Anphoblacht

Tue, 26 Nov 2024 15:41:00 +0000
Change is in the air: The general election, Irish unity & a new future for all
During this general election campaign in the south of Ireland, the electorate has been presented with a real choice - between the plan for change presented by Sinn Féin, or more of the same from the two conservative parties, Fine Gael and Fianna Fá...

Sat, 09 Nov 2024 10:00:00 +0000
The dead from all traditions should be afforded respectful commemoration
Sinn Féin’s National Chairperson Declan Kearney MLA has said everyone should be afforded the right of respectful commemoration.

Wed, 23 Oct 2024 18:03:51 +0100
Apocalypse in Gaza & the West’s moral hypocrisy
Last Saturday in Brussels I addressed the launch of a European Anti-Apartheid campaign in support of Palestine.  The conference occurred at a time a population of 400,000 Palestinians faces total annihilation in northern Gaza. All food and medic...

Mon, 14 Oct 2024 09:31:14 +0100
The burning of Long Kesh
15 OCTOBER marks the 50th anniversary of the burning of Long Kesh camp in 1974 by republican POWs in protest at conditions and ill-treatment. In an article originally published in the November 1994 issue of Captive Voice, a magazine produced by repub...

Mon, 07 Oct 2024 12:22:03 +0100
Parallel lies – British duplicity in Palestine and Ireland
Book Review by Mícheál Mac Donncha: ‘Policy of Deceit – Britain and Palestine 1914-1939’ by Peter Shambrook

Fri, 06 Sep 2024 17:23:21 +0100
The occupation of Palestine is not intractable: The way forward is obvious
Writing in his latest blog for An Phoblacht, Declan Kearney says that the occupation of Palestine is not intractable and that the way forward is obvious.

Thu, 29 Aug 2024 11:23:12 +0100
The IRA cessation of August 1994
From midnight on Wednesday 31 August 1994 the Irish Republican Army commenced what it described as “a complete cessation of all military operations”. The IRA said it was taking this momentous step “to enhance the democratic peace process and un...

Wed, 21 Aug 2024 09:54:00 +0100
Vindication at last
‘The Last Disco - the Story of the Stardust Tragedy’ by Seán Murray, Christine Behan and Nicky Ryan. Published by Eriu.

Mon, 19 Aug 2024 09:33:43 +0100
Remembering the Past: 19 prisoners escape from Portlaoise
ONE of the most successful and spectacular escapes during the present struggle for freedom was the mass breakout by 19 republican prisoners from Portlaoise Prison in the summer of 1974. In November 1973, ten days after the dramatic escape of three r...

Sun, 18 Aug 2024 09:07:13 +0100
The death of Michael Devine
August 20th marks the death of Michael Devine, the 10th republican hunger striker to die in 1981. Born in Derry, Devine grew up in the tumult of the civil rights protests, internment and Bloody Sunday in January 1972. He died after 60 days on hunge...

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