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
1916 Chronology of events
16 April 2022
Éirí Amach na Cásca – The 1916 Easter Rising - First published in Éiri amach na Cásca, The Easter Rising 1916, by Republican Publications, April 1986 Free article
The vision of 1916 remains our reference point for the new Ireland – Declan Kearney
15 April 2022
Declan Kearney has said the vision of 1916 remains our reference point for the new Ireland. Free article
IRA occupation of the Four Courts
14 April 2022
100 years ago on 14 April 1922 the anti-Treaty IRA occupied the Four Courts in the centre of Dublin. The pro-Treaty Free State Army, then being built up, had already occupied evacuated British Army barracks in the capital, including Beggars Bush which they made their headquarters. Free article
Easter 2022 Commemorations and Speakers
11 April 2022
This coming weekend, Republicans will gather at various locations across the island of Ireland for this years Easter Commemorations. Here you can find details for all commemorations such as times, locations and main speakers. Free article
The future we want for our children
7 April 2022
The scale of Sinn Féin’s achievement in the Assembly election cannot be underestimated. In the decades since the election of Bobby Sands in Fermanagh South Tyrone in April 1981, the party has consistently grown its support across the island. No other political party in Ireland has had this scale of continued electoral success. Free article
The fall of Stormont 1972
28 March 2022
After over five decades in existence with its in-built Unionist majority, described by its founder James Craig as “a Protestant parliament and a Protestant state”, the Parliament of ‘Northern Ireland’ at Stormont reached the point of collapse at the end of March 1972. Free article
The IRA Convention of March 1922
25 March 2022
The period after the narrow Dáil vote in favour of the Treaty in January 1922 saw division between the pro and anti-Treaty sides widening but also many efforts to maintain unity and to prevent armed conflict. Free article
‘An incredible Read’ Jim McVeigh’s 'Stolen Faith' reviewed
25 March 2022
‘A powerful read and a fitting testament to all those who suffered at the hands of the State and Church in their horrific institutions’. Kathleen Function reviews Jim McVeigh’s 'Stolen Faith'. Free article
DUP stance on Assembly Executive hurting unionist families
24 March 2022
With just six weeks to the Assembly election the DUP are putting electoral concerns ahead of supporting tens of thousands of vulnerable children Free article
Orange state terror - the Cromwell Club
23 March 2022
One hundred years ago the new state of ‘Northern Ireland’ was being consolidated by the Unionist Party, the Orange Order and the British crown forces by means of sectarian terror against the non-unionist population, especially in Belfast. Free article
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