Irish Republican News: Archives

June 27, 2024

Ugly scenes as loyalists march

The PSNI looked on as loyalists tore down Irish tricolours and Palestinian flags during a sectarian parade in a predominately nationalist area north of Belfast on Tuesday evening.

State funding for loyalist intimidation

The appearance of painted kerbs and flags at a new housing estate in Antrim has been described as “inflammatory”.

Unionist election hypocrisy called out

Sinn Fein president Mary Lou McDonald has urged against “seizing on the hurt of the past” in the Westminster General Election campaign.

Fresh extradition bids as human rights ignored

Three more Irish republicans have been arrested and dragged before extradition courts in a process which has raised question marks over the 26 County state’s attitude to the European Convention on Human Rights.

Sectarian attacks mount

A Catholic man attacked for wearing a Gaelic sports jersey in Portadown has told how he was “scared for his life”.

Kneecap gets judicial review into political funding decision

Belfast rap group Kneecap has secured High Court permission to challenge the British government’s decision to block them from receiving a £15,000 funding award.

Julian Assange is free, but media smears continue

Even as Julian Assange has been reunited with his family following a deal with the US government, the BBC and others in the media are peddling the same long-discredited lies. By Jonathan Cook (for Declassified UK).

Bodenstown, ‘the holiest place in Ireland’

The oration delivered in June 1913 at the grave of United Irishmen leader Wolfe Tone in Bodenstown, Kildare by Easter Rising leader Patrick Pearse, on the 150th anniversary of his birth.

June 20, 2024

UVF lines up against unity bid

The PSNI effectively headed up a giant ‘show of strength’ by loyalist paramilitaries in an act of intimidation as a conference on a united Ireland was being held just a mile away.

Justice for Hamill family over police collusion

The family of Robert Hamill have called for the publication of a public inquiry report into his murder after a former RUC policeman was jailed for colluding with a loyalist suspect.

Soldier F shielded behind court curtain

A former British soldier accused of two murders on Bloody Sunday has appeared in court for the first time since he was charged but controversially can still not be legally named.

Warnings over parade tensions

A provocative sectarian parade by the anti-Catholic Orange Order could once again take place through nationalist areas of north Belfast after loyalists applied for the parade.

Green Party leader quits after election setback

The leader of the Irish Green Party, Eamon Ryan, has become the highest profile casualty of the European and local elections in the 26 Counties after he announced he is quitting politics.

Saoradh figure subjected to cross-border harassment

State forces from both parts of Ireland have been accused of combining to harass a prominent Derry republican who was part of a prisoner support group involved in talks at Portlaoise jail.

Loughinisland families demand truth on anniversary

Families of six Catholic men slaughtered in a County Down pub by loyalist gunmen while watching the World Cup 30 years ago are “being let down to this very day” because no one has been held accountable for the massacre or the suspected Crown Force collusion, a lawyer for the victims’ relatives has said.

Oration at funeral of Dr Ella O’Dwyer

On Thursday, June 13 republicans from across Ireland gathered in County Tipperary to bid farewell to IRA Volunteer, Óglach Ella O’Dwyer, who passed away earlier this month.

June 13, 2024

Small gains, big questions

A score of additional local councillors and the return of a European parliament seat for Dublin have offered comfort to Sinn Féin after a bruising election which has forced it to rethink its approach to the next 26 County general election.

Abduction among sinister incidents in South Armagh

A number of alarming incidents involving joint PSNI and British Army operations in South Armagh have been reported in the past few weeks, including an abduction carried out by a Crown Force gang believed to include members of the “elite” British Army Special Reconnaissance Regiment.

Dedicated police office for spying on “troublemakers”

A Stasi-like unit within the PSNI monitored journalists’ and lawyers’ communications on a dedicated computer system to prevent details of the spying operation becoming public, a former top PSNI boss has admitted.

British forces colluded in INLA killings, court hears

The Crown Forces protected an alleged state agent inside the Irish National Liberation Army as part of Britain’s “toleration of murder”, the High Court in Belfast has heard.

Inaction again as paramilitary flags are raised

The sectarian intimidation of nationalists ahead of the Protestant marching season has raised fears of confrontations and violence.

Warnings as coalition pushes military alliance with NATO

The Dublin government is set to approve a proposal which would see Ireland join an EU military initiative to combat “sabotage, terrorism and espionage” in regard to marine assets and infrastructure.

The Gough Barracks Raid

The Irish Republican Army (IRA) made an audacious raid on Gough Barracks in Armagh town on June 12, 1954, sixty years ago this week. It marked the reawakening of IRA activity in Ireland and a re-arming that leads eventually to the 1956-1962 Border Campaign.