Irish Republican News: Archives

May 29, 2025

Anti-Catholic attacks revive old fears

Catholic residents of new homes in a mixed development in north Belfast have appealed for help in the face of a new campaign of sectarian terror by the unionist paramilitary UDA.

Political policing reaches rock bottom

The PSNI’s arrest and interrogation of two grandmothers after two small stickers were placed on a bank machine in a protest for Gaza has increased anger at its apartheid approach to policing in the north of Ireland.

UDA unleashed to kill in Belfast in 1993

Details from a report by the Police Ombudsman has shown that a loyalist death squad was given free reign to kill Catholics in Belfast after surveillance of the gang was stood down ahead of planned attacks.

Butchery of children points up medical profiteering

A crisis in the Irish health system has been exposed by a scandal over unnecessary surgeries carried out on children, allegedly for personal financial gain, and the failure of state agencies to detect or prevent the abuses.

Dáil erupts as Fine Gael defend sale of Israeli genocide bonds

The Dáil was suspended as pro-Palestine protesters disrupted proceedings after a speech by 26 County Minister Paschal Donohoe was described by Sinn Fein leader Mary Lou McDonald as an “utter, utter disgrace”.

Govt urged to fully abolish oppressive ‘special’ legislation

The non-jury ‘Special Criminal Court’ and the ‘Offences Against the State Act’, long used to incarcerate republicans in the 26 Counties, could be repealed next year after more than 50 years in existence.

How do we chart a path to a Border Poll and win it?

We are at the cusp of a great historical inflection point. The opportunity is seized, or it is not, according to author Kevin Meaghar.

Kneecap row shows desperation of Kemi Badenoch

One third of the Irish republican rap trio is facing police action over something that shouldn’t be the British state’s concern.

May 22, 2025

‘Terrorism’ charge won’t silence Kneecap

Outrage has greeted a decision by the London Metropolitan Police to charge a member of Irish language hip hop group Kneecap with an offence over the display of a flag at a gig last year.

A nod and wink as UVF gunrunner escapes terror charge

Unionists and nationalists alike have expressed anger at a lenient 15-month sentence issued to top loyalist paramilitary Winston ‘Winkie’ Irvine despite his admission to a range of firearm and ammunition offences.

SAS whistle-blowers confirm shocking war crimes

There have been calls for the establishment of an international investigation into the British Army’s Special Air Service (SAS) regiment following new revelations broadcast in a BBC Panorama investigation.

No option for Britain amid huge pressure for Brown inquiry

Thousands of Gaelic sports fans descended on the County Derry village of Bellaghy for a ‘Walk For Truth’ for Sean Brown on Friday, 16 May, in honour of the prominent nationalist brutally killed in 1997.

Senior royal was part of MI5’s Irish child abuse network

Lord Mountbatten, the great-uncle of England’s King Charles had been abusing children at his Irish estate before he was executed by the IRA, a new book confirms.

Activists step up actions to end Irish role in genocide

On Saturday 17 May, three Palestine Action members breached the runway at Shannon Airport, spraying a warplane with paint to render it inoperable and then holding up a banner in defence of Irish neutrality.

McCreesh and O’Hara commemorated

Óglach Raymond McCreesh and his comrade Óglach Patsy O’Hara, two of the 1981 hungerstrikers who gave their lives 44 years ago this week, were remembered in Camlough, County Armagh at a commemoration organised by the Constance Markievicz 1916 Society.

MPs must be held accountable as combatants

In the theatre of Westminster, where power dresses itself in ceremony and affectation, a terrible truth is obscured by the pomp: the men and women who vote to send bombs, bullets and battalions into other people’s countries rarely hear the screams.

May 15, 2025

Seán Walsh extradited

Seán Walsh has become the latest victim of the Dublin government’s extradition policy, after having fought his case for four years from Portlaoise prison.

Euro poll shows jump in support for Irish Unity

A shock poll has shown that two in three voters in the north of Ireland now support Irish unity within the EU.

Delays mean family members may never see justice

A judge’s decision to list for review a series of 13 civil cases linked to the Glenanne murder gang has been welcomed as a first step towards a comprehensive examination of around 125 conflict murders in which Crown Force collusion is suspected.

Action demanded as Gaza faces Israeli annihilation

Hundreds of protests, vigils and other solidarity events are taking place every week across Ireland as Israeli forces escalate their genocide of the Palestinian population in Gaza.

Football final used by PSNI as opportunity for harassment

The 32 County Sovereignty Movement has condemned the provocative actions of the PSNI police during the Irish cup final between Cliftonville FC and Dungannon Swifts, held at Windsor Park, as “a stark reminder of the true nature of British policing in Ireland”.

Deadly bar explosion ‘will haunt me forever’

A man who survived a deadly loyalist attack on a Belfast bar 50 years ago, has spoken for the first time about the horrific events of that day.

‘Hands off Irish neutrality’

Sinn Féin Leader Mary Lou McDonald TD addressed a ‘Public Rally for Peace’ in Dublin’s Gresham Hotel last weekend organised by the Irish Neutrality League, a new grouping of left-wing Irish parliamentarians.

Why are loyalist bands funded to insult Catholics?

Bands who play offensive tunes should be penalised by having to pay back grants, writes Brian Feeney.

May 8, 2025

Bobby Sands remembered with statue

Bobby Sands was hailed as a “beacon of light for freedom loving people” as a statue to the IRA hunger striker was unveiled in his native west Belfast.

Stakes rise as Brown cover-up goes on

The 87-year-old widow of Sean Brown has said she is terrified by the secrets the British government is hiding after Direct Ruler Hilary Benn indicated he will take her husband’s case to the Supreme Court in London in a desperate bid to conceal the truth about his murder.