Irish Republican News: Archives

October 30, 2025

A vision for change after record election

Catherine Connolly’s election last week by the biggest ever vote for an Irish President has brought hope for a new, united Ireland and for a generational shift in the island’s political history.

Bloody Sunday families will fight on

The Bloody Sunday families have received broad support for their campaign to continue in the wake of a ‘not guilty’ verdict in the trial of the only former British soldier prosecuted for his role in the infamous massacre.

Protests over Maghaberry abuses

A number of demonstrations have been held in response to a serious incident at Maghaberry jail last week in which two republican prisoners were assaulted and sustained injuries, forcibly strip searched and then held in isolation in a punishment unit for three days.

Minister visits school in occupied Palestine amid massacre

Unionism’s increasing ties to the genocidal Israeli regime have caused anger in Ireland and abroad.

British murder cover-up recounted in new book

A former British soldier who was present at the scene of a fatal shooting by another soldier in Belfast has revealed the British Army knew immediately that the killing was a mistake, but still attempted to cover up the murder of an innocent Catholic father-of-six.

MI5 recruitment bid recorded

A British MI5 operative has been captured on video after attempting to recruit a member of Saoradh in Gortin, County Tyrone, the party has said.

1980 hunger strike remembered

The 27th of October is a very important date in modern Irish history as it marks the beginning of the 1980 hunger strike - a period that some appear to want to forget.

The assassination of Máire Drumm

Forty-nine years ago this week loyalist gunmen, posing as doctors, walked onto the ward of the Mater Hospital and shot dead the former vice-president of Sinn Féin Máire Drumm as she recovered from eye surgery.

October 25, 2025

Connolly is runaway winner in Presidential election

Independent Catherine Connolly has been formally declared elected as Uachtarán na hÉireann in the first count in Friday’s Irish Presidential election, winning 914,143 first-preference votes, or 63%.

Catherine Connolly set for landslide win

Left-wing pro-Palestine independent Catherine Connolly has won a huge victory in the Irish Presidential election, in a result which will be heard around the world.

October 23, 2025

‘British state to blame’ as Soldier F found not guilty

A judge has found a British soldier not guilty for his role in the Bloody Sunday massacre of 1972, a huge setback for a 53-year-long campaign for justice.

A President for the Common Good

Depending on turnout and the final result, Friday’s election could deliver a crippling blow to the reactionary politics which has governed Ireland since partition.

Verdict due in Bloody Sunday prosecution

The brother of a Bloody Sunday victim has spoken of how he missed a day of the trial of the soldier accused of murdering William McKinney due to a loyalist death threat.

‘Vote Connolly because we cannot’

A campaign in the north of Ireland has urged voters in the south to vote for Catherine Connolly because northerners are barred from taking part.

Questions pile up over Enniskillen bomb

Senior PSNI police engaged in a cover-up to protect an IRA informer involved in the Remembrance Sunday bombing, one of the most controversial tragedies of the conflict, according to a report in the Sunday Times.

Interned republican subjected to political punishment

The Irish Republican Prisoners Welfare Association has strongly condemned the use of isolation against Republican prisoner Brian Cavlan, who was interned last week and has since been held in the prison’s CSU punishment unit with the claim he had ‘failed’ the body scanner.

Craigavon Two convictions ‘unsafe’

The safety of the conviction of two men jailed for a Continuity IRA gun attack on a member of the PSNI police “must be re-examined” after it emerged the PSNI spied on a legal team, the two lawyers have said.

Eamonn Ceannt

Eamonn Ceannt, born in Ballymoe, County Galway in 1881, would become one of the seven signatories of the proclamation of the Easter Rising. A short biograph, by Colm Wallace.

‘The next one is for you’

A new book by Ali Watkins, is a gripping account of how a group of working class Irish-Americans in Philadelphia procured and shipped weapons to the Provisional IRA in the early 1970s.

October 16, 2025

British injustice behind new legacy plan

Former Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams has condemned the British government’s proposed legacy legislation which is set to deny the right of internees to compensation for wrongful imprisonment.

Alliance leader calls for details on reunification vote

Comments by Alliance Party leader Naomi Long, who has called for the British government to set out the criteria for when he would call a border poll, have been widely welcomed.

PSNI still spying on journalists for MI5

The PSNI has admitted that it is continuing to forward data obtained from the surveillance of journalists to British military intelligence, despite major legal questions over the practice in the wake of a recent report.

Gaza ceasefire ‘must see attacks end’

The ceasefire in the Israel military’s genocide against the Palestinian people of Gaza has been welcomed in Ireland, but anger and concern is growing at the continuation of Israeli killings and related violence.

Harassment of activists increasing

Despite a peace deal in the Middle East, the PSNI has escalated its intimidatory approach to pro-Palestine activists in the North, threatening protestors in Newry with ‘terrorist’ legislation and others in Derry with arrest for holding an unnotified parade.

Negligible opposition to bilingual signs

Only a tiny fraction of residents in Belfast are opposed to dual-language signs, according to a survey, despite the actions of unionist hardliners who this week used an angle grinder to vandalise one sign.

Dessie Grew and Martin McCaughey anniversary

A number of commemorations took place at the weekend to mark the 35th Anniversary of the deaths on active service of Dessie Grew and Martin McCaughey, two legendary IRA fighters shot to death in a “shoot to kill” ambush executed by the murderous SAS.

Belfast has changed

Symbols of Britishness are embedded in the everyday life of Belfast, but you’d never guess that from listening to those protesting loudly about the council’s new Irish language policy.

October 9, 2025

A double standard for terror

Reported threats from unionist paramilitaries to carry out a campaign of violence against Belfast City Council property displaying Irish language signage have provoked fears that policing failures could facilitate a dramatic increase in sectarian violence.

Paisley behind ‘false flag’ bombing campaign, papers show

Loyalists with links to former DUP leader Ian Paisley were responsible for a series of ‘false flag’ bomb attacks in the early 1970s, newly uncovered British Army intelligence documents have confirmed.

Gaza protests under attack

Anti-genocide protests are being met with increasing state violence in the aftermath of Israel’s illegal abduction of activists attempting to deliver aid to break the siege of Gaza.

Expectations grow for border poll

Anticipation of moves towards a referendum on Irish unity is at a new high after former British Direct Ruler Shaun Woodward said that a border poll could be held within three years, while former DUP MP Ian Paisley has said he is open to debate the issue.

Martin clings to job after failures

Micheál Martin has come under intense pressure to quit as Fianna Fáil leader and as Taoiseach after a disastrous week for his party, his presidential election candidate Jim Gavin, and a 26 County budget which left workers “out in the cold”.

Election frontrunner Connolly faces establishment backlash

A wave of smears and insults has failed to derail a hugely successful election campaign by Catherine Connolly for the Presidency later this month, with some bookmakers already paying out on bets that she will win.

Cumann na mBan and the Northern Offensive

A renowned feminist historian has written a new book on the untold story of Irish republican women involved in the 1916 Easter Rising, the Irish War of Independence, and the Irish Civil War.

A budget of betrayal

The full text of Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald’s response to the introduction by the Dublin government of its Budget statement for 2026. The long awaited release of the McCullough Review has exposed a long term culture of politically motivated surveillance of journalists, whistleblowers and political opponents by the PSNI.

October 2, 2025