Irish Republican News: Archives

September 25, 2025

Huge spying operation exposed

A review into the extent of illegal PSNI surveillance has revealed that the force’s actions may have subverted justice in high profile cases such as the Craigavon 2 miscarriage of justice appeal and the Noah Donohoe inquest.

Dublin ‘must fight back’ as Israel rains terror on aid mission

The Irish government is being urged to join other nations in defending its citizens attempting to break the illegal siege of Gaza who are now under nightly drone attack by Israel.

Families fear new legacy plan is merely a marketing exercise

Relatives of those murdered at the hands of British state forces have accused the Dublin and London governments of ignoring them as they launched revamped proposals for dealing with unresolved justice campaigns.

Report names an innocent victim of Britain’s Dirty War

A heavily censored police report has strengthened the belief that a man with learning difficulties was sacrificed by the Crown Forces in order to conceal the role of a British informer operating inside the IRA in County Tyrone.

‘Decisive’ evidence admitted to Bloody Sunday trial

A judge has ruled that key statements in the trial of a former British soldier accused of two murders on Bloody Sunday can be admitted as evidence in his trial.

Irvine sentence doubled; academic appointed for talks

Prominent loyalist paramilitary Winston ‘Winkie’ Irvine is to have his prison sentence for an arms conviction doubled following an outcry by nationalists over the leniency of his sentence.

New plaque for ‘Heroes of Arra’

A memorial plaque has been unveiled in North Tipperary in memory of nine IRA Volunteers who died during Ireland’s War of Independence and the Civil War.

‘A champion for Irish Unity in our time’

Nominations for the Irish Presidential election next month ended on Wednesday with just three nominees. On Saturday, Sinn Féin decided to back Independent Catherine Connolly against Fianna Fáil candidate Jim Gavin and Fine Gael’s Heather Humphreys. Party leader Mary Lou McDonald issued the following statement in support of Ms Connolly ahead of her official campaign launch.

September 20, 2025

Sinn Féin to back Independent in Presidential election

Sinn Féin is backing left-wing independent Catherine Connolly to be the next President of Ireland, the party has said, ending months of speculation over who would receive its backing.

September 19, 2025

New Legacy framework published by govts

There has been a very cautious response to a “new framework” agreed between the Dublin and London governments to replace Tory legislation which had sought to end investigations and prosecutions relating to British war crimes and other conflict-related killings.

September 18, 2025

‘Soldier F’ trial begins

The start of the trial of a former British Army paratrooper for his role in the infamous Bloody Sunday massacre of 1972 has been described as a “momentous day” in a five-decade campaign for justice.

Fitted up by the RUC, convictions of republicans are overturned

Convictions against three men for supposedly possessing explosives and planning an IRA attack on the Crown Forces in 1989 are “unsafe”, the Court of Appeal in Belfast has ruled.

MI5 forced to admit spying on prominent journalist

A rare admission by British military intelligence that it broke the law when it spied on Irish journalist Vincent Kearney has been described as “the tip of the iceberg”.

PSNI double standards caught on video

There is increasing anger after it emerged the Crown police refused to intervene when two vehicles driven by migrant workers were surrounded and attacked by a group of men in east Belfast last week.

Pressure for global action against Israel and collaborator states

President of Ireland Michael D Higgins has said Israel and countries that supply it with weapons should be excluded from the United Nations after a long awaited independent UN commission report concluded that Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians.

Humphreys links to Orange Order exposed

The two right-wing presidential election candidates have been disgraced in a difficult week for both coalition government parties in Dublin.

The inside story of the Blanket Protest

The Blanket Protest began 49 years ago this week. It and the deaths of ten men on hunger strike would completely alter the political landscape in Ireland.

Republicans must build strategic alliances

Francis Mackey of the 32 County Sovereignty Movement delivered the oration at the annual Alan Ryan commemoration last Sunday, 7th September.

September 11, 2025

Irish activists bombed by Israel

Irish peace activists taking part in the Global Sumud Flotilla for Gaza have narrowly avoided being struck by murderous Israeli drone attacks launched against their ships while in port in Tunisia.

PSNI dismisses unionist violence

The approach of PSNI police chief Jon Boutcher to unionist paramilitary intimidation and violence has been described as a disgrace after he admitted his force doesn’t care “if you are part of the UDA or whatever acronym you want to use”.

British Army recruiters shown the door

A rare example of nationalist unity has killed off an outrageous plan for the British Army to promote itself with a stand at a jobs fair in Derry.

Stormont struggles to justify itself

The awkward return of the Stormont Assembly in Belfast after the summer break has only renewed doubts about the future of the partitionist legislature.

Unity referendum announcement urged for GFA anniversary

Sinn Féin’s First Minister Michelle O’Neill has urged the London government to use the 30th anniversary of the Good Friday peace deal to announce the date for a referendum on Irish unification.

Housing crisis wrecking lives of Irish children

More than 225,000 children are now subject to income poverty after housing costs, according to research from the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI).

Why won’t unionists confront the truth about hate?

Some unionist commentators have belatedly begun to ask why it’s a unionist thing to burn families out of their homes. It always has been.

Irish political leaders let their people down on Palestine

On a wet and miserable Sunday night in the mid-west of Ireland, it was amazing to see so many people turn up for a talk about Palestine.

September 4, 2025

UDA gang ‘orders Catholics out’

A secret deal between a Housing Association and loyalist paramilitaries to allow expelled Catholic residents be quietly rehoused out of a north Belfast estate has collapsed, with death threats issued to the families.

Fighting for peace in Gaza

Irish activists are bravely standing up to the authoritarian regimes who continue to starve and murder the Palestinian people.

Loyalists told North ‘being overrun’ as marches wind down

The leader of the ‘senior’ Orange organisation, the Royal Black Preceptory, has been accused of encouraging racism after claiming the “country is being overrun” while railing against “instability”.

Seán Walsh granted bail after extradition

A republican extradited to the North from the 26 Counties is to be granted bail, a High Court judge has ruled.

Deportee flies back to Ireland

A former IRA Volunteer has said he has been forced to return to Ireland as he feared potential detention by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) as the US administration appeared to have reneged on a peace deal agreed by former US President Bill Clinton.