Irish Republican News: Archives

August 28, 2025

Farage vows to ‘renegotiate’ Irish peace deal

The current favourite to be the next British Prime Minister, far-right ‘Reform’ leader Nigel Farage, has said he will seek to renegotiate the Good Friday Agreement as part of a plan to quit the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR).

British gunmen in show of firepower

Residents of the Creggan area in Derry have expressed concern over the intimidating presence of armed members of the British Crown Forces.

Hunger strikers remembered

The annual Sinn Féin hunger strike commemoration in Belfast on Sunday brought former republican prisoners of war to pay tribute to their friend and comrade, one-time OC of the H Blocks, Brendan ‘Bik’ McFarlane.

Vigils for murdered journalists

Journalists across Ireland have been gathering to remember colleagues killed in a targeted Israeli bomb attack on Nasser Hospital in Gaza on Monday.

Motor dealer accused of supporting occupation

Lasair Dhearg has claimed that the ‘Donnelly Group’, a car sales and repair business with a significant presence across the Six Counties, is working “hand-in-glove” with British state forces in Ireland

Republicans subjected to ‘unprecedented’ bail conditions

Two Saoradh members have been subjected to a regime of bail conditions that amount to internment in all but name, according to the party.

Michael Dwyer

This week marks the 200th anniversary of the passing of heroic freedom fighter and courageous rebel leader Michael Dwyer. A short biography of his life by Joan Kavanagh.

The trauma that never leaves

Families of friends gunned down by loyalists at bogus UDR checkpoint on the way home from a Gaelic match have been marking the 50th anniversary of the killings. A report by Connla Young (for the Irish News).

August 21, 2025

Pushback for Starmer as crowds back Kneecap

The latest court hearing in the ‘terrorism’ case against singer Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh of Irish rap band Kneecap has once again thrown the spotlight on the British government’s efforts to smear and imprison the politically active.

Tánaiste urged to resign following healthcare tragedy

Tánaiste Simon Harris has come under intense pressure after posting a selfie from an Oasis concert amid public outrage over the tragic death of nine-year-old Harvey Morrison Sherratt.

PSNI project ‘has failed’

There have been fresh calls for the disbandment of the PSNI after the force admitted that they are two-and-a-half times more likely to target Catholics in stop and search operations.

UDA violence and intimidation go unchecked

Loyalist paramilitaries have brazenly warned that they plan to force every immigrant out of the Rathcoole estate in Newtownabbey, north of Belfast.

Nationalist bonfires pass off peacefully

Three bonfires took place in the Derry area without incident at the weekend after controversial sectarian messages were removed.

MI5 approach on Derry republican

Saoradh has condemned an attempt by the British intelligence agency MI5 to target a local Derry republican and well-known business owner.

Patrick Rooney, first child victim of the conflict

A man whose life changed for ever when his brother became the first child victim of the Troubles has told how the trauma “never leaves you”.

Time for a complete trade embargo with Israel

If Ireland really wanted to make a difference, and help end the genocidal Israeli onslaught on Palestinians, it should enact a comprehensive trade embargo on Israel and dare the EU authorities to institute legal action.

August 14, 2025

Irish-speaking activist arrested as UDA marches on

A pensioner arrested for wearing a ‘Palestine Action’ t-shirt at an anti-racism protest was ordered by the PSNI to provide an English language version of her name and address or face arrest.

Provocations redoubled as loyalists befoul Derry

The PSNI police has refused to take action over a number of law-breaking incidents by bands and spectators at the annual ‘Apprentice Boys’ parade in Derry.

County Down man’s life ‘sacrificed for intelligence goal’

The sister of a man executed as an informer has said the British state put their agents before the preservation of life.

Internment marked as indefinite detentions continue

The ongoing use of internment without trial by the British government has come under renewed criticism this week, coinciding with the anniversary of its introduction in 1971.

‘Shared history’ event opposed in Derry

Graffiti painted on a community centre in the Creggan area of Derry has exposed a dispute over a plan for a controversial event involving former members of the Crown forces and loyalists in the heart of the republican area.

New campaign for Irish unity

This week marked the launch of a new joint political campaign between the 1916 Societies and Éirígí, aimed at accelerating progress towards Irish unity.

How Israel’s war on Gaza has become a war on the truth

For ten months, Gaza and its people have been under relentless bombardment. Entire neighbourhoods have been flattened, hospitals reduced to rubble, and families obliterated in seconds. But alongside the destruction of homes and lives, another campaign is being waged, one aimed not only at innocent civilians, but at the very people who tell the world what is happening.

Jimmy Steele

On the 55th anniversary of Óglach Jimmy Steele, the Irish Republican Martyrs Committee held a wreath laying in Milltown cemetery and issued the following tribute to his memory.

August 7, 2025

President calls for UN military action

Irish President Michael D. Higgins has called on the UN to use force if necessary to break Israel’s siege and end its deliberate starvation of the people of Gaza.

Report brings more questions over Stakeknife killing

The son of an Official IRA Volunteer believed to have been shot dead on the orders of British agents has called for a public inquiry into his murder.

Miami Showband massacre ‘was directed by British Army Captain’

While still being reported as a paramilitary attack fifty years on, survivor Des Lee has instead pointed the finger of blame for the Miami Showband massacre squarely at the British Army and its notorious Captain Robert Nairac, a liaison officer with the SAS.

Orchestrated harassment at Belfast airport

Saoradh’s Paddy Gallagher has become the latest victim of a campaign of state harassment and political policing against republicans at ports and airports, according to the party.

Loyalist flags placed for maximum insult

There have been calls for deeply offensive loyalist flags put up directly outside a small Catholic church in County Tyrone to be removed.

Secrecy of royal visit ‘exposes abnormality of occupation’

A republican group has objected after England’s Princess Anne was quietly accorded a reception at Áras an Uachtaráin, the official residence and principal workplace of the President of Ireland, in what Buckingham Palace described as “a courtesy call”.

‘The Liberator’, Daniel O’Connell, 250 years on

On this day 250 years ago, August 6 1775, ‘The Liberator’ Daniel O’Connell was born near Cahirciveen in County Kerry. A look at the life of an Irish hero who dominated political life in Ireland for the first half of the 19th century.

Memories of Kevin Lynch

Former blanketman James Kearney recalled his last meeting with an INLA martyr inside Long Kesh before he died on hunger strike, 44 years ago this week.