Irish Republican News: Archives

January 29, 2013

Gerry McGeough freed

Political prisoner Gerry McGeough has been released from Maghaberry Prison after serving two years of his sentence for his part in an IRA action more than 30 years ago.

January 25, 2013

Marian Price refused parole to attend sister’s funeral

The family of Marian Price have been told this evening that her application for compassionate parole following the tragic death of her sister Dolours has been refused.

A tragic loss

The passing of Dolours Price, a republican legend, has come as a deep shock to the entire community, regardless of politics or allegiance.

Police deal with UVF, UDA brings change in protest dynamics

Loyalists engaged in illegal flag protests are facing the threat of arrest this week for the first time since the disturbances began.

Britain rules out border poll ‘diversion’

The British Direct Ruler Theresa Villiers has dismissed nationalist calls for a border poll on Irish unity, saying political attention was “better focused elsewhere”.

Suicides spike as mental health budgets are cut

The rate of suicide among young people in Ireland is one of the highest in Europe, new figures show, with the rate even higher in the Six Counties area.

Spooks at work in Ireland, England, France

A Derry man has revealed how he was approached at a French airport by two men who identified themselves as members of MI5. Another man has said he was recently approached to become an informer by the PSNI in Derry, while another reported recruitment bid took place recently in Manchester.

Death of Inez McCormack

Tributes have been paid to Inez McCormack, a key supporter of the MacBride principles on fair employment, who died this week aged 69 following a battle with cancer.

McAliskey to address Bloody Sunday March for Justice

US radio talk show host Sandy Boyer (SB) interviewed Bernadette Devlin-McAliskey (BDM) about this weekend’s Bloody Sunday March in Derry. A transcript of that interview, which also ranges over other matters.

Flawed approach storing up trouble for summer

The PSNI is becoming too cosy with unionist paramilitaries.

January 24, 2013

Dolours Price dies

Veteran republican Dolours Price, sister of Irish political prisoner Marian Price, has died.

January 18, 2013

Short Strand stands unbroken

The Short Strand, a small working class nationalist and republican enclave of less than 3,000 men, women and children, has come under a renewed siege in the past week by violent loyalists.

Talks seek to end flag ‘protests’

New efforts to end the flag riots in the North of Ireland have seen church leaders and even loyalist paramilitary figures take the lead in seeking an end to the violence.

Freedom refused even as guilty verdict overturned

A terminally ill Derry man has experienced elation and heartbreak this week after an appeal court in Belfast quashed his controversial conviction for the 2009 Real IRA attack on the Massereene British Army base -- only to order a retrial, while refusing him bail.

UVF men signed up by media as threats ignored

The media coverage of the flag protests and riots is being increasingly called into question after members of the UVF were seen to act as guides for some members of the international media covering the flags protests.

Border poll campaign launches this weekend

Sinn Féin is to hold a major conference in Dublin this weekend to launch the party’s campaign for a Border poll.

Goodman, Tesco accused in horsemeat scandal

Britain’s Tesco retail chain store has been linked to factories manufacturing and selling beefburgers in Ireland containing a high percentage of horsemeat.

Demographics, attitudes crying out for a Border poll

Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams argues that the North of Ireland is in transition and is no longer ‘an orange state’.

Robinson setting clock back with forum strategy

The unionist forum was devised as a stop-gap, a talking shop, a cynical ploy to try to take the heat out of the commotion on the streets. In that respect it has already failed as it was bound to. In other respects it has set the clock back.

January 15, 2013

Brian Shivers’ conviction overturned

A terminally ill man jailed for a Real IRA attack on a British Army base has had his conviction overturned.

January 14, 2013

Loyalists in surprise attack on Short Strand

A sudden attack on the small nationalist enclave of the Short Strand tonight saw the homes of elderly residents set ablaze and a group of adults with special needs come under petrol bomb attack.

January 12, 2013

PSNI blamed as loyalists attack Short Strand

A flags protest at Belfast City Hall swiftly degenerated into violence this afternoon after a unionist mob charged towards a nationalist enclave in east Belfast, attacking homes and launching into hours of intense riots.

Intense rioting as flags protests continue

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January 11, 2013

Garda pact with loyalist ‘idiot’

A deal between the 26 County Garda police and arch-loyalist Willie Frazer for a secret protest in Dublin has been revealed -- just hours after Frazer said he would not condemn an assassination attempt on the life of Six County Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness.

Price’s internment opposed at Derry courthouse

Legal proceedings against Marian Price were adjourned on Wednesday at Derry’s Magistrate’s Court after District Judge, Mr Barney McElholm said he would have to take advice from medical professionals regarding the republican prisoner’s fitness to appear.