Irish Republican News: Archives

If Benn did anything worthwhile last week, it is that he reminded us that there is no future if we remain tied to this failing United Kingdom.

Pushing the reset button

Does Dublin not realise the British would love rid of this place, writes Brian Feeney (for the Irish News).

Choctaw nation’s statue recalls Famine ties

The story of the Choctaw nation’s act of generosity to Irish people stands as one of the few bright redemptive stories of the Great Hunger. The gesture opened a channel of enduring friendship between the two peoples which was on Friday was marked by a sculpture unveiled this week.

Countries should withdraw recognition of Israel

In May, three additional European states officially recognised a non-existent Palestinian state. Ireland, Spain, and Norway are the latest to join more than 140 other United Nations members in recognising this phantom entity.

Sick taunts of the anti-immigrant thugs

Above (right) is the sick five-finger salute from a loyalist anti-immigrant thug that has sent a Troubles victim into a cycle of despair.

Facing genocide in the land of meaningless gestures

Our politicians have failed to match the mood of the Irish people when it comes to the genocide in Gaza.

John Joe McGirl

Former IRA Chief of Staff John Joe McGirl passed away 36 years ago this year, but recently some establishment figures have been calling for the annual commemoration in Ballinamore to be ‘cancelled’. Next week brings the 30th anniversary event in honour of a man who dedicated his life to defying British rule in Ireland.

Loyalist culture wars in East Belfast

As continuing hoax bomb attacks on a Gaelic sports club in the area prove, Irish culture is under constant attack in east Belfast. Now tensions are rising ahead of the arrivals of pupils to an Irish language school in the area.

Take it down from the mast, Irish fascists

When far right protestors in Coolock use the imagery and words of Bobby Sands, I ask myself if have they read the poem which spoke of how “the inner thing” has “withstood the blows of a million years”?

Israel strikes five schools in week of massacres

While the worlds’ attention was diverted by the attempted assassination of Donald Trump, Israeli forces have been attacking schools including a UN-run school in Nuseirat camp, where they killed 17 and wounded about 80, mostly women and children. A report by al-Jazeera.

Remembering Martin Hurson

Martin Hurson became the sixth republican to die on hunger strike this week in 1981. In this archive article by Connla Young for Daily Ireland, his fiancee recalls the place where the couple grew up.

Changing electoral map shows need for border poll criteria

By Sinn Féin retaining its seven seats and the DUP losing three of its eight, another historic electoral milestone was reached.

The British Army’s rape of Kenya

The British Army trains in Kenya. Many women say soldiers raped them and abandoned children they fathered. A report by Larry Madowo (for CNN)

Julian Assange is free, but media smears continue

Even as Julian Assange has been reunited with his family following a deal with the US government, the BBC and others in the media are peddling the same long-discredited lies. By Jonathan Cook (for Declassified UK).

The Gough Barracks Raid

The Irish Republican Army (IRA) made an audacious raid on Gough Barracks in Armagh town on June 12, 1954, sixty years ago this week. It marked the reawakening of IRA activity in Ireland and a re-arming that leads eventually to the 1956-1962 Border Campaign.

Only months for Sinn Féin to find answers

The council and Euro elections in the south were in some ways uncannily like those in 2019, but in other ways different.

A tribute to Michael Gaughan

A tribute to Michael Gaughan, who died on hunger strike in Parkhurst Prison in London, fifty years ago this week.

Goodbye and good riddance to our Brexit hard men

They imposed Brexit on the north, which the majority of people opposed, because neither of them knew anything about Ireland and cared less about the consequences.

Details of 1921 Derry prison break unearthed

A recently unearthed document provides a valuable insight into Derry’s history. By Seamus McKinney (for the Irish News)

The collective amnesia over the Dublin-Monaghan bombings

The Dublin-Monaghan bombings directly affected thousands of people, not just the relatives of the 33 people and an unborn baby who were killed, but the hundreds injured and their families.

September 19, 2024

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