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Bobby Sands was hailed as a “beacon of light for freedom loving people” as a statue to the IRA hunger striker was unveiled in his native west Belfast.

Prison nightmare follows criminalisation of commemoration

A Derry republican, Tommy Moore, the latest victim of a campaign to criminalise republican commemorations, is being subjected to abuse at Maghaberry prison, according to the Irish Republican Prisoners Welfare Association.

Óglach Bobby Sands

The address delivered by Pat Sheehan MLA at the unveiling of the statue of 1981 hunger striker Bobby Sands in Twinbrook, Belfast.

Bill to include North in Presidential election

A unionist MP has told Irish citizens in the Six Counties to move south if they want to access the right to vote for an Irish President.

Rising commemorated with defiance and purpose

A “large-scale, anti-Republican operation” was reported as the Crown Forces deployed across Belfast ahead of several Easter commemorations in the city over the weekend.

Easter statements 2025

A collection of orations, addresses and statements issued by republican organisations over the Rising commemorative period.

Chipping away at partition

Carl Duffy, a candidate for Aontú in the last general election in Fermanagh and South Tyrone, lays out a possible ‘inch-by-inch’ approach towards a United Ireland.

White House fallout continues

Sinn Féin’s Michelle O’Neill has said she is proud of the stance she took in staying away from Washington DC last week because of attacks on innocent Palestinians.

1916 Societies forms alliance with Éirígí

A “strategic alliance” between two republican groups has resulted in the emergence of a new ‘Republican Bloc’, according to one of those involved.

Tributes to Bik McFarlane

Republicans around the world have been paying tribute to former senior IRA Volunteer Brendan ‘Bik’ McFarlane, a legend of the conflict who played a major part in the 1981 hunger strike.

Sinn Féin to counter bid to sideline Irish unity

Sinn Féin has warned the 26 County government not to put its head in the sand on Irish reunification after Tánaiste Simon Harris declared that Irish unity is not a priority for him.

Unity is the Irish state’s constitutional imperative

Tánaiste Simon Harris and Taoiseach Micheál Martin are ignoring the central point of the peace deal they trumpet.

Bloody Sunday March for Justice events

Palestine is to be a key focus of the Bloody Sunday March Committee’s programme of events this year, with Eamonn McCann noting there is ‘a Bloody Sunday every day of the week’ in Gaza or the West Bank.

Armagh man could be extradited to Colombia

Martin McCauley, one of the ‘Colombia 3’ who were arrested in South America in 2001, believes the British are plotting to send him back there after a court ordered his extradition to the north of Ireland.

Protests as Taoiseach-elect made to wait for Seal of Office

A blistering row over speaking time in the Dublin parliament has frustrated the new government’s attempt to approve its revamped political agenda, including a controversial plan to dishonour its pre-election promises on the issue of Palestine.

‘Step change’ for Sinn Féin as Lowry seals deal

As a new coalition government was being formed in Dublin without her party, Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald has said she should not be underestimated, and promised to enter government after the next general election.

Impatience grows on Irish unity

The Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald has insisted that referendums on Irish unity “must happen in this decade” and called on the Dublin and London governments to “play a leading role in fostering a mature and positive conversation about the future”.

New Year statements 2025

Statements issued in the name of republican groups to mark the arrival of the New Year.

Where is the border poll?

At the halfway point in what has been termed the ‘decade of opportunities’, an assessesment of the chances of securing a border poll by 2030.

Victory celebrated as Israel backs away from Ireland

The closure of their embassy in Dublin has been celebrated by campaigners in Ireland as a sign that the Israeli effort to wipe out the Palestinian population may be on the way to being halted.

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