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The oration delivered by Kevin McGinty at the annual hunger strike commemoration organised by Saoradh in Camlough, County Armagh.

Drumcree proves that unification is the North’s best bet

The ghost of Drumcree has come back to haunt and taunt Garvaghy Road residents in the days when Germany is celebrating Unity Day, marking its reunification in 1990 after 45 years of being divided in two.

The 200-year old problem is the Orange Order

No one can predict where the latest impasse will take society and politics here, but we do know for certain that Portadown Orangemen will apply to march along Garvaghy Road again, and again.

A comfortable narrative upended

Organised by the 32 County Sovereignty Committee, a commemoration was held earlier this month to mark the 14th anniversary of Vol. Alan Ryan’s murder at the hands of state backed criminals. The main oration below was read by John Murphy of Cork 32CSM.

2,000 Searches. One Unchanged Reality

The latest figures exposing the dramatic escalation in the use of “terrorism” stop-and-search powers by the PSNI should come as no surprise to anyone who understands the true nature of British policing in Ireland.

Fifty years since the Blanket Protest began

Fifty years ago on Monday, a young republican prisoner entered the newly built H-Blocks of Long Kesh and refused to accept the British government’s attempt to redefine him as a common criminal.

Britain will not dictate Ireland’s future

Andy Burnham’s attempt to put Irish unity ‘off the table’ betrays a limp imperial reflex towards a democratic reckoning that Britain can no longer postpone. By Sinn Féin MP Chris Hazzard (for tribunemag.co.uk)

The poll that will never come

How a party that once fought to remove the British built its entire strategy on a clause the British wrote, the British control, and the British have now told us in writing they have no intention of ever using. By Saoradh Belfast chairman Séamus Fitzsimons.

Napper Tandy

Remembering leading United Irishman James Napper Tandy who died on the 24th August 1803 whilst in exile in France.

Seán Russell

A history in memory of IRA Chief of Staff, Seán Russell, who died 86 years ago this week.

Tony Meade

At aged 88, IRA legend Tony Meade is a man whose life has followed the path of the republican struggle.

Constitutional Republicanism has again failed

Nationalists went to the polls in the last Assembly election determined to confront partition. A quarter of a million cast ballots hoping to break the British grip on the occupied 6 counties.

A cultural explosion

Belfast is set to transform into the global capital of Irish culture as three monumental events – Belfast TradFest, Féile an Phobail and Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann – all converge on the city in the coming weeks.

Dr Hussam Abu Safiya

The case of detained Gaza hospital director’s case Dr Hussam Abu Safiya tests the credibility of human rights and medical neutrality principles.

Óglach Julie Dougan

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

Jeffrey Donaldson - A career built on lies

Jeffrey Donaldson should be remembered for his lies, hypocrisy, intellectual dishonesty, unreliability and disloyalty, according to Brian Feeney.

Refusal to say sorry for Sallins injustice is shameful

Ireland's refusal to say sorry to the men convicted of Sallins train robbery is shameful. The three men wrongfully convicted have suffered physical and psychological consequences from the injustice done to them.

A World Cup massacre and the price of truth

As the eyes of the sporting world turn once again to the United States for the World Cup, the global media is full of colour, noise and escapism. But for the people of Co Down – and for the families of Loughinisland – a World Cup in America will always stir something far heavier.

Effective government has been denied

The foreword to the document on proposals for Stormont reform, 'Building Better Politics/Ag Tógáil Polaitíochta Feabhsaithe', by Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald.

45th anniversary of Raymond McCreesh

Last Sunday, the 1916 Societies commemorated Hunger Striker Óglach Raymond McCreesh in Camlough, South Armagh, on the anniversary of his death. Tommy McKearney gave the main oration.

October 8, 2026

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Oration at Saoradh hunger strike commemoration