Ireland

Dublin demands abortion rights in huge 'Repeal the 8th' march

Tens of thousands marched through Dublin on September 24 calling for abortion rights, reported the next day.聽Marchers carried banners calling on the Irish government to 鈥渞epeal the 8th,鈥 the amendment to the Irish constitution which gives foetuses a 鈥渞ight to life鈥 deemed equal with that of pregnant women, rendering almost all abortions illegal.

Ireland: Tens of thousands protest water charges

Tens of thousands of protesters marched through Dublin on September 17 in a national demonstration against water charges, said on September 19.

Britain issues non-apology for loyalist massacre

Irish republican party Sinn Fein has condemned the British government鈥檚 non-apology over police collusion in a 1994 massacre in the six northern Irish counties still claimed by Britain.

On June 18, 1994, masked men armed with assault rifles burst into a pub in Loughinisland in County Down as Catholic civilians watched a Republic of Ireland World Cup football match. Opening fire, they killed six people and injured five.

Fans of Scotland鈥檚 Glasgow Celtic FC display Palestinian flags.

Taking a stand for Palestine, Celtic fans prove sport and politics do mix

During Glasgow-based football club Celtic FC's August 17 European Champions League qualifying fixture in Glasgow against Israeli club, Hapoel Beer Sheva of Israel, Celtic supporters defied an explicit UEFA ban to fly Palestinian flags in solidarity with Palestine's struggle for freedom.

Dublin rally issues new call for a united Ireland

Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams addresses the June 29 rally for Irish unity. Hundreds of people packed into the Liberty Hall Theatre in Dublin on June 29 as calls for a referendum on a united Ireland continue to grow following Britain's June 23 vote in favour of leaving the European Union. It came after the six counties in Ireland's north still claimed by Britain voted to stay in the EU.

Brexit sparks calls for referendums on Irish unity and Scottish independence

THERE are calls for referendums on Irish unity and Scottish independence as both the North of Ireland and Scotland look set to be dragged out of the European Union despite voting overwhelmingly to remain. Huge votes in favour of a so-called 'Brexit' in England and Wales gave a final result of 52% voting to leave European community which Britain joined in 1973. In the North almost 56% of citizens voted to remain in the EU. Sinn F茅in National Chairperson Declan Kearney MLA says there is now a democratic imperative for a referendum on Irish unity:

EU needs radical reform, but a 'Brexit' a disaster for Ireland

Martina Anderson, a Sinn Fein Member of the European Parliament, has said that Ireland faced huge implications from a partial disengagement or full scale withdrawal (a 鈥淏rexit鈥) by the British state from the European Union. Anderson said the implications of a Brexit for Ireland included the formal repeal or significant erosion of human rights protections, which would have hugely negative implications for Ireland in the six northern counties still claimed by Britain and in the south.
Proclamation of the Irish Republic

Gerry Adams: '1916 Rising was right 鈥 and we still need a just republic'

The 100th anniversary of Ireland鈥檚 Easter Rising against British rule was commemorated over the Easter weekend in Ireland and across the world. Although the rebellion failed, it spurred the Irish liberation struggle amid widespread anger at savage British repression.

A photograph of the Rising by Walter Doughty.

When Ireland rose against colonialism and imperialist war 鈥 100 years on from the Easter Rising

This Easter marks 100 years since Ireland's Easter Rising, when republicans launched an armed insurrection against British rule. Seizing Dublin's General Post Office, the rebels proclaimed an Irish republic based on the principles of freedom and equality.

Ireland: Establishment parties hammered, anti-austerity vote rises

80,000 people marched in Dublin on February 20 to call for a "government of change" ahead of the February 26 elections. Photo via An Phoblacht. In a sign of popular anger, the combined vote of the two parties that have long dominated the southern Irish state 鈥 Fine Gael (FG) and Fianna Fail (FF) 鈥 has fallen below 50% for the first time in Irish electoral history.

Ireland: 80,000 march for 'government of change' ahead of vote

Dublin, February 20. Photo via An Phoblacht. Tens of thousands of people took to the streets of Dublin on February 20 in support of a Right2Change rally calling for an end to water charges and support for the Right2Change candidates in the February 26 general election, the next day

BDS campaign makes gains, faces fresh attacks

There has been plenty of heat this Palestinian winter in the campaign for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) against Israel. There have been some important victories, helped by the increased scrutiny of Israeli state violence since October. And equally, the hysteria from Israeli and Western political establishments over the 鈥渢hreat鈥 posed by the BDS campaign has reached new levels.