Posters seeking justice for schoolboy Noah Donohoe have been attacked in
a predominately unionist area of north Belfast.
![[Irish Republican News]](https://republican-news.org/graphics/title_gifs/rn.gif) | ![[Irish Republican News]](https://republican-news.org/graphics/title_gifs/harp.gif) |
April 28, 2022
Noah’s face slashed from posters
Posters seeking justice for schoolboy Noah Donohoe have been attacked in
a predominately unionist area of north Belfast.
‘Sectarian’ police attack defenceless child
A violent arrest of a 13-year-old boy in Coalisland, County Tyrone on
the 19th of April is the latest abuse alleged to have been carried out
by the PSNI against Catholic children.
PSNI pile pressure on IRSP as election campaigning continues
There has been outrage in Strabane after the PSNI police attacked a
funeral of a prominent member of the Irish Republican Socialist Party
(IRSP) in the Tyrone town and arrested some of the mourners.
‘Out of touch’ Tories pave way for move against Protocol
The British government has indicated it will announce legislation in a
speech by the English queen to allow it to formally renege on sections
of the Withdrawal Agreement of Brexit, with the Irish Protocol set to be
the main target.
Urgent need for collusion inquiry as three family members die
A mother and family members of two other collusion victims have separately passed
away this week without seeing justice for their loved ones.
Loyalist youths attack church
An attack on the Church of Our Lady of the Assumption in Magherafelt,
County Derry is the second such incident in the last year.
Thomas Ashe
Thomas Ashe was a founder member of the Irish Volunteers who led
a rare Irish victory during the 1916 Rising, 106 years ago this week.
The process of change is unstoppable
The Good Friday Agreement has created new opportunities. Not least of these
is the fact that for the first time there is a peaceful, democratic
route to bring about constitutional change.
April 21, 2022
Easter events overshadowed by violent PSNI operation
A PSNI arrest operation at a major Easter commemoration in Derry
resulted in scenes of violence and renewed a controversy over the
force’s handling of traditional republican parades in the north of
Ireland.
Armed groups issue Easter statements
The New IRA has said it will not abandon its armed resistance, while
another republican armed group, Óglaigh na hEireann, has warned it would
respond to loyalist paramilitary attacks.
Online ‘black op’ against the IRSP
The main Facebook page of the Irish Republican Socialist Party has been
deleted in its entirety, just two weeks before its first Stormont
Assembly election.
Joe McCann anniversary
The family of Official IRA commander Joe McCann have marked the 50th
anniversary of his death.
Sinn Féin leaders make election appeals at Easter events
The leader of Sinn Féin has sought “partnership” with unionists to help
bring about the party’s objective of a united Ireland.
Sabres rattled as unionists warn of impending reunification
A border poll and Irish unity could follow quickly after the Assembly
election in two weeks time – that’s according to unionist politicians
who have been ramping up sectarian fears ahead of the vote.
The occupation of the Four Courts
One hundred years ago this week, the IRA occupied the Four Courts in
Dublin, Ireland’s most prominent courts building, resulting in a tense
stand-off which would come to mark the start of Ireland’s civil war. A
historical account by Des Dalton.
Easter statements
Statements issued by republican groups to mark
the anniversary of the Easter Rising.
April 18, 2022
Trouble in Derry after PSNI bid to suppress commemoration
A mini-riot erupted in Derry today after a violent PSNI arrest operation
was launched against an Easter commemoration attended by thousands of
republicans.
April 14, 2022
Unionism split by actions of extremists
Hardline unionists have been blamed for a shocking incident that saw a
noose placed around the neck of an image of Ulster Unionist Party leader
Doug Beattie.
PSNI accused of abusing child informers
The PSNI has been condemned over its recruitment of child informers,
details of which they have again refused to disclose.
Call for end to UVF funding on anniversary of peace deal
State bodies who are still directing cash to loyalist paramilitary
groups stand accused of operating a form of collusion, 24 years after
the signing of the Good Friday Agreement.
Election campaigns targeted by loyalists and state agencies
The Irish Republican Socialist Party candidate for West Belfast Dan
Murphy has described the ongoing harassment of party election workers in
the constituency by the Crown Forces “as an attack on democracy and an
attack on the West Belfast electorate”.
Republican groups battle censorship ahead of Easter events
A sudden escalation in the online censorship of republican groups is
being seen as an attempt by anti-republican forces to shut down this
year’s Easter Rising commemorations.
Former hunger striker dies
A former republican prisoner who took part in the 1981 hunger strike has
died. Dungiven man Liam McCloskey survived 55 days without food when he
was forced to end his hunger strike in September 1981.
The UDR – A powerful weapon in Britain’s ‘dirty war’
Declassified files have revealed the shocking level of collusion between
the British Army’s UDR regiment and loyalists. Micheál Smith is the
author of a new book on the subject.
How it has all gone wrong for unionism
It is commonly argued that unionism’s problems began with Brexit, but
the explanation lies much deeper in history.
April 7, 2022
Minister potentially funding his own assassins
The 26 County Minister for Foreign Affairs, Simon Coveney, has been
funding organisations linked to unionist paramilitaries who have been
threatening to assassinate him, it has emerged.
Hundreds of PSNI members are Orangemen or Freemasons
A huge number of PSNI police are signed-up members of sectarian
Protestant or Masonic groups, it has emerged.
Sinn Féin shifts focus for election campaign
A Sinn Féin focus on the cost of living in the Stormont election has
sparked controversy, with the DUP, the SDLP and the Irish Republican
Socialist Party all rowing in to criticise the temporary
downgrading of the party’s Irish unity agenda.
Call for investigation into UDR role in brutal killing
The anniversary of the murder of a County Antrim man as he slept
beside his wife and baby daughter has brought fresh calls for an inquest
into the the circumstances of the killing and the role of the Crown
Forces in the attack.
‘Rights delayed are rights denied’
More than 1,000 people have signed a letter expressing their “deep
concerns regarding the persisting failure” to introduce the Irish
Language Act following decades of delay.
Ex-prisoners win compensation via Redress Board
Two former republican prisoners beaten behind bars as teenagers are to
receive five-figure compensation payouts via an unusual route.
The Arnon Street massacre
A hundred years ago this week, the Crown Forces murdered six nationalist
civilians in Belfast, shortly after they had killed six Catholic
civilians in the McMahon murders.
Double standards of the mainstream media
An opinion piece by Saoradh Doire member, Barry Millar, whose family
have all faced the effects of British occupation and political
repression, particularly in recent months.
