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Hunger for Justice (Free article)
4 February 2026
50 years ago this week Proinsias (Frank) Stagg was on the last days of his hunger strike. His protest was to demand an end to the inhuman treatment to which he had been subjected as an Irish Republican prisoner in English jails, and for repatriation to a jail in the Six Counties. His family and comrades had campaigned tirelessly for him but the…
Frank Stagg – two governments could not silence him (Free article)
10 February 2026
Irish Republican Frank Stagg was in a battle for his rights and against brutal English prison conditions from the day of his arrest in Coventry in 1973 until the hour he died in Wakefield Prison on 12th February 1976. His death after 62 days on hunger strike had been preceded by efforts in Ireland and Britain by campaigners, including his family,…
The importance of Frank Stagg 50 years on (Free article)
11 February 2026
Derrin Ó Brádaigh tracks the links between Frank Stagg’s hunger strike 50 years ago and the Palestinian activists who spent 73 days on hunger strike this year.
Frank Stagg: 50 Years On – “We Are a Risen People” (Free article)
12 February 2026
Today marks fifty years since the death of Frank Stagg – the young Mayo man who gave his life on hunger strike in Wakefield Prison on 12 February 1976. Half a century later, his courage, his conviction, and his unbreakable belief in Irish freedom still echo through our national story.
Sinn Féin decision on White House timely in light of Rubio speech (Free article)
17 February 2026
Sinn Féin President Mary Lou McDonald announced on Monday that party representatives will not participate in St Patrick’s Day events in the White House this year.
Rory O'Connor - new light on an elusive figure (Free article)
18 February 2026
Gerard Shannon, author of the first ever biography of Rory O'Connor, speaks to An Phoblacht's Mícheál Mac Donncha. Best remembered for his execution by the Free State government with Liam Mellows, Joe McKelvey and Richard Barrett on 8 December 1922, Rory O'Connor was a key member of the IRA leadership from 1917 on, though mostly out of the public…
Mícheál Martin is an obstacle to Irish Unity in Fianna Fáil’s centenary year (Free article)
23 February 2026
Fianna Fáil Taoiseach Mícheál Martin has gone from delaying progress towards Irish Unity to actually becoming an obstacle to that objective which is enshrined in the Irish Constitution. And this is in the centenary year of Fianna Fáil, ‘the Republican Party’ which regards itself as the champion of the constitutional pursuit of national…
Ard Fheis stairiúil Chonradh na Gaeilge i mBéal Feirste (Free article)
24 February 2026
Beidh daoine ann sna glúnta romhainn a thabharfaidh a mionn leat go raibh siad i láthair ag Ard Fheis stairiúil Chonradh na Gaeilge i mBéal Feirste 2026. An Ard Fheis, deirfimis, nuair a ceartaíodh botún mór a rinneadhi leasú bunreacht na heagraíochta thiar i 2008.
The Prison Struggle 1976-1981 (Free article)
27 February 2026
Between 1976 and 1981 the prisons in the Six Counties became front lines in the struggle for Irish freedom with an intensity and for a duration never seen before in Irish history. This stemmed from the attempt begun 50 years ago by the British government to brand Irish Republicans prisoners as criminals.
US-Israeli imperialism unleashes carnage across Middle East (Free article)
8 March 2026
The two most corrupt leaders in the history of their countries are leading an imperialist war in the Middle East that has unleashed carnage across the region and no-one knows how or where it will end.
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