Irish Republican News: Archives

June 26, 2025

Unionism’s unchanging hate

The annual scourge of sectarian unionist bonfires has once again emerged in the Six Counties, with Ballybeen in east Belfast setting a shocking precedent this year.

Kneecap case is thin end of new British oppression

Attempts by the British government to jail a member of Irish language hip hop band Kneecap has further descended into absurdity with an attempt by British Prime Minister Keir Starmer to frustrate the band’s appearance at the Glastonbury music festival in England.

Derry youth protest policing tactics

A number of young Republicans from across Derry gathered in a show of unity and resistance last Saturday outside the PSNI’S Strand Road Barracks.

MI5 abuser sued by victim

A woman is suing MI5 over its failure to protect her from an abusive relationship with one of its agents.

Varadkar backs unity forum

Former Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said he hopes the current Dublin government takes the decision to establish a forum to lead discussions on unity.

Thousands rally in Cork and Dublin for housing action

Thousands of people have taken to the streets across Ireland to demand urgent government intervention to tackle the escalating homelessness and housing crisis.

Sinn Féin address at Bodenstown

Sinn Féin Leas Uachtarán, Michelle O’Neill addressed the party’s annual Wolfe Tone Commemoration at Bodenstown, County Kildare on Saturday, June 22.

A timely reminder of the Good Friday Agreement

Without a mechanism for a united Ireland, the IRA would not have signed up to the Good Friday Agreement, writes Brian Feeney.

June 19, 2025

‘We want money for riots’

Nationalists and republicans are being urged to avoid involvement with attempts by both loyalists and the PSNI to generate conflict for their own selfish agenda.

A convenient cover-up of the murder of an innocent Catholic

A supposed RUC police investigation into the murder of a west Belfast man almost 40 years ago was ‘seriously defective’, the Police Ombudsman has admitted, and all but confirming evidence of a police cover-up to protect a leading loyalist paramilitary.

Loyalist flags become markers for attacks on homes

Hypocrisy over the use of flags of illegal organisations has been exposed by the refusal of the PSNI to remove loyalist paramilitary flags erected close to one of its bases in east Belfast.

Tributes paid to Fr Patrick Ryan

A legendary priest said to have proclaimed his pride in being at the forefront of the IRA’s armed campaign, including taking part in an attack against British warlord Margaret Thatcher, has died.

Survivor scores win in MI5-Kincora scandal

A settlement in the case of a victim of abuse at the notorious Kincora Boys’ Home has been hailed as a huge day for the survivors of an MI5-run paedophile network.

Irish neutrality stands against pro-Israeli militarism

Opposition is growing to a shift by the Dublin government away from Irish military neutrality that could see Ireland drawn into an alignment with Israel, despite its atrocities in Palestine and its escalating war with Iran.

‘Mo Chara’ court appearance makes Britain look panicked

Kneecap have said the British authorities are “already on the back foot” after rap singer Mo Chara was released on unconditional bail by a court in London on Wednesday, pending another court appearance on August 20.

Poll positions

Real votes are a more credible guide than opinion polls, writes Kevin Meaghar. However, it’s now becoming clear that whatever metric you present, the prospect of Irish unity is getting closer all the time.

June 12, 2025

Ballymena pogrom

Nationalists are being urged to remain calm and vigilant after three days of racist loyalist violence in County Antrim.

Minister accused of ‘incitement’ as leisure centre burned

Unionist ‘Communities Minister’ Gordon Lyons is under pressure after he identified the location where those who fled this week’s arson attacks in Ballymena had been brought.

Call for Britain to finally admit truth in Thompson murder

The seriously ill brother of a Catholic man murdered by a pro-British death squad has pleaded with the British government to reveal the truth about the killing.

Orwellian ‘truth’ body to be handed Sean Brown case

Britain’s so-called ‘Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery’ (ICRIR) has been expanded to become a ‘Ministry for Truth’, with some 26 former RUC members, British soldiers and other Crown Force staff joining scores of civil servants to create a pro-British version of events in controversial cases.

Gaza campaign defies intimidation

A group of loyalists, some waving Israeli and British flags, attempted to confront a march by thousands in support of those facing starvation and genocide in Gaza on Saturday.

Wolfe Tone symbolically reunited with his wife at Bodenstown

A handful of soil, brought over from the grave of Wolfe Tone’s wife, Matilda, in New York was scattered on his grave in Bodenstown, County Kildare as part of a weekend commemoration at the site where the republican legend is buried.

A united civic identity in a sovereign republic

John Crawley, an author and a former IRA volunteer, gave the oration last weekend at the National Independent Republican Commemoration in Bodenstown, where Wolfe Tone is buried. The following is the text of his address.

Nationalists doubt Dublin’s commitment to Irish unity

Northern nationalists felt betrayed by Dublin 100 years ago, after the collapse of the Boundary Commission in December 1925. It left the border unchanged despite their hopes that it would make unification inevitable. Many of their descendants still feel that way.