The evils of the British occupation have once again been exposed after
the family of a 14-year-old boy shot dead by a British soldier over 54
years ago finally heard a coroner’s findings that the killing was
‘unjustified’.
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December 29, 2025
‘Shameful’ delays to inquest findings
The evils of the British occupation have once again been exposed after
the family of a 14-year-old boy shot dead by a British soldier over 54
years ago finally heard a coroner’s findings that the killing was
‘unjustified’.
Loyalist terror in west Belfast
Loyalist paramilitaries are being blamed for gun attacks in the Shankill
area of Belfast in the run up to Christmas.
Vigil for victims of Silverbridge massacre
A candlelit vigil took place before Christmas to mark the 50th
anniversary of the killings at Donnelly’s Bar, at which Gaelic Athletic
Association President Jarlath Burns condemned an ongoing cover-up.
‘Workaround’ border poll plan ‘must be addressed’
Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald has described the failure to specify
clear parameters in the Good Friday Agreement regarding the holding of
a border poll as having been “one of these sort of constructive
solutions... workarounds”. She called for Dublin and London to “respond
to the reality” regarding the need for unity referendums.
Irish support for Palestine at Christmas
Small groups and individuals across Ireland have been
demonstrating solidarity with the Palestinian people and seeking to shame the
Dublin government’s weak response to the Israeli genocide there.
Merger seen as progress towards republican unity
Republican Network for Unity (RNU) and Éire Nua have announced that they
have merged.
State papers 2025
A round-up of the historical state papers which have been released to
the media in the annual New Year tradition.
Freedom for Christmas
An updated account of a famous prison escape, 65 years ago this week.
December 24, 2025
Happy Christmas from Irish Republican News
December 18, 2025
Settlement – but still no justice
An apology has been issued by the Crown Forces for the “hurt and
suffering” endured by the family of Patrick Rooney since the
nine-year-old was shot dead in his own home at the Divis Flats in
Belfast August 1969.
The PSNI arms stashes - what were they planning?
A scandal over the disappearance of weapons and ammunition from a Crown
Force training facility in County Antrim has mounted after it emerged
that the PSNI leadership chose to ignore warnings for years that a huge
quantity of weaponry was steadily being diverted from their stores.
British Supreme Court protects secrecy for state killers
The British government has won an appeal which hands them full control
over the disclosure of key material to investigations into its war
crimes in the north of Ireland.
Concern mounts for hunger striking activists
One of the pro-Palestinian remand prisoners nearing death on hunger
strike in England has been taken to hospital after 46 days of refusing
food.
Meeting to discuss harassment subjected to harassment
A meeting of a republican prisoners’ welfare group in Dublin last Wednesday,
intended to educate a wider public about the work of the organisation
and to highlight ongoing incidents of state harassment, was itself
marred by state harassment.
Praise for councillor’s stance against British occupation
Republican Sinn Féin has congratulated its Galway councillor Tomás Ó
Curraoin for protesting against the display of the British Union Jack
flag in Galway during the visit of the British Ambassador to the city.
Brendan McLaughlin and Eamon Melaugh
Tributes have been paid on the death of Derry man Brendan McLaughlin, a
former Blanketman and Hunger Striker, who died on December 8.
Grace Gifford
On the 70th anniversary of her death, a history of an Irish rebel, born
into a wealthy Protestant family and widowed by the British, whose
memory has been revived by the song that carries her name.
December 11, 2025
Kenova report a British ‘fairytale’
The final report of a £47 million investigation into the activities of a
top British Army double agent inside the IRA has shed more light on the
murderous actions of his Crown Force handlers, but has again failed to
identify Freddie Scappaticci as the agent in question.
Dublin-Monaghan conclusions rejected
A new claim that there is no evidence of high-level collusion between
the Glenanne Gang and British military intelligence in the Dublin and
Monaghan bombings has been described as an affront to the memory of
those who died.
‘Operation Mizzenmast’ reaches long-fixed outcome
The sister of a murdered West Belfast woman has disputed the conclusions
of an investigation that blamed the Provisional IRA.
Dublin parliament backs Unity preparations
Universal support across the Houses of the Dublin parliament for a
motion on Irish unity has brought further pressure for the Dublin
government to take a lead on preparing for reunification.
Irish support for Palestine Action hunger protest
The Cógus Republican Prisoner Support Group has issued a statement of
“unwavering solidarity” with the Palestine Action prisoners currently on
hunger strike in British jails.
Adams pens open letter to unionists
The following open letter by former Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams was
originally published in the Andersonstown News last Saturday.
The brutal executions of the Four Martyrs
On December 9, 1922, four anti-Treaty IRA prisoners were murdered at
the hands of the pro-Treaty Free State forces. An account by Peter
McDermott, originally published by the Irish Echo newspaper.
Crime pays for a state-sponsored serial killing scumbag
Freddie Scappaticci is one of the vilest characters to have emerged from
the Troubles.
December 4, 2025
Irish support for Gaza flies high over Belfast
An attempt by Belfast city council to affirm Irish opposition to the
continuing slaughter of Palestinians by Israel has overcome opposition
from loyalists.
Tyrie was key British agent
The 1972 murder of a young married father of two has exposed the scale
of British state collusion with Andy Tyrie, the infamous loyalist
paramilitary leader who died earlier this year.
Republicans urged to reject threats from bogus groups
Orchestrated efforts to hijack the republican armed struggle is
continuing with the appearance of a video claiming to be a new far-right
‘New Republican Movement’, and threatening immigrants and left-wing
politicians.
New Corbyn party supports a united Ireland
‘Your Party’ has become the first major political party in Britain to
campaign for a United Ireland.
Censorship of song still rankles Beatles’ legend
Paul McCartney was stunned when his hit song ‘Give Ireland Back to the
Irish’ was banned by the BBC after he wrote it in horror after Bloody
Sunday, a new book reveals.
Park renaming delayed following intervention
A proposal by Dublin City Council to rename a Dublin park named for
controversial Zionist leader Chaim Herzog has been blocked by right-wing
political leaders in the 26 Counties.
Family of Rising martyr commemorated with new headstone
Despite a cold wet winters Saturday morning in Dublin, dozens gathered
in Glasnevin Cemetery to attend the “official” unveiling of a headstone
recently erected over the grave of Thomas “Tom” Clarke’s family.
The disastrous outcome of the Boundary Commission
Historian Cormac Moore explains how northern nationalists were ‘sold
out’ by the Irish Free State, 100 years ago this week.
