Following the split in the IRA in December 1969 and Sinn Féin in January 1970, one of the first actions of those who rejected the Goulding/MacGiolla leadership and who formed the Provisional Army Council of the IRA and the Caretaker Executive of Sinn Féin was to launch a publicity fund with a view to establishing their own republican newspaper. Free article

RTÉ provided Fianna Fáil with advance notice of the topics for the RTÉ Leaders' Debate on Tuesday, An Phoblacht can reveal.

Correspondence seen by An Phoblacht shows that an e-mail outlining the main topics was provided to Fianna Fáil at 1.24am on Tuesday morning.

However Sinn Féin, who only received an invite to the debate on Monday after widespread public outrage over their... Free article

On Saturday 8th February from 7am to 10pm we vote in General Election 2020. People in Ireland and worldwide fought and died for the right to vote. Make sure you use your right. Here is some basic information about voting.  Free article

In this article, Sinn Féin National Chairperson and Junior Minister Declan Kearney MLA has outlined the political challenges and opportunities facing Irish republicans brought about by the changing political circumstances. Free article

The northern Assembly has declared a climate emergency after a motion tabled by Sinn Féin MLA Caoimhe Archibald received cross-party support. Free article

The 1910 General Election for the Westminster Parliament was momentous for both Ireland and Britain and it helped to set in train political events that would lead to the 1916 Rising. Free article

Nationalists are getting fed up with those who talk about wanting to see a united Ireland but do nothing about it, a leading human rights professor and Irish unity campaigner has said. Free article

First published in the Irish Central website in the US, this article looks at a recent visit to America by newly elected North Belfast MP, John Finucane. Free article

"They have tried to carve up government and opposition, and now they want to carve up this election by excluding Sinn Féin," said Pearse Doherty Free article

The 2020 General Election is happening 100 years after the first elections in Ireland held under the proportional representation/single transferable (PR/STV) voting system. The 1920 local government elections were held in two stages – city and town councils in January and county and rural councils in June. Sinn Féin swept the boards, as the party had done in the 1918 General Election, and won majorities on most councils throughout the country. Free article