On this day, 220 years ago, a 25-year-old Irish republican Robert Emmet
was taken from his cell in Kilmainham Jail and sent to die at a gallows
erected on Thomas Street.
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The fearless death of Robert Emmet
On this day, 220 years ago, a 25-year-old Irish republican Robert Emmet
was taken from his cell in Kilmainham Jail and sent to die at a gallows
erected on Thomas Street.
Published September 21, 2023
Republicans ‘must take the initiative’
The main oration from the recent Alan Ryan commemoration, read by national
chairman of the 32 County Sovereignty Movement Francie Mackey.
Published September 14, 2023
Thousands gathered on Grand Parade in Cork to commemorate Irish
republican hunger strikers at Sinn Féin’s 42nd annual Hunger Strike
Commemoration, which was addressed by the North’s First
Minister-designate, Michelle O’Neill.
Published August 31, 2023
Petition to name Galway bridge after local rebel
A petition has been launched to name Galway’s latest bridge after one of
the county’s forgotten republican heroes.
Published August 17, 2023
MI5 is dictating judicial direction
If ever there was a reminder needed that the British judicial system
work in tandem with MI5 then this week was it, as they flex their muscles
when it comes to dealing with Republicans.
Published August 10, 2023
Don’t patronise Sinéad O’Connor
Routinely described alive and now dead as “troubled”, the key point
about Sinead O’Connor is missed.
Published August 10, 2023
It is difficult to tell whether certain sections of society in the
26 counties are naïve, disingenuous or deliberately intent on
deceiving the public in relation to the nature and purpose of the Orange
Order.
Published July 20, 2023
What compels young men to die?
This poem was written by hunger strike martyr Martin Hurson at Easter
1981, just before he himself joined the protest against the
criminalisation of the armed struggle.
Published July 13, 2023
Neutrality is at the heart of Irish sovereignty
A contextual background to the recent protests opposing the efforts of
the Dublin government to bring the 26 Counties into international
military alliances.
Published July 6, 2023
The bedrock of Irish republicanism endures
An analysis read by Francis Mackey, national chairman of the 32
County Sovereignty Movement, at this year’s commemoration to mark the
102nd anniversary of the Sinnott’s Cross ambush.
Published June 29, 2023
‘The Three Volunteers’ – Carty, Crowley and Loughran
Sean Bresnahan of the Thomas Ashe Society in Omagh reflects on the lives
of Paddy Carty, Dermot Crowley and Sean Loughran – The Three Volunteers
– who died on active service for the Republic outside Omagh 50 years ago this week.
Published June 29, 2023
New mural recasts Bloody Sunday campaign
Derry’s Bloody Sunday families have unveiled a new mural highlighting
the only victim not to be completely exonerated by the second public
Inquiry into the massacre.
Published June 22, 2023
National Famine Commemoration Day
Speaking in Milford, Donegal, President Michael D Higgins
delivered an address for the official commemoration
of the Great Hunger by the 26 County state. President Higgins’ address in full.
Published May 25, 2023
Inequality in the treatment of republicans and loyalists when it comes
to receiving bail was highlighted this week when a loyalist charged with
possession of an assault rifle and large quantities of drugs and cash,
and two others accused of forcing a young Catholic family to flee their
home, were all quickly released on bail.
Published May 11, 2023
We’ve been celebrating the anniversary of the wrong ‘98
They have been commemorating the wrong anniversary. Instead of
celebrating the partition of Protestants and Catholics into two separate
groups in the 1998 Good Friday Agreement, would it not be more
appropriate to commemorate one of the few historical occasions when
political unity overcame sectarian division?
Published May 11, 2023
Like any other Republican I would rather stand on a terraced street in
silence with an unbowed and unbroken Republican family as they remember
their husband, father and grandfather than stand in the presence of the
enemy that murdered him as they crown their next leader.
Published May 4, 2023
The speech delivered by Caoimhe Ní Loingsigh at the Easter commemoration in Carrickmore organised by the Tyrone National Graves
Association and the 1916 Societies.
Published April 27, 2023
The truth of the Good Friday Agreement
As we approach 25 years since the signing of the Good Friday Agreement
(GFA) it is worth reflecting and challenging some of the false
narratives that have been peddled since then.
Published April 13, 2023
A tribute to sectarian murder victim Sean Brown written by the famed poet Seamus Heaney in 1997.
Published April 6, 2023
Liam Lynch, chief of staff of the Irish Republican Army, died one
hundred years ago this week. He was killed whilst trying to escape an
encirclement by pro-Treaty forces in south Tipperary.
Published April 6, 2023
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