Shinn Féin Poblachtach Gaillimh.
Republican Sinn Féin Galway

Geraldine McNamara PRO of Republican Sinn Fein has called on the International community to protest by every means possible to the Israeli administration in order to highlight the plight of political prisoner Khader Adnan and his fellow detainees.

Khader Adnan has reached the 50th day of his hunger strike against prison conditions in Ofer Jail Israel. This includes five days of refusing liquids as well; Israeli prison officers have started force-feeding him liquids to keep...

The Carlow town based Myles Shevlin/Tony Ruane Cumann of Republican Sinn Féin will be holding a protest at the Liberty Tree 1798 monument in Carlow Town on Saturday February 11 from 1.00pm to 2.00pm.

The protest is to highlight the ongoing struggle for their right to political status by the Republican prisoners in Maghaberry prison, near Lisburn in Co Antrim.

In this issue:

1. Bloody Sunday march in Derry

2. Family vow to clear Bloody Sunday victim's name

3. British Crown Forces not welcome in Galway

4. Kevin Coen remembered in Sligo

5. Derry Fleadh is a blow to Irish culture

6. Mining company plan to use ‘fracking’ in Leitrim and Fermanagh

7. Publican threatened by Crown Forces to turn informer

8. 'Water-board' torture claims heard

9. Sherlock insists copyright law will go ahead

Geraldine McNamara, PRO, Republican Sinn Féin, said that the announcement by an Australian mining company Tamboran Resources that it intends to use fracking for mining in Co Leitrim and Co Fermanagh should be firmly opposed by local people in the area.

“Fracking is a process in which millions of gallons of chemical fluid is forced up to a mile beneath the surface to crack the rocks and release the natural gasses in them,” she said. “Much of the waste then ...

Today's march for truth and justice,remembering the 40th anniversary of 'Bloody Sunday', in Derry shows there is still a pulse beating!

The marchers were not intimidated by the Provo element in the six counties who tried to tell people that the march should no longer take place now that the British have apologised.

about two thousand people marched in the heavy rain to support the families of those who died 40 years ago when the British paratroopers went ...

Comhairle Uladh (Ulster Executive)

Republican Sinn Féin Poblachtach

Derry Fleadh is a blow to Irish culture

The decision by the executive of Comhaltas Ceoltóiri Éireann to stage Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann in Derry in 2013 is a major blow to Irish culture and the arts as it coincides with the city’s hosting of the “UK City of Culture.” The Fleadh will be overshadowed by the “UK City of Culture&#...

In this issue:

1. 24 hour protest fast by Republican prisoners

2. Republican POW denied release to attend father’s funeral

3. Rioting erupts in Derry following RUC raids

4. Martin McGuinness afraid of debate on Scottish independence debate

5. Cork protest in support of Republican POWs

6. Protest outside Craigavon court

7. No welcome for Crown Forces in Galway

8. No honour should be given to Margaret Thatcher by UCC Fine Gael

9. Duff...

Republican Sinn Féin Gaillimh wish to bring to the attention of the public a shameful PR stunt by British crown forces and facilitated by the College Football Association of Ireland.

On Tuesday, January 24 in Terryland Park, a soccer match was played between the 26-County army and the Royal Air Force, and on January 26 at 12pm the Colleges FAI will play the Royal Air Force at Drom, Co Galway, in what is termed a “friendly” set up by the Free State Army.

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Geraldine McNamara PRO of republican Sinn Fein said Martin McGuinness has shown his true colours today when he said” Northern Irish politicians should avoid getting involved in the debate over independence for Scotland and that the debate should not be allowed to cause division in the region”

Why is Martin afraid to debate Scottish independence Geraldine asks? Is it because it will show up very clearly how his own party have given up the cause of Irish independe...

Geraldine McNamara PRO of republican Sinn Fein said that there has been a decision by republican prisoners in Maghaberry Jail to commence a 24 hour fast tomorrow January 23, 2012 in protest of the decision by David Ford and the Prison Administration to refuse compassionate Parole for POW Damien McKenna to attend his Fathers funeral on Thursday 19th January.

Damien from Lurgan applied for compassionate parole to attend his father’s funeral in ...

The POW Department, Republican Sinn Féin, said in a statement on January 18 that the decision of the Stormont Justice Department to deny a Republican prisoner compassionate parole to attend his father’s funeral exposed the inhumanity of the British Prison service when dealing with Republican prisoners.

Spokesperson Josephine Hayden continued: “Damien McKenna of Lurgan applied for compassionate parole to attend his father’s funeral in Lurgan on January...

Geraldine McNamara national PRO of republican Sinn Fein said today that the decision by the student Fine Gael members in UCC to consider Margaret Thatcher as an honorary life member is an insult to those who suffered and lost their lives during Maggie’s reign of terror.

Any self respecting Irish person who knows anything about Irish history or the Hunger strikes during 1981 would feel nothing but contempt for the Iron Lady as she became known because of her inhumanit...

Geraldine McNamara PRO of Republican Sinn Fein said that the treatment of the workers at the Vita Cortex plant in Ballyphehane in Cork is disgraceful and it is nothing short of robbing the poor by NAMA who have frozen the assets of the parent company and are refusing to allow money to be used for redundancy payments to the workers who are left unemployed and penniless by the state and the company.

1.2 million Is the cost of a redundancy package she...

Volunteer Seán Sabhat

ON Sunday, January 1, 2012 the annual Seán Sabhat commemoration was held at the Republican Plot in Mount Saint Laurence Cemetery in Limerick city which is the burial place of Volunteer Seán Sabhat who gave his life 55 years ago in the cause of Irish freedom. The event was organised by Comhairle na Mumhan (Munster executive) of Republican Sinn Féin.

Members and supporters marched from Mulgrave Street to Mount Saint Laurence Cemetery led by ...

IT is an honour to be invited here to speak at the grave of my fellow

Corkonian and comrade Dáithí Ó Conaill. His untimely death at the age of

51 was a great blow to the Republican Movement.

Dáithí came from a strong Cork Republican family. His uncle Michael

O’Sullivan (17), along with five of his comrades, was bayoneted to death

by British Crown forces in March 1921. He joined Sinn Féin at the age of

17...

A vision of hope and inspiration

Republican Sinn Féin extends fraternal New Year greetings to all of our comrades, friends and supporters both at home and abroad. The coming year will be a challenging one for working-class people in Ireland and across Europe. The threats facing us are manifold. Economically people are faced with the consequences of the austerity programme imposed on them by the EU political and financial elite. For Irish Republicans...

In a statement issued on December 21, the Release Martin Corey Campaign, Republican Sinn Féin called for Martin’s immediate release.

“Martin Corey, a former Republican POW, is held as a political hostage by the British Government. He has been interned at the behest of the British Secretary of State for over 1 year and 8 months.

“Martin was taken from his home in April 2010 and locked up in Maghaberry Prison - he is still awaiting an acceptabl...

Fight the cuts by refusing to pay property tax -- Republican Sinn Féin

At its December meeting the Ard Chomhairle of Republican Sinn Féin called on people not to register in January for the 100 Euro property tax.

“We are calling on people not to register for payment of the 100 Euro property tax this coming January. This tax is just the latest in a wave of attacks on working people by the 26-County Administration in order to prop up the failed EU ban...

In this issue:

1. SAOIRSE editorial: Republican Sinn Féin defends its name

2. Statement ‘bogus’ – Continuity IRA

3. Agent provocateurs using the name Sinn Féin

4. Not a member of Republican Sinn Féin

5. Fight the cuts by refusing to pay property tax -- Republican Sinn Féin

6. Republican Sinn Féin supports student occupation of TD’s office

7. Bloody Sunday group to stage march on 40th anniversary

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Geraldine McNamara Pro of Republican Sinn Fein said that the Leinster house administrations attempts to pit the working classes against each other should not be allowed and should be resisted.

This budget she said is attempting to do just that.

The public sector is pitted against the private sector and the employed against the unemployed and even the old against the young.

No mention of the cost of sustaining the banking system to keep the rich comfortable...