The first woman to be elected chairperson of Arklow Town Council, Maria Curran, was remembered by éirígí on Sunday [March 7] with a wreath laying ceremony to coincide with International Women’s Day.
Calls have been made for a specialist police unit to deal with dissident incidents amid fears that PSNI caution over the heightened terrorist threat could be putting lives at risk.
St. Patricks day 2009 präglades av opolitiska kravaller i Belfast. Årets fest blev betydligt lugnare, men polisens fokus var ej heller i år riktade mot vanliga ungdomar, utan republikaner.
A 27-year-old Derry man was sentenced to three months in prison suspended for 18 months on Friday for playing the Wolfe Tones loudly on his car stereo while driving past supporters of a Twelfth parade in Derry last July.
Following is an interview with famous irish republican Seamus Twomey on the subject of irish nationalism, republicanism and socialism. From a Richard Kearney Interview with Seamus Twomey Author(s): Seamus Twomey Source: The Crane Bag, Vol. 1, No. 2, Nationalism , pp. 21-26
Approx 100 strong people turned out on the freezing Sunday morning the 21th to commemorate Republican Icon Brendan "the dark" Hughes on the second anniversary of his death.
"For all who have fallen in the liberation struggle. They must live again through us and our struggles. Through our children and our unborn they must enjoy the rewards of victory - a victory towards which they have already made infinite contributions." - Angela Davis
Leading Derry dissident republican Gary Donnelly is currently on hunger strike in Maghaberry prison.
Donnelly, a prominent member of the 32 County Sovereignty Movement (32CSM), began his protest fast on Friday after he was moved from the republican wing in the jail to an isolation unit after receiving a death threat, reportedly from the Real IRA.
Two weeks ago, the Derry republican was sentenced to seven months' imprisonment after losing his appeal after being convicted of assaulting a police officer.
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He was moved onto the republican wing in the jail last Wednesday but was told by prison staff that the Real IRA had issued a death threat against him. His supporters say he refused to leaving the republican landing, insisting he was not under threat from any republican group. He began his hunger strike at 6pm on Friday after the decision was made to remove him from the republican landing.
It is understood that a priest visited the prison authorities on Friday night with a message stating that the Creggan man was not under threat from the Real IRA.
However on Saturday morning he was removed from the republican wing by riot police. His supporters have also claimed that he was strip searched five times since entering the prison just over a week ago.
A spokesperson for the 32CSM said a protest will be held today at Free Derry Corner at 2pm in support of Donnelly.
"32CSM activist Gary Donnelly was recently imprisoned after being assaulted by a member of the PSNI/RUC in Derry. Shortly after his incarceration Gary was placed on 'lockdown' and removed from the republican wing on the spurious grounds that his life was 'under threat from the Real IRA'. He was then placed in an isolation wing. As a consequence of this action, Gary has refused food pending his return to the republican wing," he said.
The spokesperson also said there is "no foundation" to the threat against the Derry dissident and to recent threats, reportedly from the Real IRA, issued to a number of individuals, including Sinn Féin press officer, Dale Moore.
A protest vigil is also planned for outside Maghaberry prison on Sunday evening.
