A round up of Easter commemorative events by republican organisations this
year. Please check locally for more information. UPDATED April 3rd.
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A round up of Easter commemorative events by republican organisations this
year. Please check locally for more information. UPDATED April 3rd.
Published March 28, 2015
From the foundation of the Irish Republican Brotherhood (IRB) to the
fateful days of Easter 1916, when Irish Volunteers took to the streets
to fight for our freedom. The first in a two-part historical feature.
Published March 28, 2015
A researcher at Amnesty International recalls Gerry McKerr, one of the Hooded Men, who passed away this week as his case against torture continues before the European Court of Human Rights.
Published March 21, 2015
Dublin govt struggles with legal chaos
Laws stating that Queen Elizabeth is the king of Ireland and that anyone
selling horses outside greater Dublin shall die are to be repealed, the
Dublin government has announced.
Published March 14, 2015
Hanna
Sheehy-Skeffington devoted most of her life to campaigning for the
rights of women and Ireland’s independence.
Published March 7, 2015
On open letter by blogger Ciaran Tierney on last weekend’s hostile live
television interview of Paul Murphy TD by Ryan Tubridy, presenter of
the Irish state broadcaster’s main light entertainment programme, the
Late Late show.
Published February 28, 2015
The family and friends of a South Armagh man have condemned his continued
imprisonment pending a possible prosecution in regard to the 1998 Omagh
bomb attack.
Published February 21, 2015
A new mural calling for people to join the UDA was recently painted in
Carrickfergus, County Antrim, prompting fears that the unionist
paramilitary group is again recruiting.
Published February 14, 2015
A campaign to change the way the tragic events of 1845-1850 are recounted.
Published February 7, 2015
‘Conditions never better to achieve United Ireland’
The address by Sinn Fein’s Martin McGuinness to his party’s Six-County
AGM in Omagh last weekend.
Published January 31, 2015
Resist - Bloody Sunday commemoration 2015
The Bloody Sunday March for Justice programme will see a raft of civil
rights events and speeches held in Derry. This year’s programme of
events has been themed ‘Resist’.
Published January 24, 2015
An open letter written by miscarriage of justice victims Brendan
McConville and John-Paul Wootton, followed by a recent synopsis of the
case.
Published January 24, 2015
A citizens’ initiative for 2016
A group of concerned individuals has established “Reclaim the Vision of
1916--A Citizens’ Initiative for 2016,” in order to reassert the
political principles and objectives that animated the 1916 Rising and to
show their continuing relevance for Ireland today.
Published January 10, 2015
The appalling vista of the Derry Four case
There was news this week that the prosecution of former RUC members over
their abuses of nationalist youths in the original ‘Derry Four’ case has been
inexplicably dropped, following communications between Crown prosecutors
and the Police Ombudsman. In this article, Martin Galvin looks back at a
notorious episode in policing in the North.
Published December 20, 2014
A second chance for the Irish language
Like many Irish people, I wonder how I could have studied a language for
13 years, and, in my head, find nothing but a few straggling nouns and
the sense of dread that I carried into the classroom each day.
Published December 13, 2014
‘I was hooded and tortured by the British army’
Declassified British government documents relating to a secret
‘interrogation centre’ were released to the press in August 2013 and one
of those hooded, beaten and subjected to brutal psychological
‘techniques’ then told his story.
Published December 6, 2014
December is the traditional month for republicans to think of our
political prisoners. A list of the IRPWA and Cogus supported prisoners behind bars this Christmas.
Published December 6, 2014
Water meter installation halted in North
The Stormont parties have been embarrassed by reports that 35,000 water
meters have been secretly installed at homes across the Six Counties at
a cost of more than 13 million pounds.
Published November 29, 2014
This weekend marks the 40th anniversary of single largest battle
between republicans and the British army of the conflict.
Published November 22, 2014
Will there be a United Ireland soon?
The text of a speech delivered by Republican Sinn Fein
Vice-President Cait Trainor to a group of American Students on
the theme, ‘Will there be a United Ireland?’
Published November 15, 2014
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