The politics of revolution
4 November 2026
This week 40 years ago Sinn Féin was beginning a new phase of its political development in the wake of the 1986 Ard Fheis which ended the party’s long-standing policy of abstentionism from Leinster House. Free article
Ireland’s future will be shaped by our nation’s rainbow diversity – Declan Kearney
19 December 2022
Writing in his latest blog, Declan Kearney discusses how Irish unity needs to reflect our cultural diversity and offer a new economic and social future for all our people. Free article
Gerry Adams addresses Oireachtas Good Friday Agreement Committee
18 December 2022
Remarks by Iar-Uachtarán Shinn Féin Gerry Adams to the Oireachtas GFA committee meeting. Free article
Two outstanding Republican histories on Longford and Leitrim
17 December 2022
The remarkable father and son story behind two books on the history of republican activism in Leitrim and Longford which have been updated and republished. Free article
Eight Kildare martyrs
14 December 2022
The Curragh Camp in County Kildare was for decades the chief British military base in Ireland. It was handed over to the Free State army in May 1922 but it was shortly the scene of imprisonment and execution of some of the same republicans who had fought the British. Free article
'And so here we stand'
13 December 2022
Mary Lou McDonald, Castletown, Co. Wexford. Sunday, December 11, 2022 Free article
An Phoblacht Issue 4 - 2022 out now
12 December 2022
Time for Change is the theme of the latest An Phoblacht magazine which is available now Free article
Issue 3 of An Phoblacht online
12 December 2022
Issue 3 of An Phoblacht in print has sold out. The articles are now online, but why not get a subscription for An Phoblacht and not miss out on getting the magazine delivered to your door. Free article
The new Free State slays four Republicans in Mountjoy
6 December 2022
The new Irish Free State of 26 Counties officially came into existence on 6 December 1922. Two days later on 8 December its government committed an act that was to define its treacherous nature in the eyes of Republicans for many years - the execution of Liam Mellows, Rory O’Connor, Joe McKelvey and Richard Barrett in Mountjoy Jail. Free article
Seán McIlvenna remembered in Glasgow
5 December 2022
Sinn Féin’s European Representative Martina Anderson was in Glasgow last weekend speaking at an event to mark the 38th anniversary of Volunteer Seán McIlvenna, organised by the flute band named after the Belfast born republican. Free article
Bus workers killed in Dublin bombings remembered 50 years on
1 December 2022
The 50th anniversary of the deaths of three Dublin bus workers was marked in the city on 1 December, the date on which Tommy Duffy and George Bradshaw were killed in Sackville Place off O’Connell Street. Tommy Douglas was killed in the same place on 20 January 1973. Free article
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