Republicans across Ireland gathered this week to honour their dead and defend the legacy of those who gave their lives in the struggle, amid renewed controversy over provocative loyalist attempts to hurt the families of those who died.
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Republicans across Ireland gathered this week to honour their dead and defend the legacy of those who gave their lives in the struggle, amid renewed controversy over provocative loyalist attempts to hurt the families of those who died.
Published May 13, 2026
Truth at last for Springhill/Westrock families
The truth of what happened in west Belfast in July 1972 has been
formally acknowledged, as the Springhill/Westrock inquest delivered a
damning verdict on the actions of the British Army, concluding that
soldiers “lost control” when they opened fire on civilians.
Published May 7, 2026
Poll increases pressure for action on unity vote
New polling across the island has reinforced calls for movement on Irish
reunification after a survey confirmed cross-border support for Irish
unity and EU membership.
Published May 7, 2026
Defiance as republicans mark 45th anniversary of Bobby Sands
A Bobby Sands statue in Twinbrook in west Belfast is “going nowhere, not
now and not ever”, Sinn Féin Assembly member Danny Baker has said, as
republicans across Ireland marked the 45th anniversary of the hunger
striker’s death with large and determined commemorations.
Published May 7, 2026
Tory gaffe stuns Bloody Sunday campaigners
The British Conservative Party has been forced into an apology after its
leader Kemi Badenoch circulated a campaign video that shockingly
included footage from Bloody Sunday - one of the most notorious British
massacres in the north of Ireland.
Published May 7, 2026
Dublin must stand up to Israeli attack on humanitarians
Irish activists detained after Israeli forces illegally intercepted a
Gaza-bound flotilla in international waters have described a campaign of
intimidation, violence and deprivation against them.
Published May 7, 2026
Families left to grieve as legacy wrangling goes on
SDLP MP Colum Eastwood has spoken out as British MPs agreed a procedural
motion to postpone legislation on the legacy of the conflict to the next
session of the Westminster parliament in London.
Published May 7, 2026
Springhill-Westrock Inquest vindicates families
A coroner has ruled that British soldiers did not use reasonable force
in the 1972 Springhill and Westrock massacre in west Belfast, finding
that five innocent civilians — including a priest, a father-of-six and
three teenagers — were killed in aimed shots and posed no threat at the
time. The findings, delivered after a long-running inquest, brought some
closure to 54 years of grief and struggle against a hostile system.
Published April 30, 2026
The New IRA has said it was responsible for a powerful car bomb outside
Dunmurry PSNI station in Belfast on Saturday and that it would maintain
its armed campaign against British rule.
Published April 30, 2026
Attack triggers community punishment, peace process debate
The bomb explosion outside a PSNI police base in Belfast on Saturday has
drawn international attention to the stalled Irish peace process, the
failure to reform the police and the absence of a peaceful pathway to Irish
reunification.
Published April 30, 2026
Sands statue ‘not going anywhere’
Attempts to remove the Bobby Sands statue in Twinbrook have exposed a
double standard over planning rules in Belfast, where republican
memorials are challenged while a much wider landscape of loyalist and
unionist structures has long been tolerated.
Published April 30, 2026
Kincora victim wins settlement after decades of British cover-up
In a courtroom victory that confirms some of the worst horrors of
Britain’s dirty war in Ireland, a survivor of the infamous Kincora Boys’
Home in Belfast has secured a six-figure settlement for the physical and
sexual abuse he endured as a teenager.
Published April 30, 2026
Sinn Féin’s annual Ard Fheis took place last weekend at Belfast’s
Waterfront Hall, where party leaders outlined priorities on
affordability, housing, Stormont reform, and Irish unity.
Published April 30, 2026
The following is an oration delivered at Anti-Imperialist Alliace’s
Britain Out of Ireland Protest at the British Embassy in Dublin to mark
Republic Day, by Dublin Socialist Republican, Pádraig Drummond.
Published April 30, 2026
A bomb has exploded tonight outside a PSNI base in southwest Belfast,
where a major Crown Force operation is underway.
Published April 26, 2026
Policing ‘reform’ exposed as illusion as MI5 still runs the show
Decades of claims that policing in the north of Ireland had been
transformed—that the occupation was gone, replaced by a new, accountable
‘service’ rooted in the community and free from political control - have
again been disproved.
Published April 23, 2026
Legacy move confirms real British agenda
The British government’s latest legacy legislation has been met with
fierce criticism, with accusations that Westminster is once again
placing the protection of its military and intelligence agencies ahead
of truth and justice for victims of the conflict.
Published April 23, 2026
Unionist ‘culture war’ fails to halt progress
A High Court ruling in Belfast has provided affirmation that attempts to
obstruct Irish language rights through legal and political manoeuvring
are increasingly out of step with the direction of public life in the
north.
Published April 23, 2026
Parties aligned in bid to end London rule
The head of the Scottish government, John Swinney, has openly indicated
a willingness to work alongside Sinn Féin in what he described as an
effort “to change the dynamics of the United Kingdom”.
Published April 23, 2026
Protests as Irish neutrality now in name only
Serious questions are now being asked about whether the Dublin
government and the European Union are quietly facilitating the
US/Israeli military campaigns, while continuing to publicly claim
adherence to international law.
Published April 23, 2026
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