Irish Republican News

Jingo Johnson paints up a storm

There is a growing belief that the Tory government in London is manipulating Brexit tensions for electoral purposes, regardless of the mounting political crisis in the north of Ireland.

Sectarian killer convicted of threatening grieving daughter

Glenanne Gang member Garfield Beattie has been found guilty of sending a threatening letter to the daughter of one of his murder victims, Aontú Deputy Leader Denise Mullen.

Palestinian internee punished in Maghaberry following heart attack

British prison authorities in Ireland are using a heart attack suffered by a Palestinian remand prisoner as an excuse to reduce his access to the outside world, his family have warned.

Children exploited in Crown propaganda exercises

Flagrant efforts by the British Army and the PSNI to influence and recruit children from nationalist areas have been denounced.

Inquest sought over ‘rule change’ triple killing

Relatives of a County Down man shot dead by British soldiers 50 years ago this month have requested a new inquest.

Irish author stands up for Palestine

Best-selling Irish author Sally Rooney is standing with Palestinians by respecting their call to boycott Israel. She is refusing to allow an Israeli company buy the Hebrew translation and publication rights for her latest novel.

Snub to Higgins as Govt figures to attend Partition event

Fine Gael’s Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney and Fianna Fáil’s Chief Whip Jack Chambers are to represent the Dublin government in an event to mark the centenary of the partition of Ireland and the creation of a unionist-dominated statelet in the North.

Trial opens into cold-blooded killing of special needs victim

A trial of a British soldier in the north of Ireland has heard evidence that he intentionally shot and killed an innocent and vulnerable man who posed no threat whatsoever.

British tricks to avoid accountability for killings

The British Direct Ruler Brandon Lewis is attempting to “run down the clock” in a legal challenge over collusion in the assassination of Belfast defence lawyer Pat Finucane, the High Court has heard.

Alliance, Greens blamed for slowing progress on sectarianism

A provocative ‘centenary parade’ by the anti-Catholic Orange Order was stopped from marching through a leafy suburban area of Belfast last weekend in a sign of growing opposition to loyalist parades across the North.

End of hunger strike commemorated

Republicans marked the 40th anniversary of the end of the 1981 hunger strike last weekend at events across the North and elsewhere.

Govt under pressure to end corporate tax dodges

The operation of the 26 County state as a haven for greedy tech multinationals and the super rich is being strongly challenged by the international efforts of whistleblowers and tax justice campaigners.

A budget with no answers

The full text of the speech delivered by Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald in response the annual Budget plans for the 26 County state set out by the coalition government in Dublin.

Johnson wants to tear up the ‘oven ready’ Brexit deal

The Irish protocol has become a pretext for unravelling the international treaties Boris Johnson signed up to in 2019-20.

Homeowners demand govt take responsibility for standards neglect

Lisa Hone is one of thousands living with the failure of successive Dublin governments to regulate building materials, resulting in the failure of their new-build homes due to blocks containing mica and pyrite, and who are now seeking full redress.

Who will defend our political rights?

An opinion piece by republican activist Pete Cavanagh on the recent wave of suppression of civil rights of republicans in Derry by the British Crown Forces and their supporters.

Friday, October 22, 2021