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
Sinn Féin to table no confidence motion in Simon Coveney
10 September 2021
Sinn Féin is to table a no confidence motion in Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney after it became clear that Taoiseach Micheál Martin would not sanction the Fine Gael minister. Free article
Defence of the Realm Act
28 August 2021
The Defence of the Realm Act (DORA) introduced by the British government in late 1914 gave the Dublin Castle authorities widespread draconian powers for Ireland. Free article
Oidhreacht 1981
24 August 2021
Scríobhann an iar-chime agus an Comhairleoir Séanna Walsh ar oidhreacht 1981, an Ghaeilge, agus na cimí dóchlóite dósháraithe sin arb iad a chomrádaithe. Free article
McAnespie murder case finally gets a court trial
23 August 2021
The McAnespie family and Sinn Féin have welcomed decision to charge former Grenadier Guardsman David Holden the killer of Aidan McAnespie for his murder in 1988. Free article
British state policy: denounced in the court of international opinion - Declan Kearney
23 August 2021
In his latest blog, Declan Kearney reflects on the historic journey of Naomh Eanna GAC and rejects attempts to put British state forces who murdered Irish citizens above law. Free article
Roger Casement remembered in London
16 August 2021
The 105th anniversary of the execution of Roger Casement was marked in London in early August, when Francie Molloy, MP for Mid Ulster, addressed a commemoration outside Pentonville Prison in Islington. Free article
Latest phase of British brinkmanship over the Protocol is deeply corrosive - Declan Kearney
13 August 2021
In his latest blog, Declan Kearney brands the latest phase of British brinkmanship over the Protocol 'deeply corrosive'. Free article
Thomas McElwee – Died on 8 August 1981 after 62 days on hunger strike in the H-Blocks of Long Kesh
8 August 2021
Thomas McElwee, at the age of 23, was the tenth man to join the 1981 Hunger Strike. From Bellaghy in south Derry, he was imprisoned in 1976 after a premature bomb explosion in which he lost an eye. Free article
This is 2021, not Mississippi in the 1960s: It's time to stand up against sectarianism
4 August 2021
In this article, Sinn Féin MLA and National Chairperson Declan Kearney argues that it is time to take a stand against sectarianism, discrimination and division and to promote a better future for all. Free article
50th anniversary of Internment without trial 9 August 1971
3 August 2021
50 years ago on 9 August 1971 the British government in London, at the request of the Unionist government in Stormont, imposed internment without trial in the Six Counties, pouring petrol on the flames of conflict. We re-publish here the story of Internment as told by the late historian Shane Mac Thomáis. Free article
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