in Ireland.
Published January 13, 2017
Instructions
By default, this search engine looks for all words in any order. To search for an exact phrase, enclose the phrase in quotes:
"gerry adams"
The search engine also supports AND, OR, and NOT keywords to specify boolean expressions:
sinn OR fein
sinn NOT fein
Note that only twenty search results are displayed, in chronological order.