Irish Republican News: Archives

February 27, 2025

RNU man shot, then denied medical treatment

A member of the Republican Network for Unity was shot by unknown assailants in Belfast on Sunday morning and then denied permission to travel to Scotland for urgent surgery.

Sinn Féin to skip White House event over Gaza comments

A decision by the Sinn Féin leadership not to attend an event at the White House this St Patrick’s Day has been welcomed in Ireland.

Unionists oppose historic change for Irish speakers

The repeal of a centuries-old British law designed to oppress Catholics and eliminate the Irish language from the island of Ireland has been described as a “regressive” move by hardline unionists.

Talks with paramilitaries set to be formalised

The London and Dublin governments have initiated a public talks process to bring about the disbandment of paramilitary groups.

Call for inquiry into MI5 role in Enniskillen bomb

Relatives of people killed in the 1987 Enniskillen bomb have called for a public inquiry after a new book backed allegations that British forces tampered with the device in order to kill civilians and turn public opinion against the Provisional IRA.

Republicans join together to launch PSNI boycott

A campaign for nationalists to fully boycott the PSNI police has led to prominent demonstrations at community centres which have been used by the force to mount a public relations campaign.

Tributes to Bik McFarlane

Republicans around the world have been paying tribute to former senior IRA Volunteer Brendan ‘Bik’ McFarlane, a legend of the conflict who played a major part in the 1981 hunger strike.

Monsignor Raymond Murray

A statement from Relatives for Justice CEO Mark Thompson on the passing of Monsignor Raymond Murray

February 21, 2025

Death of Bik McFarlane

Former IRA commander Brendan ‘Bik’ McFarlane has died today at the age of 74.

February 20, 2025

UDA exploiting talks with Britain - report

The British government has been in fruitless talks for over a year with UDA gangs about moving away from organised paramilitary activity, it has beeen reported.

‘Nothing normal about the PSNI’

A republican policing poster campaign has brought attention to the absence of support for the PSNI in nationalist areas.

McGlinchey family ‘fobbed off’ over murders

Relatives of Dominic and Mary McGlinchey have said the 26 County state authorities have questions to answer over their role in investigating the separate murders of the high-profile republicans.

PSNI’s unending secrecy on 1971 massacre

Relatives of people killed in the McGurk’s Bar massacre have accused the PSNI of continuing to withhold information about the atrocity in defiance of a key tribunal ruling.

Loyalists target sporting events

Sectarian signs have appeared describing the GAA sports association as “the sporting wing of the IRA”.

Campaign to allow Irish flag on coffins at funeral masses

A life-long republican given just months to live is being discriminated against by Catholic church authorities who have refused to allow the tricolour to be placed on his coffin during his funeral mass.

‘Normalisation’ – The PSNI is not a normal police force

The RUC were never disbanded, as was a core republican demand, but simply re-branded as the PSNI.

It’s the end game for Irish unity, but Dublin won’t play

Neither Micheál Martin nor Simon Harris has the slightest intention of lifting a finger to advance reunification. It would upset the applecart.

February 13, 2025

Shoot-to-kill verdict ‘ridicules British lies’

A landmark inquest has vindicated a Tyrone community and indicted the British Army and London government over their cowardlyambush of four young IRA Volunteers in Clonoe in 1992.

Notorious serial killer was RUC agent

The loyalist paramilitary who shot dead Catholic taxi driver Michael McGoldrick in 1996 was a Crown Force agent, it has been reported.

Poll shows demand for unity soaring

The percentage of those in favour of Irish reunification in the Six Counties has jumped by more than a quarter within the past two years, according to a survey carried out by the Royal Irish Academy.

PSNI ordered to reveal source of lies on McGurk’s Bar massacre

The PSNI has been ordered to disclose evidence in police files regarding the McGurk’s Bar bombing following a Freedom of Information battle that has lasted over four years.

Former RUC men working in cover-up roles

Former members of the murderous RUC police are playing a major part in the ‘truth body’ set up by the British government to help conceal its legacy of war crimes in the north of Ireland, it has emerged.

Fear and loathing in Ireland as Trump ‘finds out’

Irish politicians are experiencing uncertainty over their annual St Patrick’s Day junkets to the US as they face a Trump administration which shows little appetite for good international relations with Ireland.

The extradition of Martin McCauley

A message shared on social media from Christine McCauley, the wife of veteran republican Martin McCauley, who was extradited to the north of Ireland last week.

The Clonoe Inquest

The 1916 Societies on the verdict that the use of force by the SAS in the killing of the four Clonoe Martyrs was ‘not justified’.

February 6, 2025

UDA shoot pensioner in smoke-and-mirrors attack

A disabled pensioner was shot five times in the arms and legs by the UDA following a police raid at a brothel they operated.

Martin McCauley extradited

Veteran republican Martin McCauley has been handed over to British forces after ending an appeal against his extradition from the 26 Counties.

Solidarity at the Bloody Sunday march

The 53rd anniversary of the British massacre of Irish civil rights demonstrators was commemorated in Derry on Sunday with the Bloody Sunday March for Justice.

Calls for an end to internment by remand

Republican prisoners at Maghaberry jail have demanded an end to the ongoing use of internment by remand to incarcerate republicans without trial.

Sinn Féin to counter bid to sideline Irish unity

Sinn Féin has warned the 26 County government not to put its head in the sand on Irish reunification after Tánaiste Simon Harris declared that Irish unity is not a priority for him.

Pat Shivers remembered

Family and friends of Hooded Man Pat Shivers marked the 40th anniversary of his death this week.

Govt’s shameful u-turn on Israel’s apartheid

Sinn Féin leader, Mary Lou McDonald TD, has implored the coalition government to enact the Occupied Territories Bill, adding that any government, truly on the side of humanity, would do so immediately, in a contribution she made in the Dáil on Wednesday evening.

Unity is the Irish state’s constitutional imperative

Tánaiste Simon Harris and Taoiseach Micheál Martin are ignoring the central point of the peace deal they trumpet.