An account by the Bobby Sands Trust of how the famous 1981 hunger strike, 30 years ago this year,
came into being.
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Background to the hunger strikes
An account by the Bobby Sands Trust of how the famous 1981 hunger strike, 30 years ago this year,
came into being.
Published May 30, 2011
Oration at Lynagh/McKearney commemoration
The text of an oration delivered by eirigi chairperson Breandan
Mac Cionnaith at a commemoration for Jim Lynagh and Padraig McKearney on
15 May 2011 at Drumfurrer, County Monaghan.
Published May 20, 2011
Perspectives on the royal visit
Two contrasting republican approaches and views on the Windsor visit to the 26-County state.
Published May 17, 2011
Assembly and local election results
The results of Thursday's Assembly election in the Six Counties, as well as a list
of the Sinn Fein and republican candidates elected to local district councils.
Published May 12, 2011
Statement by republican prisoners
The following statement was issued at the weekend by the prisoners
engaged in protest at Maghaberry jail.
Published May 12, 2011
Today is the 30th anniversary of the heroic death of Irish patriot Bobby
Sands on hunger-strike at Long Kesh prison. In his solemn memory, we
publish a brief collection of quotes, some famous, some less well known.
Published May 5, 2011
Easter statements and speeches
A round-up of the messages delivered at various Easter commemorations across Ireland.
Published April 30, 2011
Sinn Fein Assembly election manifesto
Messages from Sinn Fein's Gerry Adams and Martin McGuinness precede a
list of the mnain points from Sinn Fein's manifesto for the 2011
Assembly election in the North.
Published April 18, 2011
For almost a decade, simple acts of resistance by the community in
Erris have met with bullying, threats, intimidation, vilification and
casual violence at the hands of both Gardai and Shell’s private army
IRMS.
Published April 13, 2011
Reflections on the H Block prison struggle
Sinn Fein’s electoral strategy began 30 years ago during the 1981 hunger
strikes,
beginning with Bobby Sands’s historic win in Fermanagh/South Tyrone, 30
years ago this week.
Published April 8, 2011
Last Wednesday, four years later, the Assembly at Parliament Buildings
concluded its first ever complete four year term.
Published April 4, 2011
Loughinisland eyewitness speaks out
A witness to the Loughinisland massacre was not only never called on to identify the killers, but she
alleges that her details were later passed on to a relative of the
suspected getaway driver.
Published March 29, 2011
Declarations from western powers that the military strike against Libya
is motivated solely by a desire to protect the civilian population
cannot be taken seriously
Published March 25, 2011
Action alert for Gerry McGeough
On February 18, 2011, after almost 4 years of a politically motivated
arrest and trial, Gerry McGeough’s case ended with a “guilty” verdict
handed down by a British diplock court
Published March 21, 2011
In March 1923, six weeks before the end of the civil war, the execution
of republican prisoners by the Free State regime reached its height.
Published March 16, 2011
Position paper by Maghaberry prisoners
A document issued on the 25th February by a group of republican
prisoners opposed to the criminalisation policy at Maghaberry jail
in the North of Ireland.
Published March 10, 2011
On March 1 1981 Raymond McCartney was a republican prisoner in Long Kesh
when the second hunger strike began.
Published March 6, 2011
Counting in the 26-County general election concluded this (Wednesday)
morning following a second recount in Galway West. The following is a
full and final list of members of the new Dublin parliament, in
alphabetical order by constituency
Published March 2, 2011
Dail election 2011 - a constituency guide
A look at the key constituencies for republicans in the general election.
Published February 25, 2011
How Britain taught Arab police forces all they know
There is growing anger over the enmeshed relationship between
authoritarian Gulf governments and the British military and police after
weeks of democracy protests across the Arab world that met with violent
state repression.
Published February 21, 2011
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