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Commemoration of first IRA Volunteer to die in North

Republicans in Tyrone have marked the 100th anniversary of the first Volunteer killed on active service in the IRA’s Northern Campaign during the War of Independence.

Published June 19, 2020

Sean Russell fought for Ireland

The call, made by the head of the unelected 26-County Administration, Leo Varadkar, for the removal of the statue of the Irish patriot Sean Russell in Fairview Park in Dublin, is a display of historical illiteracy.

Published June 19, 2020

All those injured in conflict must be included

For anyone who cares to peel back the veneer, the matter of who funds a payments scheme for the injured isn’t the only issue to be resolved.

Published June 12, 2020

The Counter Revolution 1920-2020

What happened in Ireland over the last 100 years can be understood as a counter–revolution supported by the privileged classes in Ireland and in Britain.

Published June 5, 2020

Dig may be close to remains of Gaelic leader

‘Red’ Hugh O’Donnell is one of the most romantic figures in Irish history. He was a sixteenth-century Irish nobleman who brought his country to the very brink of expelling the English occupation.

Published May 29, 2020

‘Punishment control’ for released prisoners

Saoradh have sought public attention for the case of former Republican Prisoner, Vinny Kelly, who has been persecuted since his release last year.

Published May 29, 2020

Onus on Britain to address cases of internees

Internment is a policy which has seen frequent use in Ireland. It was used by the British in the years after the 1916 Rising and during the Tan War.

Published May 15, 2020

A wedding and two funerals

Between the years 1983 and 1987, twenty-five Republican funerals were attacked by the RUC and British troops. This was seen as a desecration of the most sacred ritual, the ritual of burying your dead with dignity.

Published May 1, 2020

Political establishment responsible for avoidable deaths

As the daily Covid-19 death count inexorably grinds its way towards 1,000 lives lost, it is becoming increasingly clear that many of these deaths were completely avoidable.

Published April 24, 2020

Easter statements and speeches

A round-up of statements and speeches issued for the Easter commmemorations 2020.

Published April 17, 2020

‘We will return to honour our patriot dead’

An Easter statement issued in the name of the leadership of the Republican Movement (Republican Sinn Féin)

Published April 10, 2020

Provide support to all who need it

Pearse Doherty, Sinn Féin Finance Spokesperson, looks at government policy in the South as the financial implications of the Coronavirus become clear.

Published April 10, 2020

Working class being sacrificed

A political analysis of the current economic and healthcare crises by Saoradh.

Published March 27, 2020

Stormont - where incompetence carries no sanction

Having carried out a costly 12 month long forensic investigation into the Renewable Heat Initiative or ‘Cash for Ash’ scandal, Patrick Coghlin has failed to identify any individual responsible for the fiasco.

Published March 20, 2020

An amnesty plan worthy of a military dictatorship

The admissions by former members of the secret, plain-clothes ‘Military Reaction Force’ suggest they were responsible for killing Irish civilians in the 1970s, writes Richard Rudkin.

Published March 13, 2020

‘Even the olives are bleeding’

A commemoration was held last weekend in Dungannon to mark the legacy of Tyrone socialist poet Charlie Donnelly, who died in the Spanish Civil War.

Published March 6, 2020

What next for Sinn Féin?

Would you like to see Sinn Féin in government in the south? Or would they do better to form the opposition in the Dáil?

Published March 6, 2020

A fantastic moment

A speech made at a Sinn Féin event in Waterford on Sunday night, when poll-topping candidate David Cullinane TD expressed the delight of many in his party at overcoming a history of demonisation, vilification, and state repression, is published in full below, along with an introduction by his election agent.

Published February 14, 2020

General election 2020 - list of candidates

All the declared candidates in Saturday's general election in the 26 Counties. Candidates with an asterisk are outgoing TDs, republican candidates are in bold.

Published February 7, 2020

A conversation about Paul Quinn’s death

Surely Leo Varadkar and Micheál Martin are not using this death which happened thirteen years ago as a way of halting Sinn Féin’s rise in the polls?