Irish Republican News: Archives

July 9, 2026

Coalition rejects Sinn Féin reunification planning bill

The coalition government in Dublin has voted down Sinn Féin’s Planning for Constitutional Change Bill, rejecting legislation that would have required the 26 County State to begin formal preparations for Irish reunification.

Seven acquitted over charges linked to 2019 Derry riot

Seven men have been found not guilty of offences stemming from a riot in 2019 in which young freelance journalist Lyra McKee tragically lost her life.

Collusion victims secure big settlement

The survivors and families of those affected by the Thierafurth Inn attack have secured a major victory after the British state agreed a £4.6 million settlement following decades of campaigning for truth and justice.

DUP crisis deepens after Donaldson conviction

A bottomless crisis has engulfed the DUP following the conviction of former leader Jeffrey Donaldson, as new allegations about his abuses intensify pressure on the party leadership.

New betrayal over withheld files has ‘shattered’ trust

For almost 50 years Catholic gun attack victim Brian Donnelly has carried the bullets of a loyalist murder gang inside his body. Now his family have been betrayed once again after discovering the British state withheld key documents about the stolen British Army weapon used in the attack that changed his life forever.

PSNI blanks calls to tackle loyalist bonfires

The PSNI has come under renewed criticism after refusing to remove loyalist paramilitary propaganda erected at an Eleventh Night bonfire site on the outskirts of north Belfast, despite recently acquiring enhanced legal powers to tackle such displays.

Community resistance and the fight against elite power

Across Dublin and beyond, the week has seen two very different visions of Ireland collide: one rooted in community, solidarity and public need; the other in property, profit and power.

Óglach Julie Dougan

Julie Dougan was born in Portadown and was brought up on the fringes of the Tunnel district.

July 2, 2026

Unionism in crisis

There have been calls for a public inquiry amid fresh allegations about former DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson’s conduct, and about which top brass, political and media figures chose to remain silent.

Bomb alerts may be linked to British warship

A series of hoax bomb alerts have taken place in Derry, including one claimed by the ‘North Derry Republican Group’.

Constitutional change Bill to advance unity debate

Sinn Féin is set to introduce legislation in the Dáil this week pressing the 26 County government to actively prepare for unity across the island.

Protest demands release of Niall Sheerin

Republicans, anti-imperialists and supporters of political prisoners gathered in Derry on Saturday to demand the immediate release of Niall Sheerin, who remains imprisoned in Maghaberry despite having completed the custodial part of the sentence handed down by a British court.

Fianna Fáil crisis grows over Martin’s leadership

There are widening fears that Taoiseach and Fianna Fáil party leader Micheál Martin is being motivated by foreign interests and not by Irish ones.

Weak response to threats and abuse

A Sinn Féin councillor says sectarian abuse directed at his family has exposed a “deafening” silence from other political figures, while a separate case involving threats against the family of a victim of the Bloody Sunday massacre has also underlined how intimidation still haunts daily life in the north of Ireland.

Echoes of Irish hunger strike reached California prisons

The enduring legacy of the 1981 Irish republican hunger strike has once again been highlighted, with a former California prisoner revealing how the courage and determination of the H-Block hunger strikers inspired a major prison protest against injustice in the United States.

‘The Light of a New Republic’

Republican groups have been holding their annual commemorations at Bodenstown graveyard, County Kildare, to honour the founder of the United Irishmen, Wolfe Tone. The following is Mary Lou McDonald’s address to Sinn Féin’s commemoration.