Irish Republican News: Archives

July 25, 2024

Hurling spectacle boosts GAA stadium plan

A campaign for the redevelopment of a disused Gaelic sports venue in Belfast as a major multi-purpose sports stadium has received a boost after a captivating all-Ireland hurling final was broadcast on BBC and around the world last weekend.

Ex-KKK man linked to Irish race tensions

A former senior member of the Ku Klux Klan and convicted neo-Nazi has been working with Irish far-right extremists in support of their anti-immigration activities, according to reports.

More loyalist attacks and intimidation

An upstairs window was smashed by a petrol bomb and fire damage caused to a bedroom as part of a series of loyalist attacks on four homes in Larne, County Antrim.

‘Industrial scale’ spying on journalists revealed

More than 4,000 phone communications between journalists were monitored by the Crown Forces over a three-month period, it has emerged.

Anger as Netanyahu is feted in US

An international wave of anger and revulsion at the reception accorded in the US to indicted war criminal Benjamin Netanhayu has included Ireland, where fresh protests are being organised against the Israeli genocide in Gaza.

New graveyard would have Wolfe Tone ‘spinning’

Local authorities in County Kildare have been criticised for demeaning the memory of Wolfe Tone, widely regarded as the Father of Irish Republicanism, after a proposed new private cemetery began advertising burial plots on a price structure based on the proximity to the historic figure’s grave.

The boy in the mask

A Derry man who as a schoolboy featured in one of the most iconic images and a famous mural of the struggle, died four years ago today.

Supporting the prisoners

Current female Republican Prisoner, Nuala Perry, on her involvement in supporting Republican Prisoners from a young age, and how her own parents were instrumental in raising much needed funds for Republican Prisoners.

July 18, 2024

Death threat follows right-wing agitation

Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald has described a threat on her life as “very shocking and very disturbing”.

Bonfires fuel violence in Belfast

Two nights of rioting have taken place near the site of an ‘Eleventh Night’ bonfire in South Belfast which identified all Catholics as ‘targets’.

Court of Appeal backs Finucane family

After 35 years battling for truth and justice, the family of Pat Finucane have welcomed the rejection by the Court of Appeal of the latest bid by the London government to avoid its legal obligations to holding a public inquiry into the murder of the defence lawyer.

Late parade ruling prevents trouble on Twelfth

The Twelfth passed off relatively peacefully across the North this year, although incidents of sectarian abuse were reported as hundreds of anti-Catholic parades took place to mark the Battle of the Boyne, a 17th century Protestant battle victory.

Anglo-Irish ‘reset’ must include action on Irish unity - report

An all-party parliamentary committee has called for preparations for a united Ireland to begin “immediately”, saying that every Irish government department should examine the implications of constitutional change.

Newry family tormented by PSNI

Saoradh have accused the PSNI of targeting a family in Newry, ransacking their home and carrying out a shocking and sinister raid two days later as they sat in their car.

Israel strikes five schools in week of massacres

While the worlds’ attention was diverted by the attempted assassination of Donald Trump, Israeli forces have been attacking schools including a UN-run school in Nuseirat camp, where they killed 17 and wounded about 80, mostly women and children. A report by al-Jazeera.

Bodenstown commemorations

Extracts from two recent orations at Bodenstown, County Kildare, to honour the founder of the United Irishmen, Wolfe Tone.

July 11, 2024

New British govt urged to ‘get head out of the sand’

Celebrations across Ireland at the demise of the Tories in the Westminster general election have given way to concern at the incoming British government under Keir Starmer, the leader of the party he refers to as ‘Changed Labour’.

Bonfire madness returns for 2024

As sectarian images and effigies have been appearing on loyalist bonfires ahead of the ‘Eleventh Night’ sectarian festival, one prominent loyalist has claimed one bonfire carries an “artistic message”.

Sinn Féin joy after Six County election boost

The outcome of the Westminster election in the north of Ireland has confirmed the degree to which the political map has changed since the Good Friday Agreement was signed.

Rampant loyalist racism in Antrim

Sinn Féin has called for “robust” action against a UVF paramilitary gang behind a campaign of racist and sectarian intimidation in Antrim Town.

Disorder in Derry as youths respond to PSNI

The PSNI have been accused of provoking trouble in the Creggan in Derry after a phalanx of armoured police vehicles were suddenly deployed into the area on Wednesday with predictable results.

‘Batty’ objections to Gaelic school

Councillors in east Belfast have hit back at desperate objections submitted by unionist representatives over plans to establish an Irish language primary school in the area.

Remembering Martin Hurson

Martin Hurson became the sixth republican to die on hunger strike this week in 1981. In this archive article by Connla Young for Daily Ireland, his fiancee recalls the place where the couple grew up.

Changing electoral map shows need for border poll criteria

By Sinn Féin retaining its seven seats and the DUP losing three of its eight, another historic electoral milestone was reached.

July 5, 2024

SF celebrate ‘election treble’; Starmer names new Direct Ruler

Sinn Féin have called for talks on Irish unity with the new Labour government in London after it emerged from a tumultuous count as the largest Six County party in Westminster and the fifth largest party in the London parliament overall.

DUP suffer heavy losses

The story of the Westminster election in the north of Ireland is one of upheaval within unionism amid the strong retention of all nationalist seats, leaving Sinn Féin by some distance the largest Irish party at Westminster.

July 4, 2024

Tories annihilated as British Labour win landslide - exit poll

Labour will win a landslide victory in the Westminster general election, defeating the Conservative Party that has been in power since 2010, according to a comprehensive exit poll by a group of British broadcasters.

Election brings long-awaited political pivot

A historic Westminster election has the potential to kill off the hated Conservative Party while confirming the decline of unionism in the north of Ireland.

Republican prisoners protest in response to abuse

Republican prisoners in Maghaberry prison have engaged in days of protest following abuse inflicted on a republican prisoner, resulting in tense confrontations with the prison’s riot squad.

PSNI ‘tapped phone’ of Aontú leader

Aontú leader Peadar Tóibin has said he believes that his phone calls to a journalist in the north of Ireland may have been secretly recorded by the PSNI police.

Peace fund shakedown blamed for attack on home of disabled boy

Unionist paramilitaries have attacked the home of a disabled boy in their latest move to claim ‘territory’ in County Antrim.

British legacy body ‘spookfest’ condemned

Republican Sinn Fein have condemned the recruitment of an infamous former RUC police commander and four other ‘intelligence officers’ to run the British government’s ironically named ‘Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery’.