Irish Republican News: Search Results

A ‘new Ireland’ isn’t exclusively a Sinn Féin project

The southern election will probably be next year, and government partners Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael are under serious pressure.

Published September 21, 2023

Legacy bill violates domestic and international law

The age old saying “only victims know the true cost of war” is certainly apt as the Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Bill is railroaded through Westminster.

Published September 14, 2023

John Joe McGirl – an unbreakable Fenian

In the course of almost 60 years of activism I have been very lucky to meet many wonderful, committed, compassionate republicans. On Saturday, in Ballinamore in County Leitrim, Republicans from Leitrim and beyond gathered to celebrate the life of one of these – John Joe McGirl.

Published September 7, 2023

The push factors toward a United Ireland

I came across a striking image this week. Shared by Dr Patrick Bresnihan, it depicted urban planner Frank Gibney’s 1942 vision for a United Ireland.

Published September 7, 2023

Milltown’s story

Irish Times journalist Freya McClements recently visited Milltown cemetery in west Belfast, which opened 154 years ago. She met with Gerry Doherty, the cemetery’s manager, and historian Tom Hartley.

Published August 31, 2023

How the London IRA changed history

A new account of the assassination of Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson MP illuminates the contribution of the Irish in Britain to the struggle for Irish freedom, by Ronan McGreevy.

Published August 24, 2023

A Legacy Bill of Injustice

A look from the US at Britain’s ‘Bill of Shame’, by Hon. Michael C. Mentel (for the Irish Echo).

Published August 24, 2023

If we deny Saoradh equality, where do we stop?

Banks do not keep information about their customers’ political beliefs. Did the PSNI ask, advise or instruct the banks to act against republicans?

Published August 17, 2023

The long-running farce undermining unity

Few eyebrows will have been raised north of the border at this week’s revelations that the Irish government bungled the Boundary Commission post-partition. Dropping the ball then set a pattern for the century to come.

Published August 3, 2023

North has never been integral part of UK

An Irish academic is right to criticise a new book for ‘sidestepping the colonial question’ when it comes to the north of Ireland.

Published August 3, 2023

Margaret Buckley

Margaret Buckley was an Irish republican and president of Sinn Féin from 1937 to 1950. She was the first female leader of Sinn Féin and was the first Irishwoman to lead a political party. An account of her life from Saoirse, first published by RSF in 1998.

Published July 27, 2023

A pain that never leaves

Brothers Richard (10), Mark (9) and Jason (8), died when a petrol bomb was thrown through the living room window of their home in Carnany estate in Ballymoney, on July 12 1998. Dave Joyce, father of one of the Quinn boys, spoke to the Sunday World.

Published July 27, 2023

Kincora won’t go away

The decades-old snake pit that is the former Kincora Boys’ Home in Belfast, where children were abused in blackmail tactics against unionist politicians and loyalists by British spooks, is about to resurface.

Published July 20, 2023

End internment now

Increasing numbers of Irish republicans are being detained without bail and with little prospect of facing trial. Members of the Soaradh leadership have now endured three years of ‘internment by remand’. The party is calling on all republicans and human rights groups to speak out about the mounting scandal.

Published July 13, 2023

What exactly is the Orange Order celebrating?

Today marks the start of the marching month of July. It is sometimes called the mad month which, just like clockwork, sees bonfires in built-up areas, parades (and feeder parades), speeches and resolutions, banners, and all the rest.

Published July 6, 2023

Border poll will force all of us to face our biases

A fundamental lack of understanding between people North and South is the greatest barrier to reconciliation of this island.

Published June 22, 2023

The murder of Wolfe Tone

In this 225th anniversary year of the 1798 rebellion, common sense should dictate the way we view the death of Ireland’s greatest patriot. By Paddy Cullivan (For the Irish Times).

Published June 15, 2023

Legalising lawlessness

Not a single reputable legal expert has expressed support for a bill which is concocted only to whitewash the actions of British military personnel here.

Published June 15, 2023

The ethnic cleansing of the Highland Clearances

The Highland Clearances in Scotland were part of a process of agricultural change throughout Britain, but the late timing, the abruptness of the change from the Clan System in the Scottish Highlands and the brutality of many of the evictions gave the Highland Clearances particular notoriety.

Published June 8, 2023

Michelle O’Neill’s Washington visit a smart move

Rishi Sunak represents no-one in the north, has no legitimacy to speak for anyone here. Yet he is trying to concoct a secret deal with the DUP that will provide them with a fig leaf to cover a return to Stormont.