I nDíl Chuimhne

1 May 1993 Alan LUNDY, Sinn Féin.
2 May 1987 Volunteer Finbarr McKENNA, Belfast Brigade, 2nd Battalion.
3 May 1974: Volunteer Teddy CAMPBELL, Long Kesh.
5 May 1981: Volunteer Bobby SANDS, H-Block Martyrs.
5 May 1992: Volunteer Christy HARFORD, Dublin Brigade.
6 May 1988: Volunteer Hugh HEHIR, Clare Brigade.
7 May 1974: Volunteer Frederick LEONARD, Belfast Brigade,... Free article

HERE are the events that the National Hunger Strike Commemoration Committee knows of to mark the 30th anniversary of the heroic 1980/1981 Hunger Strikes.
Updates can be got from Maureen or Deirdre at the National Hunger Strike Commemoration Committee at 028 9034 7350 or [email protected] or local Sinn Féin contacts in your area.
The An Phoblacht website will also list... Free article

THE findings of the public inquiry into the murder of Lurgan solicitor Rosemary Nelson will be made public on May 23rd.
Secretary of State Owen Paterson said the report will be shown to the Nelson family before it is published in full.
Rosemary Nelson died on March 15th 1999 after a booby-trap bomb placed under her car exploded. Before she died, Rosemary, a human rights lawyer,... Free article

THE European Parliament has been in Strasbourg for its plenary session this week (9th to12th May). Topics on the agenda included cloning, lobbying, and shipments of toxic waste.
Talks on new EU rules on ‘novel foods’ - GMOs and food from cloned animals - remain at an impasse after a breakdown in negotiations between MEPs and member states last month.
The main point of disagreement... Free article

IN RUAIRÍ QUINN’S autobiography, Straight Left, he argued that during the 1990s the then Fine Gael/Labour Government made southern Irish state membership of the euro a key strategic imperative. He argued that membership would bring “solidarity” from other member-states and “low interest rates” to Irish borrowers, both of which would be key to our future economic development.
I... Free article

DURING the state visit of the British queen to the 26 Counties from May 17th, Sinn Féin is staging a number of events around her itinerary.
It is also supporting ceremonies held by victims group Justice for the Forgotten calling for full co-operation by Queen Elizabeth’s government into the Dublin/Monaghan bombings.
The British queen arrives in Dublin on the exact anniversary of... Free article

Knockatallon, County Monaghan

A LARGE CROWD of republicans gathered in Knockatallon, County Monaghan, on Saturday evening, 23rd April, to remember “one of Ireland’s most fearless and dedicated soldiers”, Óglach Seamus McElwain on the 25th anniversary of his execution by the British Army’s SAS.
The commemoration was led by a republican colour party and there were two bands... Free article

The ‘Partition Election’ and the Second Dáil Éireann

BY MAY 1921, the war in Ireland was at its most intense. The country was under British military rule with crown forces carrying out widespread murder, maiming, burning and looting. The resistance of the IRA had been stepped up with flying columns operating successfully in several parts of the country. British forces were... Free article

AREN’T elections a serious handlin’, Enda? Candidate-itis afflicts even the most guaranteed election runner going forward. The party managers have cut their territory back to the bone and there is no quota left in the quarter of a field that they are expected to plough.
You meet all kinds of hardliners who never threw a stone in anger. We tell them that, whatever day Ireland is... Free article

LE MAIRTÍN Mac EOIN

LE MAIRTÍN Mac EOIN

CUIMHNIGH! Dá mbeadh Pairtí an Lucht Oibre sa bhfreasúra agus an rialtas ag bagairt ionsaithe ar phágh is coinníollacha oibre sa tseirbhís phoiblí, nach mbeadh an spéir dubh le cáineadh is damnú?
Bealach an Lucht Oibre nó bealach Frankfurt an rogha a chuirfí romhainn.
Agus dá mbeadh duine ar bith a chuala feachtas an toghcháin ach a... Free article