On the night of 11 November 1982, two young IRA volunteers, Eugene Toman
and Sean Burns were sitting in another volunteer, Gervais McKerr’s house
in Lurgan, County Armagh, drinking tea, and waiting for a lift to a safe
house. The atmosphere was friendly and relaxed, according to a girl in
the McKerr house that night, with the lads joking as usual and enjoying
the company. Within a few hours, the three volunteers would be dead,
the first victims of an horrific shoot-to-kill policy by the RUC.
![[Irish Republican News]](https://republican-news.org/graphics/title_gifs/rn.gif) | ![[Irish Republican News]](https://republican-news.org/graphics/title_gifs/harp.gif) |
The first shoot-to-kill victims
On the night of 11 November 1982, two young IRA volunteers, Eugene Toman
and Sean Burns were sitting in another volunteer, Gervais McKerr’s house
in Lurgan, County Armagh, drinking tea, and waiting for a lift to a safe
house. The atmosphere was friendly and relaxed, according to a girl in
the McKerr house that night, with the lads joking as usual and enjoying
the company. Within a few hours, the three volunteers would be dead,
the first victims of an horrific shoot-to-kill policy by the RUC.
Published November 9, 2019
A hundred years ago this week, as it was struggling to suppress
Ireland’s fight for freedom, the British war cabinet first endorsed a
unionist proposal for setting up two devolved parliaments - one in
Dublin and one in Belfast. Historian Cormac Moore looks at the
background to Britain’s partition of Ireland.
Published November 2, 2019
Economic boundaries and deep-seated fears
Are the DUP right when they say that a border in the Irish Sea is a
serious threat to the union?
Published November 2, 2019
Key independence figure denied pension and medal
The editor of the Irish Bulletin, Kathleen Mary Napoli, was so involved
in the War of Independence that she accompanied the treaty delegation to
London. But she was informed she was not eligible for an IRA pension
because she was not officially a member of the organisation.
Published October 26, 2019
Máire Drumm; leader and visionary
Máire was one of the most courageous and
visionary leaders Irish Republicanism has ever had, Gerry Adams writes.
Published October 26, 2019
This week marks the end of the 1981 hunger strike, in which ten
republican prisoners laid down their lives against the criminalisation
of their struggle for Irish freedom. The first hunger striker to die,
Bobby Sands, described the conditions inside the H-Blocks of Long Kesh
prison in September 1978.
Published October 5, 2019
What is the big sticking point on Boris’s Big Deal (BBD)? That’s easy –
he’s for putting in place customs checks/posts/huts/whatever you’re
having yourself.
Published October 5, 2019
Celebrating 100 years of partition?
Three months ago, during the July marches and rallies by the Orange
Order, the DUP declared that the centenary of the northern state in 2021
should be a public holiday and a source of celebration.
Published September 28, 2019
Irish government should not be fooled by DUP talk of consent
When unionists talk about consent, read a veto. It’s useful to remind
the Irish government of that.
Published September 28, 2019
Six times the Irish learned not to trust the British
Boris Johnson wants Ireland to abandon the backstop, the legal guarantee
of maintaining an open border after Brexit, as his price for signing a
deal with the European Union. But should Ireland give way and trust
London? History suggests that could be a mistake. Here are some
examples.
Published September 14, 2019
The ‘94 Cessation – how it happened
Gerry Adams looks back at the historic peace initiative of August 1994
when the Provisional IRA declared a ceasefire. (For Léargas).
Published August 30, 2019
Amazon fires put the planet at risk
Tierra Curry, a senior scientist at the US Center for Biological
Diversity, on the race to save the Amazon (for The Hill).
Published August 23, 2019
August 1969 - when ‘the Troubles’ began
Fifty years ago this week in the space of five days, the north of
Ireland changed for ever.
Published August 17, 2019
The Gaelic League and the 1916 Rising
This week 126 years ago – 31 July 1893 – the Gaelic League (Conradh na
Gaeilge) was founded. A look at the role it formed in the Easter Rising.
Published August 2, 2019
Expecting Ireland to be servile is part of a British tradition
An analysis piece by Limerick academic Richard McMahon which was
published in both the Irish and British media this week
Published August 2, 2019
Voting for the next President of Ireland
The right of citizens living outside the southern State to vote for the
President of Ireland is now a significant issue of debate, especially
here in Dublin. This is a campaign we should all get behind, writes Gerry Adams.
Published July 26, 2019
Francie McCloskey’s last hours
A series of events has taken place this week to mark the 50th
anniversary of the murder of Francie McCloskey, considered by many to
have been the first fatality of the current phase of the conflict.
Published July 19, 2019
UDR must be held to account for Patsy Kelly murder
Long before the deadly word ‘collusion’ entered into the public
vocabulary of the conflict, Teresa Kelly and her family experienced ‘collusion’ in all its
grotesque forms.
Published July 19, 2019
We need to talk about the Monarchy
On the occasion of the royal visit to Scotland to mark the 20th
anniversary of the Edinburgh parliament, a Scottish republican examines
the future role of the British Royal family.
Published July 12, 2019
Catalans protest outside the European Parliament
The Catalan independence movement has made a new show of strength in
Europe with a protest against the exclusion of its three MEPs.
Published July 5, 2019
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.