Tag Real IRA

Quote of the Day. Northern Ireland division

Slugger O’Toole, a blog about Northern Ireland politics and culture, quotes the Now Show on BBC Radio Four “Frankly it’s been a rather depressing week, I can’t decide which 1980s celebrities I want back less: Michael Jackson or the IRA.…

Irish socialists on Real IRA attacks

From Socialist Democracy in Ireland The main reason for the growth of republican groups is the increasingly obvious failure Sinn Fein to make any advances on even the most minimal nationalist demands never mind a republican agenda. If republican groups…

Policeman shot dead in northern Ireland

“We are tonight staring into the abyss and I would appeal to people to pull back,” said Dolores Kelly, a member of Northern Ireland’s policing board, and a member of the nationalist SDLP party.

The Real IRA announce that the war is not over

(first published on Marxmail listserv) A political crisis has been created in the space of 48 hours in the North of Ireland. First two British soldiers were shot dead outside their base just outside Belfast on Saturday night, with a…