Irish Republican News: Archives

September 12, 2024

Britain must face the truth

The Finucane family have been praised for their determination through 35 years of stonewalling by successive British administrations to finally force the current government to hold an independent public inquiry into the murder of their husband and father.

Irish speakers ‘thrown under a bus’ as new station opened

The opening of a £340 million train and bus station in Belfast has been marred by anger over a virtual banning of the Irish language.

John Downey voluntarily extradited; Martin McCauley bailed

Veteran Donegal republican John Downey has been officially extradited from the 26 Counties after being charged in connection with an IRA attack in 1972.

‘Sweetheart’ days for corporations may be over

Dublin’s insistence on operating the 26 County state as a tax haven for US multinationals is under intense pressure after Europe’s highest court backed a decision that Apple Inc. had unfairly benefited from billions worth of illegal tax breaks from successive right-wing governments.

Calls to scrap London’s failed ‘truth’ body

There have been calls for the British government’s conflict legacy body to be wound up after it emerged that it has only opened files on eight cases to date.

Shannon blockaded over weapons transport

Over 600 Palestinian activists from Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Sligo and Leitrim protested at Shannon Airport on Sunday over Ireland’s complicity with Israel’s genocide in Gaza.

Now it’s time for the truth

The decision from the British Secretary of State Hilary Benn to announce a public inquiry into the murder of my father, Pat Finucane, was a pivotal moment and one which my family have campaigned for over three decades to achieve.

Pushing the reset button

Does Dublin not realise the British would love rid of this place, writes Brian Feeney (for the Irish News).

September 11, 2024

Flash: Public inquiry announced into collusion killing of Pat Finucane

A public inquiry is to be held into the brutal assassination by British agents of Belfast defence lawyer Pat Finucane in front of his family in 1989.

September 5, 2024

Moves to defend UDA, UVF over racist violence

The PSNI has effectively backed unionist paramilitary gangs accused of orchestrating racist attacks and is now refusing to blame them for recent violence and intimidation across the Six Counties.

RSF leaders detained as oppression continues

British Crown Forces continue to engage in violent house raids, oppressive stop-and-search detentions and sinister surveillance efforts in a bid to defeat republican activism.

Nairac behind 1975 massacre — survivor

A survivor of the Miami Showband massacre says he’s now certain that British army captain Robert Nairac carried out the atrocity.

Widow to meet British Direct Ruler over legacy plans

A widow who lost her husband and parents within months of each other to a loyalist gang is to meet the British Direct Ruler to discuss the family’s call for a public inquiry into the murders.

Anti-Irish racism appears in Irish textbook

There have been calls for the 26 County Education Minister Norma Foley to take action after an offensive, self-hating description of a traditional family was published in a secondary school Irish textbook.

Authoritarian bid to shut down Palestinian journalism

The British government is using suppression tactics familiar from the north of Ireland against English journalists critical of its role in the ongoing slaughter in the Middle East.

Choctaw nation’s statue recalls Famine ties

The story of the Choctaw nation’s act of generosity to Irish people stands as one of the few bright redemptive stories of the Great Hunger. The gesture opened a channel of enduring friendship between the two peoples which was on Friday was marked by a sculpture unveiled this week.

Countries should withdraw recognition of Israel

In May, three additional European states officially recognised a non-existent Palestinian state. Ireland, Spain, and Norway are the latest to join more than 140 other United Nations members in recognising this phantom entity.