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by Mark Moloney
Gerry Adams has called for the release of John Downey. The Sinn Féin member who was arrested in London, despite being told he was no longer wanted by the Northern Ireland Office, and has been charged in connection to the Hyde Park bombing of 1982.
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by Mark Moloney
OVER 150 people turned up to the unveiling of a plaque on Emmet Road in Dublin's Inchicore district dedicated to six local men who went to Spain to defend the Spanish Government against fascist dictator Franco's military coup.
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by Mark Moloney
THE 'United Ireland – You Decide' campaign officially launched its first People's Referendum in Crossmaaglen. The campaign will see the people of Crossmaglen in Armagh and Upper Creggan in Louth vote in a People's Referendum on a United Ireland.
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by Mark Moloney
Hundreds of workers, trade unionists and members of left-wing political parties took part in the annual May Day rally in Dublin.
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by Mark Moloney
A tree was planted by Ceann Comhairle Seán Barrett in Leinster House in memory of Shane McEntee TD who died by suicide. The planting was part of the One Million Trees in One Day campaign.
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by Mark Moloney
Hundreds of people formed a human shield around Moore Street, Dublin, to symbolically protect the site which could be bulldozed and replaced by a shopping mall. The historic terrace served as the last headquarters of the 1916 Provisional Government.
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by Mark Moloney
SIPTU, Sinn Féin, community workers and young people held a protest outside Leinster House to protest against the decision by the government to cut funding to youth services and youth clubs across Ireland.
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by Mark Moloney
Members of Sinn Féin and the Irish Republican Movement take part in a 1916 Easter Rising Commemoration in Dublin. The event was held seperately to the official state commemoration and was addressed by Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness.
