A family’s decision to make a stand over housing set in motion a chain
of events that would give rise to the civil rights movement 50 years ago
and thrust Ireland into the international spotlight.
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The Caledon squat, 50 years on
A family’s decision to make a stand over housing set in motion a chain
of events that would give rise to the civil rights movement 50 years ago
and thrust Ireland into the international spotlight.
Published June 30, 2018
James Connolly and Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee
This week in 1897, James Connolly was arrested and detained for
organising a series of protests in Dublin over Queen Victoria’s diamond
jubilee, some of which resulted in riots.
Published June 23, 2018
Arlene, reconciliatory gestures and coat-trailing
I want Arlene and the Orange Order to look at this huge institution
which creates division again and again every year, in a society which is
already divided.
Published June 23, 2018
An abridged version of the main oration delivered by Republican Sinn
Fein Ard Chomhairle member, John Joe McCusker, following the party’s
annual commemorative parade to the grave of Theobald Wolfe Tone last
weekend.
Published June 16, 2018
‘Real change is within our grasp’ - SF
The full text of the keynote speech by Sinn Fein
Deputy Leader Michelle O’Neill to the Sinn Fein Ard Fheis 2018.
Published June 16, 2018
A statement issued through the Pat Finucane Centre by the family of
Dennis Heaney, who was shot dead on the streets of Derry by undercover
SAS soldiers on 10th June 1978, 40 years ago this week.
Published June 9, 2018
A look at the fateful Rising of the United Irishmen, which took place 220 years ago
this month.
Published June 2, 2018
Several hundred republicans gathered in McCreesh park in Newry last
weekend to honour local hunger striker Raymond McCreesh in separate
events organised by Saoradh and Sinn Fein. A tribute
delivered by Saoradh’s Nuala Perry.
Published May 26, 2018
London offers tracking apps instead of a border poll
How can the United Kingdom deny a border vote to the inhabitants of
the Six Counties on one hand by claiming that the demand does not exist
for it, while on the other the prime minister herself admits that the
outcome of such a poll is uncertain?
Published May 19, 2018
We present two sides of the republican debate on abortion rights ahead
of the referendum on May 25th to remove the Eighth Amendment, which
broadly prohibits it, and to allow the Dublin parliament to legislate
for its provision.
Published May 12, 2018
Francis Hughes: Scourge of the UDR
A contemporaneous account of the life of Francis Hughes following his
death on May 12, 1981 while on hunger striker against the Tory
criminalisation of republican prisoners. From the Starry Plough.
Published May 12, 2018
Sinead McCool describes what it’s like to endure PSNI harassment and a
raid against your family’s home in 2018
Published May 5, 2018
A contemporaneous account of events and sentiment in the aftermath of the
death of Bobby Sands on this day in 1981, from the point of view of a
British socialist. Originally published in Spartacist magazine.
Published May 5, 2018
Republicans torn on abortion issue
Divisions among republicans on the issue of abortion have become
painfully exposed by the current debate on the referendum to repeal the
Eighth Amendment of the 26 County constitution.
Published April 28, 2018
Irish Republicanism at a critical juncture
A speech delivered earlier this month by Peter A Rogers
at the independent republican Easter commemoration in Duleek, County
Meath.
Published April 21, 2018
Good Friday Ambiguity, twenty years on
Elephants filled Queen’s University’s Whitla Hall this week where a
major media event was organised to mark the 20th anniversary of the
1998 Good Friday Agreement.
Published April 14, 2018
A united Ireland can be a home to Arlene Foster
The principles of the Good Friday Agreement are now central to our
future, argues Sinn Fein President Mary Lou McDonald.
Published April 14, 2018
Easter speeches and statements
A round-up of the main statements and orations by republicans at Easter
1916 commemorations this year.
Published April 7, 2018
The disgusting scenes from the British Armed Police in Lurgan
today are enough to shock anyone; it is a throw back to what middle of
the road mediocre pundits would call “the dark old days”. But to look at
what happened in Lurgan today we must understand why it happened.
Published April 7, 2018
Varadkar accused of marching to British tune
Irish republicans have condemned the decision by 26 County Taoiseach Leo
Varadkar to expel a Russian diplomat as a flagrant disregard for Irish
neutrality and have linked it to increasing militarisation within
Europe.
Published March 31, 2018
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