FOLLOWING the success of last year’s event, the organisers of Athy’s May Day Festival have decided to extend the festival into a two-day event, beginning on Saturday 30th April of the May holiday weekend and continuing into Sunday 1st May.

The round-table discussion on Sunday on the radical Left republican tradition in Irish history includes panellists Brian Hanley (co-author of... Free article

KATHRYN REILLY has won a seat for Sinn Féin in the Seanad elections, joining David Cullinane and Trevor Ó Clochartaigh as Sinn Féin senators and becoming the youngest member of the Oireachtas at the age of 22.

From Ballyjamesduff, County Cavan, Kathryn is an Honours graduate from Dublin City University where she completed a degree in Economics, Politics and Law and has also... Free article

‘Irish unity makes economic and political sense’ – Gerry Adams

SINN FÉIN President and TD for Louth and East Meath Gerry Adams told republican commemorations in Drogheda and Dundalk that the leaders of 1916 would be appalled by the policies of this and previous Dublin governments:

Never was there greater need for republican politics on this island than today. The Republic... Free article

GRASSROOTS UNIONIST VOTERS have discovered they share the views of Sinn Féin on day-to-day policy issues, a Belfast Telegraph poll has revealed.

The results came in the latest phase of the Telegraph’s ‘True Colours’ online survey, in which people from Belfast and Derry have been taking the test.

Participants are asked to support, oppose or remain neutral on a series of policy... Free article

SINN FEIN MP for Mid-Ulster Martin McGuinness has congratulated the party’s new Seanad members, Trevor Ó Clochartaigh from Galway and Daivd Culinane from Waterford.

Martin McGuinness said:

The election of Trevor and David to the Seanad brings our Oireactas representation to 16. It is a major advance on our previous strength in Leinster House. We now have significant... Free article

From ABC News in Australia

For a monarchy to be issuing decrees about how the media should cover them seems quite out of keeping with modern democratic times . . . but I suppose that's exactly what the monarchy is

The Chaser's Chris Taylor says it is an "honour" to be taken off air by the Queen herself

JUST two days before Prince William and Kate Middleton are due to... Free article

AN PHOBLACHT columnist Trevor Ó Clochartaigh has been elected to the Agricultural panel of the Seanad for Sinn Féin.

Speaking from Leinster House, Senator Ó Clochartaigh said:

Today is great day for Sinn Féin in Galway West and I want to thank all those who voted for me throughout the country.

I look forward to playing an important role in Sinn Féin’s enlarged Leinster House... Free article

From Britain's Republic website

REPUBLICANS from across Europe will meet in London on the day after the royal wedding for the second Convention of the Alliance of European Republican Movements (AERM).

The Convention will be hosted by Republic, the British republican campaign, and attended by republicans from all the large European monarchies: Spain, the Netherlands, Belgium,... Free article