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John Crawley, an author and a former IRA volunteer, gave the oration last weekend at the National Independent Republican Commemoration in Bodenstown, where Wolfe Tone is buried. The following is the text of his address.

McCreesh and O’Hara commemorated

Óglach Raymond McCreesh and his comrade Óglach Patsy O’Hara, two of the 1981 hungerstrikers who gave their lives 44 years ago this week, were remembered in Camlough, County Armagh at a commemoration organised by the Constance Markievicz 1916 Society.

MPs must be held accountable as combatants

In the theatre of Westminster, where power dresses itself in ceremony and affectation, a terrible truth is obscured by the pomp: the men and women who vote to send bombs, bullets and battalions into other people’s countries rarely hear the screams.

‘Hands off Irish neutrality’

Sinn Féin Leader Mary Lou McDonald TD addressed a ‘Public Rally for Peace’ in Dublin’s Gresham Hotel last weekend organised by the Irish Neutrality League, a new grouping of left-wing Irish parliamentarians.

Why are loyalist bands funded to insult Catholics?

Bands who play offensive tunes should be penalised by having to pay back grants, writes Brian Feeney.

Óglach Bobby Sands

The address delivered by Pat Sheehan MLA at the unveiling of the statue of 1981 hunger striker Bobby Sands in Twinbrook, Belfast.

Kneecap statement

A response by the Irish rap band to the media storm over its denunciations of Israel at a US music festival

Rising commemorated with defiance and purpose

A “large-scale, anti-Republican operation” was reported as the Crown Forces deployed across Belfast ahead of several Easter commemorations in the city over the weekend.

Easter statements 2025

A collection of orations, addresses and statements issued by republican organisations over the Rising commemorative period.

Tom Smith remembered

Volunteer Tom Smith, Dublin Brigade, Irish Republican Army was shot dead by Free State soldiers during an escape attempt from Portlaoise jail on 17th of March 1975, 50 years ago this week.

Quotes by Bobby Sands

In March 1981, Irish patriot Bobby Sands embarked on hunger strike at Long Kesh prison. We publish a brief collection of quotes, some famous, some less well known.

Tributes to Bik McFarlane

Republicans around the world have been paying tribute to former senior IRA Volunteer Brendan ‘Bik’ McFarlane, a legend of the conflict who played a major part in the 1981 hunger strike.

Monsignor Raymond Murray

A statement from Relatives for Justice CEO Mark Thompson on the passing of Monsignor Raymond Murray

‘Normalisation’ – The PSNI is not a normal police force

The RUC were never disbanded, as was a core republican demand, but simply re-branded as the PSNI.

Govt’s shameful u-turn on Israel’s apartheid

Sinn Féin leader, Mary Lou McDonald TD, has implored the coalition government to enact the Occupied Territories Bill, adding that any government, truly on the side of humanity, would do so immediately, in a contribution she made in the Dáil on Wednesday evening.

Bloody Sunday March for Justice events

Palestine is to be a key focus of the Bloody Sunday March Committee’s programme of events this year, with Eamonn McCann noting there is ‘a Bloody Sunday every day of the week’ in Gaza or the West Bank.

Ted Howell

Gerry Adams penned this obituary for his late friend and comrade, Ted Howell, who died earlier this month (for Leargas).

Leonard Peltier granted clemency

Outgoing US President Joe Biden granted clemency to lifelong political prisoner and Indigenous rights campaigner Leonard Peltier in a surprise move in the final minutes of his presidency.

Irish people must be free to choose their own future

The Matt Fitzpatrick 1916 Society held a commemoration for Volunteers Fergal O’Hanlon and Sean South at Altawark in Fermanagh earlier this month. Councillor Barry Monteith give the main oration.

Free Derry – Free Palestine

This year’s Bloody Sunday anniversary events are being dedicated to the people of Gaza. The following is an analysis and introduction ot this year’s programme by the Bloody Sunday March committee.

June 12, 2025

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