Irish Republican News: Archives

April 30, 2026

Springhill-Westrock Inquest vindicates families

A coroner has ruled that British soldiers did not use reasonable force in the 1972 Springhill and Westrock massacre in west Belfast, finding that five innocent civilians — including a priest, a father-of-six and three teenagers — were killed in aimed shots and posed no threat at the time. The findings, delivered after a long-running inquest, brought some closure to 54 years of grief and struggle against a hostile system.

New IRA claim bomb attack

The New IRA has said it was responsible for a powerful car bomb outside Dunmurry PSNI station in Belfast on Saturday and that it would maintain its armed campaign against British rule.

Attack triggers community punishment, peace process debate

The bomb explosion outside a PSNI police base in Belfast on Saturday has drawn international attention to the stalled Irish peace process, the failure to reform the police and the absence of a peaceful pathway to Irish reunification.

Sands statue ‘not going anywhere’

Attempts to remove the Bobby Sands statue in Twinbrook have exposed a double standard over planning rules in Belfast, where republican memorials are challenged while a much wider landscape of loyalist and unionist structures has long been tolerated.

Kincora victim wins settlement after decades of British cover-up

In a courtroom victory that confirms some of the worst horrors of Britain’s dirty war in Ireland, a survivor of the infamous Kincora Boys’ Home in Belfast has secured a six-figure settlement for the physical and sexual abuse he endured as a teenager.

Sinn Féin Ard Fheis 2026

Sinn Féin’s annual Ard Fheis took place last weekend at Belfast’s Waterfront Hall, where party leaders outlined priorities on affordability, housing, Stormont reform, and Irish unity.

Oration at British Embassy

The following is an oration delivered at Anti-Imperialist Alliace’s Britain Out of Ireland Protest at the British Embassy in Dublin to mark Republic Day, by Dublin Socialist Republican, Pádraig Drummond.

Séamus McElwain remembered

Several hundred people turned out at a Sinn Féin event in Scotstown in County Monaghan last Sunday to mark the 40th anniversary of the death of IRA legend, Óglach Séamus McElwain.

It’s time for Sinn Féin to give up on the Belfast Assembly

What is the use of going back into the Stormont arrangements again in 2027 when they don’t deliver on anything?

April 26, 2026

Flash: Bomb attack in Belfast

A bomb has exploded tonight outside a PSNI base in southwest Belfast, where a major Crown Force operation is underway.

April 23, 2026

Policing ‘reform’ exposed as illusion as MI5 still runs the show

Decades of claims that policing in the north of Ireland had been transformed—that the occupation was gone, replaced by a new, accountable ‘service’ rooted in the community and free from political control - have again been disproved.

Legacy move confirms real British agenda

The British government’s latest legacy legislation has been met with fierce criticism, with accusations that Westminster is once again placing the protection of its military and intelligence agencies ahead of truth and justice for victims of the conflict.

Unionist ‘culture war’ fails to halt progress

A High Court ruling in Belfast has provided affirmation that attempts to obstruct Irish language rights through legal and political manoeuvring are increasingly out of step with the direction of public life in the north.

Parties aligned in bid to end London rule

The head of the Scottish government, John Swinney, has openly indicated a willingness to work alongside Sinn Féin in what he described as an effort “to change the dynamics of the United Kingdom”.

Protests as Irish neutrality now in name only

Serious questions are now being asked about whether the Dublin government and the European Union are quietly facilitating the US/Israeli military campaigns, while continuing to publicly claim adherence to international law.

Groups set to mark calendar anniversary of Rising

Republic Day is being marked this weekend with a series of commemorative and political events across Ireland, as republican groups refocus on the struggle for Irish freedom.

Jailbreak by whaleboat, 150 years on

We republish a history of the heroic events surrounding the famous Catalpa Fenian jailbreak of 150 years ago.

Larry Marley

Larry Marley was an IRA Volunteer whose life and death stand as a stark testament to the struggle against British rule in the north of Ireland.

April 16, 2026

Army deployed against peaceful protests

Impromptu protests erupted into a national confrontation last week after Gardaí police deployed pepper spray and the 26 County army was mobilised against those protesting fuel prices.

Coalition in crisis

The Dublin government has survived a motion of confidence in the Dublin parliament following a week of nationwide fuel protests, but the political fallout has intensified, exposing deep divisions within the coalition and mounting pressure inside Fianna Fáil.

Govt approach to oil war hammered by protests

A man has been remanded in custody after a direct action against Ireland’s ongoing facilitation of Iran war activity at Shannon Airport, an issue that is provoking increasing anger among peace activists across the country.

Moreland inquiry sought

The son of a woman executed in 1994 as an alleged informer in the weeks before the Provisional IRA announced a ceasefire has called for a public inquiry into suspicions that British agents were involved in her death.

Torture strategy paved way for 1984 miscarriage of justice

A man long associated with one of the most contentious killings of the conflict in the North is to have his case re-examined, as fresh scrutiny of British state conduct during the same period continues to expose wrongdoing at the highest levels.

International attention for legacy cases

The family of murdered GAA official Sean Brown believe he was identified as a target at local level before his abduction and killing in 1997, according to remarks made during a recent meeting with an Irish-American delegation visiting the north of Ireland.

Republican Movement will ‘stand to’

An Easter Statement issued in the name of the leadership of the Republican Movement (Republican Sinn Féin).

Shared Island initiative an excuse to do nothing on Unity

An analysis by former Irish diplomat Ray Bassett, once the longest-serving Irish government official in the Six Counties (for irishborderpoll.com)

April 9, 2026

New IRA claims attack, to remain active

The New IRA has claimed responsibility for an attack on the PSNI police in Lurgan and in an Easter statement has said it remains “committed to the path of revolution”.

Republicans defy PSNI harassment

The heavy hand of police oppression turned a simple commemoration into a display of state intimidation and a full-scale military operation at a Republican Sinn Féin commemoration in Lurgan, County Armagh.

Dublin government the ‘biggest barrier to Irish unity’

Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald TD, speaking during a speech commemorating the 1916 rebellion, has said: “We have secured the Peace. It’s now time to write the next chapter of our national story – the reunification of Ireland.”

Bookshop protest draws attention to colonial rent demand

A rent dispute in County Waterford has come to symbolise the unresolved colonial land issue in Ireland, where British landlordism still survives in the hands of English families whose titles trace back to the conquest of Ireland and the confiscation of Irish lands.