BY IAN MILNE

BY IAN MILNE

IT was great sadness that I learned of the death of Volunteer Eugene O’Neill from Clady in South Derry.  Eugene was 51 years of age, he been on the run since the mid-1970s and had only recently returned home.
Eugene was a gentleman. He would have given you the shirt off his back. He was someone you could rely on.
A committed republican, Eugene was so... Free article

I nDíl Chuimhne

1 April 1980: Volunteer Robert CARR, Newry Brigade.
2 April 1987: Volunteer Laurence MARLEY, Belfast Brigade, 3rd Battalion.
2 April 1992: Danny CASSIDY, Sinn Féin.
4 April 1971: Volunteer Tony HENDERSON, Belfast Brigade, 1st Battalion.
4 April 1989: Volunteer Gerard CASEY, North Antrim Brigade.
4 April 1994 Volunteer John O’RAWE, Belfast Brigade, 1st Battalion.
5... Free article

CLARE

Volunteer Hugh Hehir Commemoration
2pm Sunday 8th May. Meet at Clarecastle Church. Speaker: Councillor Maurice Quinlivan. Volunteer Ed O’Brien RFB in attendance

CORK

Easter Function
9pam Easter Sunday April 24th, MacCurtain/MacSwiney Republican Flute Band Fundraiser. Featuring ‘Clan Éireann’. St Vincent’s GAA Club, Blarney Road, Cork City. Táille €10

CUBA : 50^th ANNIVERSARY OF BAY OF PIGS INVASION

Thursday 14 April

LIMERICK @ 6pm

Reinaldo Taladrid – Public meeting at the University of Limerick – Room C1061 in Main Building

WATERFORD @ 7pm

Maria Aleida del Riego – Public meeting

More info from Waterford Trades Council, Tommy Hogan @ 086 165 6818

Saturday 16 April 9am to 6pm

DUBLIN ALL-DAY CONFERENCE

Liberty Hall

Admission:... Free article

ÓGRA Shinn Féin have produced an election broadcast for Fermanagh/South Tyrone Sinn Féin. The republican youth movement have uploaded the broadcast onto YouTube and will be promoting through the various social networks like Facebook and Twitter from now until May 5.

The video features footage from last year's election and emphasises the point that every single vote counts.

It... Free article

GERRY ADAMS wrote this piece on Saturday 9 April 2011 on his Léargas blog. An Phoblacht carries it as a clear exposition of the republican position following the killing of PSNI Constable Ronan Kerr at Omagh a week previously.

SINCE RONAN KERR'S MURDER on Saturday 2 April, I have met many people. Most have been republican former prisoners and their families and other activists of... Free article

AS PARTY LEADER, one of my tasks on a daily basis in the Dáil is to question the Taoiseach. There are two opportunities for this. Taoiseach’s Questions is an opportunity to ask Enda Kenny about issues for which he has specific responsibility and Leader’s Questions are on the important matters of the day.

Thus far I have used the opportunity afforded by Taoiseach’s Questions... Free article

MARYKATE QUINN (Lagan Valley) is one of the new generation of Sinn Féin representatives.

A 23-year-old political and community activist in the Crumlin/Glenavy area, she attended St Mary's University College where she was secretary of the hurling club and, in 2010, graduated with a degree in Liberal Arts and History.

MaryKate joined Sinn Féin in 2007 and her talent and enthusiasm... Free article