Amid calls for the legacy investigation into the actions of
British agents inside the Provisional IRA to be expanded, the 32 County
Sovereignty Movement recall the brutal ambush twenty years ago this week
of 26-year-old Joe O’Connor.
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Amid calls for the legacy investigation into the actions of
British agents inside the Provisional IRA to be expanded, the 32 County
Sovereignty Movement recall the brutal ambush twenty years ago this week
of 26-year-old Joe O’Connor.
Published October 16, 2020
The attempt to close the book on Bloody Sunday is an insult to the
victims’ families and to the rule of law. It is a stark indication of
where this British government is headed, writes
former British soldier Richard Rudkin.
Published October 16, 2020
Britain’s Palestinian political prisoner
MI5's tactics and its paid agent have renewed the bonds of friendship between Ireland and Palestine.
Published October 2, 2020
Reprisals were a colonial tactic
The President of Ireland Michael D Higgins has said Britain must face up
to its history of reprisals in Ireland, and that the sack of Balbriggan
100 years ago was rooted in assumptions of racial superiority.
Published September 19, 2020
A local account of the 1921 Sinnott’s Cross ambush, a small but
successful operation of the Kilkenny IRA in the War of Independence, by
Clogga Ireland.
Published July 31, 2020
Sinnott’s Cross Ambush commemoration
The
following oration was delivered at the Sinnott’s Cross Monument in
Mooncoin, at an event organised recently by the Independent Republicans
of South Kilkenny, by John Murphy of the 32CSM.
Published July 31, 2020
New prison visit rules ‘a wrecker’s charter’
Former republican prisoner Alex McCrory speaks out on the current situation for
prisoners at Maghaberry as they face a ban on family contact due
to the coronavirus.
Published July 24, 2020
The Orange Order’s secrecy secret
An English academic has uncovered new details of the Orange Order’s ‘riding the goat’ initiation rituals, which involve acts of violence to hammer home the order’s strict secrecy.
Published July 17, 2020
Bobby Storey on the death and funeral of Joe McDonnell
In memory of them both, here is a still relevant interview with the late Bobby Storey from July 2011 on the death thirty years earlier of hungerstriker Joe McDonnell, and discussing the attack on Joe’s funeral.
Published July 11, 2020
The Falls Curfew, fifty years on
The British Army sealed off an area encompassing nearly 3,000 homes in west Belfast, 50 years ago this week. They ransacked over a thousand homes and businesses and killed four civilians.
Published July 3, 2020
Stop the extradition of Liam Campbell
A High Court judge has said that she will order the extradition of 58-year-old Dundalk man, Liam Campbell, to Lithuania for Real IRA arms offences allegedly committed there 14 years ago. After a process which has taken 12 years, the order is to be officially delivered on July 13. The following is an analysis of the latest bid to extradite him by Cait Trainor (damnyourconcessions.com)
Published June 26, 2020
Ireland can help save Palestine
Pressure is growing for Ireland to act against a new plan by Israel to further annex and re-partition Palestine. The 26 County state won a seat on the influential United Nations Security Council last week, but at the cost of its planned sanctions against Israel’s illegal settlements. The Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign outlines what is at risk and calls on the Irish people and politicians to act now.
Published June 26, 2020
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
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
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