A GENUINE IRISH REPUBLIC | AS WE APPROACH 2016 . . .

BY CIARÁN QUINN

MICHAEL NOONAN, in his introduction to the 2012 Budget as the Fine Gael/Labour Finance Minister, told the Dáil:
“On this day 90 years ago, on 6 December 1921, the Treaty was signed. The Treaty restored Ireland’s sovereignty which for so long had been lost.”
Getting the first line of the Budget so wrong was not... Free article

NEW YEAR INTERVIEW | GERRY ADAMS TD, PRESIDENT OF SINN FÉIN

AFTER A BANNER YEAR for Sinn Féin and five elections since January 2011, An Phoblacht’s ROBBIE SMYTH (below left) caught up with party president Gerry Adams in Dublin and found him tired and itching to get back home. We found a Gerry Adams who refuses to be simply reflective on over four decades in political life but who... Free article

THE YEAR 2012 marks the centenary of the escalation of what was known as the Home Rule crisis during which the opposition Conservative & Unionist Party in Britain ruthlessly stoked Ulster unionist sectarianism. The Tories went so far as to threaten civil war in order to topple the Liberal Government and to prevent any measure of even limited Irish autonomy.
After two general... Free article

A CROWD of close to 100 people gathered in Donaghcumper Cemetery, Celbridge, on Sunday 27 November to remember veteran Celbridge republican Tom Kealy.
Speaking at the graveside, Ide Cussen of Kildare Sinn Fein said:
“It is of great significance to hold this commemoration on the 30th anniversary of Tom’s passing which is also the year of the 30th anniversary of the 1981 Hunger... Free article

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LE P Ó SNODAIG

‘LAOCH AR LÁR’ - ró-mhinic ráite ach i gcás Dháithí Ui hÓgáin do b’fhíor é. Is trua linn mar a bhuail a bhás a theaghlach féin, a ghaolta, a chairde.
Cé gur theagmhaigh ailse leis tá breis agus trí bhliain ó shin bhi sé chomh láidir, chomh dearfach, chomh leanúnach sin go deire gur ar éigin gur ghlac muid go raibh sé i ndáiríre ag saothrú leis sub ombra... Free article

BY MICHAEL BURKE
Independent economic commentator and writer for Socialist Economic Bulletin

JUST BEFORE CHRISTMAS, the DUP won a vote for a motion it tabled in the House of Commons. It is extremely unusual for an opposition party to win a parliamentary vote. But the DUP is not really an opposition party at all and the motion was to congratulate the Tory-led Government on its... Free article

County Monaghan

THE passing in the last months of 2011 of two County Monaghan, lifelong republican activists in their 90s has caused great sadness but has also given rise to great memories shared by their many comrades and friends across north County Monaghan.
The death in mid-September of John McQuaid of Barratitoppy in the Knockatallon area of the county has seen the door... Free article

ANNUAL SEÁN SABHAT COMMEMORATION
Sunday 8th January. Assemble: Bedford Row, Limerick City, at 2:45pm. Speaker to be announced. Organised by Limerick City Sinn Féin.

I nDíl Chuimhne

2 January 1991: Volunteer Patrick SHEEHY, Limerick Brigade.
5 January 1979: Volunteer Frankie DONNELLY, Volunteer Laurence MONTGOMERY, Belfast Brigade, 3rd Battalion.
7 January 1972: Volunteer Danny O’NEILL, Belfast Brigade, 2nd Battalion.
8 January 1992: Volunteer Proinsias Mac AIRT, Belfast Brigade, 2nd Battalion.
10 January 1975: Volunteer John Francis GREEN,... Free article

HISTORICAL ENQUIRIES TEAM | INVESTIGATION DETAILS HANDED TO REPORTERS

BY PEADAR WHELAN

» BY PEADAR WHELAN

THE credibility of the Historical Enquiries Team (HET) is being further eroded by leaks from within the HET to the press about ongoing investigations involving the RUC.
In December, HET investigators leaked information about the 1987 killings of eight IRA Volunteers and a... Free article