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Aug 1, 2024 · Amidst the sea of literary obituaries, one could easily have missed the tweet of Danny Morrison, author and former republican prisoner, who recalled how ‘Edna never forgot the political prisoners. She visited me in the H-Blocks, wrote and sent books.’
5 days ago · Republican sources such as Mitchel McLaughlin and Danny Morrison argued that by the early 1990s, the Provisional IRA could not attain their objectives by purely military means. [ 135 ] A campaign to pressure Libya to pay compensation to IRA victims was derailed by the Libyan Crisis .
- 1969-1997
- Military stalemate [1] [2]Ceasefire
2 days ago · Gerard Adams (Irish: Gearóid Mac Ádhaimh; [1] born 6 October 1948) is an Irish republican politician who was the president of Sinn Féin between 13 November 1983 and 10 February 2018, and served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for Louth from 2011 to 2020.
6 days ago · The late O’hare (right) was a key backer of SF president Gerry Adams, having taken over from Danny Morrison as director of publicity, edited An Phoblacht and represented the party in the US. Republicans had incessantly lobbied the PM to allow IRA fugitives to return to NI without facing arrest, trial or imprisonment — regardless of their crimes.
5 days ago · The 1981 Irish hunger strike was the culmination of a five-year protest during the Troubles by Irish republican prisoners in Northern Ireland. The protest began as the blanket protest in 1976 when the British government withdrew Special Category Status (prisoner of war rather than criminal status) for convicted paramilitary prisoners.
Jul 21, 2024 · For centuries, the most enduring role for republicans, if not successful in rebellion, was to be the holders of the flame for a new generation, a role the IRB played in advance of the Fenian Rising...
6 days ago · As a writer and editor of An Phoblacht; as a long standing member of the Sinn Féin Ard Chomhairle in many vital roles; as a negotiator with the Irish government and the US administration during the early days of the peace process; and as Sinn Féin’s representative for more than 20 years in the USA, Rita was a tour de force at the heart of republican politics.
