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The Bloody Sunday March Committee has releasing its programme of events to mark the 54th anniversary of the massacre of civil rights demonstrators in Derry by the British Army.

Justice delayed, repression delivered

The ongoing prosecution of Derry Republican Kieran McCool exposes, once again, the British state’s obsession with persecuting Irish Republicans long after any credible justification has evaporated.

New Year statements 2026

Statements issued in the name of Irish republican groups to mark the arrival of the New Year.

The dirty tactic of internment

The ongoing hunger strikes in English prisons by members of the ‘Filton 24’ have highlighted a dirty repression tactic used by the British state forces – internment by remand. This is one that is well known to Irish Republicans.

State papers 2025

A round-up of the historical state papers which have been released to the media in the annual New Year tradition.

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.

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.

Irish Republican Prisoners List 2025

A current listing of Irish republican prisoners for December 2025, with addresses for sending Christmas greetings.

Inaugural Speech of President Catherine Connolly

The speech delivered by President Connolly at Dublin Castle on Tuesday.

The drive-by murder of Eileen Quinn

Eileen Quinn was a 24-year-old mother of three young children from County Galway. On All Saints’ Day 1920 she was shot dead outside her home by the Black and Tans of the Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) in one of the most notorious civilian reprisal killings during the Irish War of Independence.

The sham trial of Soldier F

Last week British imperialism in Ireland reared its ugly head once again. This time in the form of a ‘not guilty’ verdict for the British soldier known by the pseudonym “Soldier F”, who escaped any notion of ‘justice’ in a corrupt British judicial system.

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.

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.

Spies, lies and political policing

The long awaited release this week of the McCullough Review has exposed a long term culture of politically motivated surveillance of journalists, whistleblowers and political opponents by the PSNI.

New plaque for ‘Heroes of Arra’

A memorial plaque has been unveiled in North Tipperary in memory of nine IRA Volunteers who died during Ireland’s War of Independence and the Civil War.

‘A champion for Irish Unity in our time’

Nominations for the Irish Presidential election next month ended on Wednesday with just three nominees. On Saturday, Sinn Féin decided to back Independent Catherine Connolly against Fianna Fáil candidate Jim Gavin and Fine Gael’s Heather Humphreys. Party leader Mary Lou McDonald issued the following statement in support of Ms Connolly ahead of her official campaign launch.

Republicans must build strategic alliances

Francis Mackey of the 32 County Sovereignty Movement delivered the oration at the annual Alan Ryan commemoration last Sunday, 7th September.

How Israel’s war on Gaza has become a war on the truth

For ten months, Gaza and its people have been under relentless bombardment. Entire neighbourhoods have been flattened, hospitals reduced to rubble, and families obliterated in seconds. But alongside the destruction of homes and lives, another campaign is being waged, one aimed not only at innocent civilians, but at the very people who tell the world what is happening.

Jimmy Steele

On the 55th anniversary of Óglach Jimmy Steele, the Irish Republican Martyrs Committee held a wreath laying in Milltown cemetery and issued the following tribute to his memory.

Kevin Hannaway remembered

Former republican prisoner Stephen Murney delivered the main oration at the unveiling of the mural in west Belfast to Volunteer Kevin Hannaway. The full text of his speech is published below.

January 22, 2026

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