A round-up of statements issued by republicans to mark the New Year.
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A round-up of statements issued by republicans to mark the New Year.
Published January 9, 2016
The revolution of 1916 remains unfinished business
An official 1916 centenary calendar is a further example of the collaborative nature of the 26
County state, writes RSF National PRO Sean O Dubhlain.
Published December 30, 2015
Michael Nicholson is one of the world’s most decorated journalists,
reporting from 18 different war zones over a 45-year career. While writing his new
novel, he changed his mind about England's guilt over Ireland’s Great Hunger.
Published December 19, 2015
We are on the eve of a momentous year -- this time a
hundred years ago republican men and women were planning the overthrow
of the British Empire in Ireland.
Published December 19, 2015
Remembering political prisoners this Christmas
December is the traditional month for republicans to think of our
political prisoners. We publish list of IRPWA and Cogus
prisoners behind bars this Christmas.
Published December 12, 2015
Frongoch, the first internment camp
People in Wales have called on the governments in Dublin and Cardiff to
provide a permanent commemorative centre in Frongoch, where 1,800
Irishmen were interned after the 1916 Rising.
Published December 5, 2015
Time to lead on climate change, not to plead
A progressive campaign group has launched a petition to encourage the
Dublin government to act responsibly to help prevent catastrophic
climate change.
Published December 5, 2015
Covering up the past, from Batang Kali to Ballymurphy
In a ruling closely watched in the north of Ireland, relatives of
innocent Malayans slain by British troops in 1948 have lost their fight
for an inquiry, even though the British courts have admitted that mass
murder occurred.
Published November 28, 2015
McGurk’s Bar activist, Robert McClenaghan, writes on the reality of
Britain’s inability to face up to its human rights abuses, and how this
now becomes his own ticking clock dilemma.
Published November 21, 2015
Why India is not grateful for British colonialism
To
suggest that Britain was a benevolent colonial power is an offensive
myth that must be de-bunked.
Published November 13, 2015
Declan McGlinchey - an obituary
The McGlinchey family of Bellaghy suffered tragedy anew this week with
the sudden death of Declan, a lifelong republican activist who died of a
suspected heart attack on Sunday.
Published November 6, 2015
The re-birth of the IRA in Belfast
John O’Neill (‘the Treason Felony blog’) recounts an incident seen as a
key event in the re-organisation of the IRA in Belfast shortly after the
end of the Irish Civil War.
Published October 31, 2015
Fitzgerald, Murphy and MacSwiney
Michael Fitzgerald, Joseph Murphy and Terence MacSwiney died on hunger
strike on 17 and 25 October 1920, respectively, 95 years ago this week.
Published October 23, 2015
The bigger Bloody Sunday cover-up
Relatives of those killed in the infamous Bloody Sunday massacre have
denounced a police ‘investigation’ into the murders after it emerged
that 55 British soldiers present that day are refusing to be questioned.
Published October 16, 2015
Catalan independence will benefit everyone involved
The result of recent elections have confirmed the perception that a majority of
Catalans are ready to begin a democratic, peaceful, civil and
negotiated process to achieve an independent state for Catalonia.
Published October 10, 2015
Brian Friel, who has died aged 86, was the best-known Irish playwright
of his generation. Translations, about the low-level repression of Irish
culture in the 19th century, remains his most celebrated, while Dancing
at Lughnasa was his most successful, winning three Tony Awards in 1992.
Published October 3, 2015
Chairperson’s speech to RNU Ard Fheis 2015
The address delivered by the Chairperson of Republican
Network for Unity Carl Reilly, at his party’s annual conference in Newry
on Saturday, 26th September
Published October 3, 2015
Remembering Tomas Ceannt: soldier, patriot, revolutionary
Like many other men and women before and since
Tomas Ceannt demonstrated incredible courage and selflessness in the
struggle to free Ireland from British occupation.
Published September 26, 2015
The French Invasion of Ireland, 1798
Bill Peterson looks at the extraordinary military campaign of France’s
General Humbert 217 years ago this week, which some historians say laid
the groundwork for the Easter Rising over a century later.
Published September 5, 2015
Interview with Martin McGuinness
In a wide-ranging interview,
Sinn Fein’s Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness insists that a
united Ireland is inevitable.
Published August 15, 2015
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