25 May 2012 Edition
A New Republic – A New Future

25 May 2012
ON 17 JUNE, Irish republicans will gather at Sallins in County Kildare and parade to Bodenstown Graveyard to once again honour the founding figure of Irish republicanism, Theobald Wolfe Tone. Free article
Schools pack launched by republican and loyalist ex-prisoners
25 May 2012

IT WAS an eclectic audience that gathered in the Mayor’s Parlour at the invitation of Sinn Féin Mayor Niall Ó Donnghaile for the launch of the Irish-language edition of the ‘From Prison to Peace’ education pack on 11 May. Free article
SAS licence to kill
25 May 2012

AN SAS soldier fired two shots into the prone body of a fatally wounded IRA Volunteer who had already been shot 22 times yet the SAS actions have been accepted by an inquest jury as “reasonable force”. Premium service article
Loughgall Martyrs remembered
25 May 2012

HUNDREDS of republicans from across Tyrone and all over Ireland have taken part in a series of events on the theme ‘The 25th Anniversary of the Loughgall Ambush’ to mark the SAS killing of eight IRA Volunteers and a civilian. Premium service article
1912: A Year to Remember
25 May 2012

IF A RANDOM SAMPLE of Belfast people was asked to name the most important event of 1912, it is highly likely that the majority of them would cite the sinking of the RMS Titanic. This is partly a consequence of the present saturation coverage of Titanic commemorations and partly a pre-existing, enduring interest in the story of the doomed vessel, the most famous ship in modern-day history. Free article
Martina Anderson selected as new MEP
25 May 2012

THE packed conference hall of the Waterfoot Hotel in Derry was full of goodwill for Martina Anderson on Thursday 17 May as she was chosen to replace Bairbre de Brún as the Sinn Féin MEP representing the Six Counties. Free article
EOIN Ó MURCHÚ
25 May 2012

NACH raibh sé dána do mhuintir na Gréige gan glacadh leis an moladh soiléir ón nGearmáin go gcaithfidis leanacht ar aghaidh le déine, le hocras agus le héadóchas. Premium service article
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Sinn Féin will ban fracking
25 May 2012

SINN FÉIN TDs and MLAs will move to ban fracking — the controversial ‘hydraulic fracturing’ gas exploration technique — anywhere in Ireland, Gerry Adams TD has told a public meeting in Carrick-on-Shannon, County Leirim, to discuss issues affecting rural communities. Free article
Environmental campaigners say: ‘Give back dirty money’
25 May 2012

A LEITRIM business umbrella group has been urged to hand back a €20,000 cash donation from the company at the centre of the fracking controversy in the north-west. Premium service article
Europe has chosen to save the banks, not the people
25 May 2012

This is funded by the European United Left/Nordic Green Left (GUE/NGL) Free article
Palestine hunger strike ends after Israel concedes key demands
25 May 2012

MORE THAN 1,600 Palestinian prisoners have ended their mass hunger strike in Israeli prisons after winning a number of their key demands on the eve of Nakba Day, marking the expulsion of more than 700,000 Palestinians from their homes by Zionists in 1948 to create the Israeli state. Free article
ETA move for talks rejected by Spain
25 May 2012
THE SPANISH GOVERNMENT has rejected a new move towards consolidating peace by Basque militant group ETA since it announced a “definitive end” to its armed campaign on 20 October of last year. Free article
Burning the barracks in Ballybrack and Kill o’the Grange
25 May 2012
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ON MAY 12th 1920, dozens of Irish republican prisoners were entering their 20th day of hunger strike in Wormwood Scrubs in England. At the same time there were numerous reports in the British media that ‘special forces’ were about to be sent to Ireland to deal with the intensifying IRA campaign against Britain’s continuing brutal occupation of Ireland – this was despite the fact that an overwhelming majority of Irish people had voted in favour of Irish independence in 1918. Free article