Irish Republican News: Archives

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.

Unanswered questions on anniversary of infamous killing

On the 20th anniversary of the death of British informer Denis Donaldson, longtime Irish-American republican activist Martin Galvin has said he had long suspected a man who “lied while smiling into your face”.

Terry “Cruncher” O’Neill passes

Terry “Cruncher” O’Neill, a Belfast republican activist, musician and actor, died on Easter Sunday.

Cypriots demand closure of British bases

More than half of voters in the Republic of Cyprus want to shut down British military bases on the eastern Mediterranean island, a new poll has found.

The ‘rest of the UK’ is a meaningless invention

The media fail to simple compare the north of Ireland with Britain as it would reinforce this place’s separateness, writes Brian Feeney.

April 2, 2026

Armed action against PSNI

A potentially explosive device has been used in an attack on a PSNI police base in Lurgan, County Armagh, the first such attack by militant republicans in almost four years.

UDA group threatens acid attacks

A journalist and the family of a previous victim have faced death threats this week from members of a unionist paramilitary group, the South East Antrim UDA.

Garda betrayal led to death of informer

The 26 County state’s dirty war against its own people has had another shameful chapter exposed, as a retired Garda Special Branch officer has admitted his force covered up its role in the IRA’s 1985 execution of informer John Corcoran.

Murder victims’ battle British ‘deny by delay’

Rosemary Campbell, widow of Catholic RUC sergeant Joe Campbell, shot dead by loyalists in Cushendall, has died aged 91 before her negligence claim against the PSNI was concluded.

UN slams PSNI over surveillance of lawyers and journalists

The London government has been urged to respond to serious concerns raised by United Nations experts over the surveillance of lawyers and journalists in the north of Ireland.

Compromised Taoiseach puts Ireland into line of fire

Continued support for US military operations by the Dublin government and its arrogant disregard for Ireland’s traditional military neutrality has seen Ireland further entangled in a global conflict with potentially disastrous consequences.