REPUBLICANS in the Glens of Antrim were saddened to hear of the recent passing of John McNeill.
John was born on the family farm in Glendun in December 1933. He attended the local schools and on leaving continued to work the family’s land.
John was a committed republican who, after coming to the attention of the forces of the state in July 1957, was arrested and interned in... Free article

North Louth/South Armagh

THE Republican Movement across North Louth and South Armagh learned of the untimely death of Charlie McIlroy on February 13th with a mixture of sadness and great pride.
Charlie was born on the September 11th 1958 at Mounthill near the Armagh/Louth border.  Born in a staunchly republican area, Charlie witnessed first-hand the worst brutality of the... Free article

Hunger Strike changed the face of politics in Ireland

IRELAND’S hunger strikers and the 30th anniversary of the death of Bobby Sands MP were remembered in a commemoration held at the Hunger Strike Memorial in Dublin’s Glasnevin cemetery on Saturday 7th May in a week that saw a number of events the length and breadth of Ireland and overseas.
Hunger Striker Frank Stagg’s sister,... Free article

May – A traumatic month

MAY 1981 was one the most traumatic months in modern Irish republican history with the deaths on hunger strike of Bobby Sands MP, Francis Hughes, Raymond McCreesh and Patsy O’Hara.
May 1981 was evidence of the callous, vindictive and intransigent approach that the regime of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was to take in reaction to the just... Free article

Historic breakthroughs and a unionist leader shooting from the lip

BY PEADAR WHELAN

BY PEADAR WHELAN

THE West Belfast count was being held in the once-prestigious King’s Hall. Proceedings were dragging on and on and it was to be a feature of the electoral post-mortems that politician after politician would criticise the Chief Electoral Officer, Graham Shields, for the shambles.Free article

LE TREVOR Ó CLOCHARTAIGH

TÁ athrú mór saol tarlaithe dom le mí anuas agus mé tofa i mo Sheanadóir do Shinn Féin. Ach is athrú é a bhfuil mé ag dúil go mór leis agus a mbeidh dualgais agus dúshláin faoi leith ag baint leis. Cé go dtógfaidh sé tamall dul i dtaithí ar dhaoine a bheith ag glaoch ‘Seanadóir’ orm agus dul ar réimeas agus foirmeáltacht Theach Laighean agus gach a... Free article

BY JOHN HEDGES

THE REPUBLICAN VOICE grew stronger in the corridors of power in the 26 Counties with the election in April of three new senators for Sinn Féin – David Cullinane, An Phoblacht columnist Trevor Ó Clochartaigh and Kathryn Reilly, at 22 the youngest member of the Oireachtas and the youngest-ever senator.
This brings the Oireachtas Sinn Féin numbers up to 17,... Free article

Extreme Rambling

COMEDIAN MARK THOMAS has used his cutting-edge wit to reach wider audiences about civil liberties, human rights and truly life and death issues at home and around the world.
A performer since 1985, he has worked as a comic, an activist and a writer. He has made seven series of his own show for Channel 4, including ‘The After Schools Arms Club’ in which he and a... Free article

30 years on, Bobby Sands continues to inspire people around the world

IN the lead-up to the 30th anniversary of the death on Hunger Strike of Bobby Sands MP on 5th May 1981, Bobby’s close friend and leading Belfast Sinn Féin activist Séanna Walsh spoke about the man who has become a revolutionary icon around the world

DISCUSSING the impact of the 1981 Hunger Strike on the course... Free article

The only things Big about Cameron’s Society are the lies that underpin it

BY LAURA FRIEL

BY LAURA FRIEL

DO YOU REMEMBER the slogan “No war but class war”? It was very popular amongst anarchist and other Left groups in Britain during times of industrial disputes.
As a consequence, the notion of ‘class war’ has a whiff of coal dust about it. It evokes images of street, factory... Free article