Irish Republican News: Archives

October 31, 2024

‘Stop the horror’

Ireland’s president has said it is “time to stop this horror of history” after fresh Israeli outrages in Palestine and Lebanon and after Israeli legislators passed laws to block the work of the main aid agency in Gaza.

Family considers challenge to inquest findings

The family of a County Derry man shot dead in an SAS ambush in 1986 have been denied justice after a coroner decided the killing was “reasonable”.

PSNI’s support for loyalism called out

The PSNI is under pressure to end its ‘kid gloves’ treatment of unionist paramilitaries after a surge in unchecked hate crimes brought a response from a leading human rights organisation.

A litany of Crown harassment of Republicans

Saoradh has condemned an increase in the harassment of young Republicans at the hands of the British Crown Forces as an “intimidation tactic” and an effort to “terrorise our youth”.

Authorities urged to come clean on double agents

A £40 million police investigation into Freddie Scappaticci has been further exposed as a sham after documents emerged which show that British military intelligence operated the double agent to spy on the IRA, decades before it admitted it was aware of his status.

Kneecap film channels anti-imperialist energy

Kneecap’s new Irish language movie is proving to be a hit across the globe, resonating with post-colonial societies and breaking barriers for minority language films.

Drawing the line for the Union

How the ‘third man’ on the Boundary Commission 100 years ago helped secure the border for unionism.

The PSNI is delivering for the RUC

The PSNI is behaving in similar ways to its sectarian predecessor.

October 24, 2024

Support for British rule falls below 50%

Support for the North of Ireland remaining in a Union with Britain has dropped below the key 50% level for the first time in a state-funded survey of the Six Counties, adding to pressure for an end to partition and the complete decolonisation of the island of Ireland.

Funeral of IRA Volunteer Roy Walsh

Republicans have paid tribute to Óglach Roy Walsh, a highly regarded Volunteer of the Belfast Brigade of the Irish Republican Army.

Unionist media shamed into deleting IRA claims

The Belfast Telegraph and other unionist media organisations were forced into an embarrassing u-turn this week after publishing absurd claims about the supposed continuing actions of the Provisional IRA, which ended its armed campaign in 2005.

Judge rules against further delay in Brown cover-up

The family of murdered Gaelic sports official Sean Brown believe the new British government has shown bad faith after it sought to challenge an appeal court ruling on new legislation for dealing with the legacy of the conflict.

New revelations in book on Loughinisland collusion

A South Down member of a loyalist murder squad, suspected of a sectarian killing in Belfast more than 30 years ago, is believed to have been recruited as a Crown informer a year before the same gang carried out the infamous Loughinisland massacre.

Portrait of Ó Donnghaile removed from City Hall

Sinn Féin vice president Michelle O’Neill has said she thinks it is appropriate that a portrait of disgraced former Sinn Féin Mayor of Belfast, Niall Ó Donnghaile, be removed from Belfast City Hall, but tensions have continued in the wake of scandals to beset the party.

Why are doctors who have visited Gaza being ignored?

Palestinians are being systematically exterminated with taxpayer money and our politicians are doing absolutely nothing to stop it.

Remembering Seán Treacy

The Irish Republican Martyrs Commemorative Committee recently published this account on the legendary rebel and IRA Volunteer, Óglach Seán Ó Treasaigh (Seán Treacy), who died on the 14th October 1920.

October 17, 2024

Death of British Army’s massacre general

Mike Jackson, the former head of the British Army and the adjutant of the Parachute Regiment during the Bloody Sunday massacre, has died aged 80.

Disaster for Sinn Féin as TDs quit over disputes

Sinn Féin’s problems in the 26 Counties have exploded ahead of an impending general election, with the departure of two TDs, including the shock resignation of party veteran, Laois/Offaly TD Brian Stanley.

Loyalists ‘adding fuel to the fire’

A former loyalist leader has said unionist paramilitary groups are in the background “waiting on a time they may be called upon” to return to large-scale conflict.

Sinn Féin ‘frank and transparent’ over Senator’s departure

Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald has denied orchestrating an “elaborate cover-up” after the party failed to divulge the real reason for former Sinn Féin Senator Niall Ó Donnghaile’s sudden resignation from the Seanad last year.

Sectarian hate gets all clear from PSNI

In the wake of a number of incidents of loyalist flute bands and their supporters openly engaging in hate and intimidation, the PSNI have said that anti-Catholic chanting and singing is not illegal in the north of Ireland.

Huge Shannon protest opposes Ireland’s complicity

There were scuffles at a major national protest at Shannon Airport on Saturday as a Garda riot squad confronted a demonstration against the airport’s servicing of NATO warplanes and the illegal transport of munitions to the Middle East and other war zones.

The burning of Long Kesh

Tuesday, October 15 marked the 50th anniversary of what is believed to be the single largest battle between republicans and the British Army of the conflict. We reprint an account of the events of that day.

The way to put loyalist gangs out of business is to stop the cash

There is that no incentive for paramilitary groups to transition – in fact there is every reason to stay in business, writes Brian Feeney.

October 10, 2024

Sun sets on the British empire

Britain is to return its last African colony to Mauritius, ending decades of abuses of the Chagos island and its residents, whom it forcibly expelled from the islands in the 1960s and 1970s.

US govt advisor urges Israel to ‘carpet bomb the Irish’

A top US government advisor has urged Israel to ‘carpet bomb’ and ‘napalm’ Irish peace-keeper troops who failed to comply with Israel’s demand to withdraw from positions in south Lebanon.

Sinn Féin to undergo ‘complete overhaul’

Sinn Féin Leader Mary Lou McDonald has said she has ordered “a complete overhaul of governance procedures” for the party after it provided references for former party press officer Michael McMonagle, who has admitted a number of child sex offences.

Report spurs effort to oust foreign agents from parliament

Aontú leader Peadar Tóibín has called on all political parties and independents to audit TDs and Senators to ensure they are under “no undue influence” after reports that a member of the Dublin parliament is secretly working on behalf of the Russian government.