Republic Media

12/10/2023

Mandy Duffy to be released on bail after more than 3 years in custody

She's among 10 arrested in a joint RUC & MI5 Op targeting the IRA '‘Operation Arbacia’

Bail had been denied consistently and vindictively, todays news is very welcome.

Now for the rest to follow suit

21/09/2023

Young Republican detained by RUC

A 23 year old man has been arrested in Derry in relation to a claim of responsibility made by the IRA following the shooting of RUC officer John Caldwell in February.

The man has been taken to Musgrave RUC interrogation centre in Belfast in relation to a typed statement reportedly from the IRA that was pasted on walls following the operation.

04/09/2023

RUC/PSNI boss Simon Byrne has resigned as chief constable with immediate effect following massive data blunders by the organisation

Policing Board members accepted his resignation on Monday, four years after he was appointed to the top policing job.

Pressure had been mounting on Byrne following a number of controversies

Last month, there had been a number of data blunders, including one where the names & details of the RUCs 10,000 officers & staff were published in error as part of a Freedom of Information request

01/09/2023

Posters with Details of RUC Members Appear in Derry.

A poster with the names of three serving police officers is reported to have appeared on a bus shelter in Derry.

The mainstream media is reporting that the RUC are now investigating following the appearance of the poster at Chapel Road Dungiven, yesterday.

The poster is the latest headache for the RUC following last months release of a document that include the details of all 10,000 members of the British Colonial Militia in Ireland.

The event highlights once again that there is nothing normal about the British Occupation of Ireland.

21/08/2023

Life Long Irish Republican refused bail in connection with RUC data blunder

Life long Irish Republican, Christopher O'Kane from Dungiven, Derry has been refused bail by a British Court in Ireland in relation to the massive RUC Data Leak that gave the names and locations of all RUC personnel including those working with MI5.

Desperate to save face for a leak which came from within their own organisation, the RUC first raided, then charged and have now secured the Internment by remand of O'Kane, on trumped up charges, alleging that a spreedsheet of the leaked information was found on a phone at his home.

The fact is Christy O'Kane has been denied bail and is now suffering Internment by remand because he is an Irish Republican.

The RUC have admitted that the file was downloaded 200 times from the site it originally appeared on, and the mainstream media have demonstrated that the file is widely circulating on social media and whatsapp.

Indeed in Court today O'Kane's solicitor stated that the file was only on his phone as it had been sent through Whatsapp.

The arrest and imprisonment of O'Kane is therefore a targeted effort to take Republican activists off the streets through Britain's increasing use of Internment by remand.

Saoradh have condemned the arrest, charging and remand of their comrade, stating that

'Saoradh and the wider Republican family stand by Christy O'Kane and his family as they continue to suffer at the hand of the occupier'.

Anti Imperialist Action Ireland have also spoken out against the upswing in the use of Internment against Irish Republican Activists and have called

'on all Republican organisations to come together to campaign against the issue, as it is a tactic that Brit Imperialism will use against all Republicans.'

The scapegoating of an Irish Republican to try and deflect from their own incompetence comes as no surprise. They have arrested, charged and remanded a Saoradh member for allegedly being in possession of data that they themselves made public, this information wasn't stolen, it was made public by the RUC!

19/08/2023

RUC SCAPEGOAT

A 50 year old man has been charged in relation to last week’s major data blunder by the RUC

In an error when responding to a Freedom of Information request, proving their ineptitude they released personal data on all currently serving members of the PSNI

they have made two arrests & tonight have made this charge.

Despite the fact that this is THEIR mistake, they are determined to hold a civilian to account to distract from their incompetence, claiming anyone in possession has info likely to be of use to 'terrorists'

this unbelievable security blunder from the crown forces has been followed by reports of 4 other lesser security gaffes.

However, as is expected their mistake will have to be paid for by some member of the public, their blunder but they won't pay any price !

10/08/2023

RUC in Meltdown following Data Breach

Britians colonial police force in occupied Ireland has gone ito meltdown following two massive data breaches that have given the name, location and rank of every RUC officer including undercover operatives

The pressure on the RUC is further mounting as the media claim to be aware that the information is now in the hands of Republicans and is circulating on whatts app and Social Media.

An RUC chief has claimed that relocation of personal is now being looked into and that the occupation force is discussing 'whether we need to redeploy some specialist officers away from the usual place of work to a new location.'

Some reports are stating that the data breach could cost the RUC upwards of £100 Million in compensation alone.

The incident has shown there is and never can be anything normal about British Policing in Ireland and its long past time for Occupation Forces to get out of our Country.

11/05/2023

Stephen Murney the leader of Republican group Saoradh arrested and charged after Easter Speech in Derry

The charges include inviting support for a proscribed organisation, namely the IRA

He is due to face Derry Magistrates’ Court today May 11 for a first remand hearing.

18/04/2023

Veteran Republican Colm Murphy has died, Colm was a staunch Republican all his adult life and remained true to Traditional Republican values. Colm spent a number of years in prison in the USA on Irish Republican charges, as well as two spells in Portaoise Prison. He was a close friend of deceased Vols Michael McVerry, Peter Cleary and John Boyle. Originally from Belleeks, Co Armagh, he made his home in Ravensdale, Co. Louth. He leaves behind his wife Anne, Daughter Leonora, Aine, Colleen, son Conan and grandson Tadgh. He will be missed by the Republican family throughout Ireland and abroad.

05/03/2023

Two very well attended Republican commemorations took place in Ballyseedy today, Fantastic and rousing orations from both Tomás Ó Curraoin at the RSF event and Dr Tim Horgan at the NGA event. Pics of both events

Earlier in the day Sinn Féin held their own event at Ballyseedy and then bizarrely their president and others attended another commemoration in Knocknagoshel to honour five Free State soldiers executed by an IRA trap mine in March, 1923. Cognitive dissonance surely to follow

28/02/2023

A number of men arrested in relation to the shooting of a police man last week have been released UNCONDITIONALLY

They had their homes damaged, raided, jobs put in peril & family upset. Now found to have no case to answer despite continual unjust extensions to questioning time

Of those released, includes the youngest of the group, a 22 year old which the media focused on.

26/02/2023

A Claim has been made following Wednesday evenings Republican operation

Transcript here: we will not publish transcript on this platform as they will ban

https://twitter.com/RepublicMedia16/status/1629945388835766274?t=4NoyQ9-JX552BV1QVPRyvQ&s=19

22/02/2023

BREAKING NEWS

An off duty Police officer has been shot in Omagh tonight, reportedly shot multiple times. Status of injury unconfirmed at this time

21/02/2023

Derry security alerts linked linked to AnP

Arm na Poblachta is currently suspected by British forces of being behind two security alerts in Derry over the weekend

A major security alert was launched on Friday 17th February following an attempted carjacking by armed masked men, in the Hollymount Park area at around 9.30pm.

The day following, Saturday 18th February a device which the police have described as “viable” was found in the Corrody Road of the City.

Three men arrested have all since been released.

British forces are linking ANP to the incidents, ANP claimed responsibility for a bomb alert in Derry in November 2022 in which a vehicle was hi-jacked and a viable device was driven to the Waterside RUC station.

15/02/2023

Reminder Pat Hayes interview tonight, FB have removed the Premier option so it will be a posted video which means you won't be notified

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06/02/2023

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01/01/2023

The following New Year's statement has been released by the IRA

The leadership of the Irish Republican Army wish to take this opportunity to send revolutionary New Years greetings to all our volunteers, imprisoned comrades and revolutionary armies throughout the world who are fighting against occupation and imperialism.

As we enter 2023 Ireland remains under occupation and our national sovereignty is denied by a foreign government. The Irish Republican Army will use all means at its disposal to break this bo***ge.

Volunteers of the Irish Republican Army and it’s leadership are determined to spearhead this action.

The occupation is promoted by the British institution known as Stormont and their bootlickers in the Crown Forces who torment our people. We call on the Irish people not to engage with these foreign entities.

The Irish Republican Army, at this time, rededicate ourselves to achieving our ultimate goal - the establishment of a 32 County Socialist Republic.

T O’Neill

30/11/2022

Question marks loom over recent spat of graffiti

Recent graffiti and Arson ‘attacks’ on orange halls raise questions

In the last month there have been two high profile attacks on Orange halls in the occupied six counties. The most recent being crude graffiti written on the side of an Orange hall in Keady, Co. Armagh

The graffiti included the slogan “Up the Ra” and a simple “IRA”. What the mainstream media is blurring out is the inclusion of a crude ph***ic image and the name of a supposedly local Camogie player. Confirmation that the name written on the wall is that of a local Camogie player is unverified.

In Magherafelt, Co. Derry in October a disused Orange Hall was allegedly set ablaze and suffered significant damage.

Both incidents are being treated as hate crimes by the Police and a range of condemnation from unionist politicians has followed.

The Orange hall in Magherfelt had been disused for many years, local sources reported that the building was boarded up for years, many where scratching their heads as to why this empty building would be targeted. Some have even speculated if the insurance was up to scratch on the empty building.

The ‘attack’ in Keady raised similar questions as to why someone who was targeting a building on sectarian grounds would include a ph***ic image and the name of a local Catholic. Whatever message the person or persons were trying to get across is utterly confused.

These ‘attacks’ come at a time of great political instability within unionism. ‘Attacks’ of this nature could serve to galvanise unionist support, especially in the run up to any potential election.

25/11/2022

British terrorist David Holden, 52, has been found guilty of the manslaughter of Aidan McAnespie 34 years ago in Aughnacloy, Co. Tyrone.

The verdict of manslaughter is an insult to the memory of Aidan McAnespie, whose killing as he went to a GAA match was categorically murder.

Today’s verdict continues to show that their can be no justice so long as Britain continues to occupy Ireland

25/11/2022

IRA claim Strabane Mortor Operation

Today, the Irish News is reporting that the IRA have issued a statement claiming responsibility for the mortor attack on the RUC in Strabane, Co. Tyrone.

The statement, partially published in todays Irish News, gives further details of the Republican operation, including that a number of Volunteers on the scene were armed with AK-47s and that the type of Mortor used against the RUC was an EFP, and Explosively Formed Projectile fired using a command wire and believed to contain an amount of Semtex.

According to the report, in the statement, signed T O’Neill, the IRA said “an armed unit of the IRA moved into the area”.

“Two armed volunteers with AK 47s gave cover while the rest of the unit deployed the IED,” the statement said.

“We believe significant damage was done to the car,”

In response to the claims thr RUC patrol car was damaged, the RUC have said they have no photos of the vehicles to releases.

24/11/2022

The Republican organisation Saoradh have unveiled their annual Christmas window display at their head office in Derry

The window display has became quite the tradition and generally features a humorous take on something Christmas related with a sprinkling of political and militant imagery or slogans.

This years display features a snowman with a face covering and what appears to be a detonator while Father Christmas appears to be holding a mobile phone.

The display incorporates the flag of each province while the slogan 'they haven't gone away yet know' a long understood reference to the IRA is also included.

23/11/2022

Prominent Republican informed by Police that loyalists may have planted a bomb under his car.

A prominent Republican has been told by police that Loyalists may have planted a device under his car, the West Belfast man was visited at his home by police officers on Monday evening and advised to review his personal security.

The PSNI said: “Police have received an anonymous report that loyalist paramilitaries may have planted a device under the car of (a named person and address).

“Police believe that this may refer to you and you are advised to review your personal security.”

According to The Irish News at the time the threat was delivered the man’s car was at a repair garage.

This comes during a period of heightened Loyalist activity, only Last week eight handguns and three pipe bombs were found as part of a police operation targeting the East Belfast UVF. Four men have been remanded into custody including two former British soldiers

In March 2022 Freestate foreign affairs minister Simon had to evacuate an event in Belfast after a hoax security alert attributed to the UVF, in he days following the UDA UDA was linked to a serious security alert targeting north-south train services while the Mid Ulster UVF is suspected of involvement after a hoax alert pub in Warrenpoint, Co Down.

In October the Loyalist Communities Council, an umbrella group for the UDA, UVF and Red Hand Commando warned of “dire consequences” if the absence of devolution resulted in joint authority involving the Irish and British governments.

This is the first known threat/ attack by loyalists on Republicans in many years and is a huge development.

23/11/2022

Scottish parliament does not have the power to legislate for a referendum on Scottish independence British Supreme Court rules

The British Supreme Court have dashed the hopes of the SNP of a potential second referendum on Scotland’s independence from Britain.

Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon wants a referendum to be held on 19 October next year. But the UK government has so far refused to give formal consent for the vote to go ahead.

The Surpreme court was asked to clarify whether the Scottish Parliament can legislate for a referendum without that consent and today that Court ruled No.

The state in which Scotland wishes to gain independence from ultimately will rule over this matter.

Unlike Ireland, Scotland does not have a declared Republic and has always sought independence while engaging in British Constitutional politics. The rejection of a second independence referendum will come as a blow to many independence campaigners. The first Scottish independence referendum was held in September 2014 and failed after 55.3% voted against it.

There are campaigners for a similar referendum to be held in Ireland, a border poll. The idea has not enjoyed 100% support from Republicans and remains a contested idea. Like Scotland the idea of a poll is mainly supported by constitutional nationalists with traditional Republicans strongly rejecting the premise of Ireland independence resting on the results of a vote that can only be called by the British Secretary of state to the North of Ireland.

Despite years of campaigning Irish border pollers have seen no traction in terms of commitment to a border poll by the British nor any criteria set out. Like Scotland any such referendum in Ireland will be controlled by the British state and can only proceed if the British Government permit it.

23/11/2022

Upsurge in Militant Republican Activism


The last fortnight has witnessed an upsurge in militant Republican activism across the occupied six counties. This general upsurge has included Republicans being involved in a militant confrontation with fascists in Enniskillen, a bombing of an RUC patrol in Strabane, and reports of a bombing operation against the RUC in Derry.

Republicans confront Fascists in Enniskillen

The current upsurge can be said to begin on Sunday November 13, when a contingent of militant anti-fascists, consisting of a number of Republican organisations, engaged in a militant confrontation with the far-right National Party who had been attempting to hold their “Ard Fhéis” in secret at the 5 star Lough Erne Resort in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh.

The National Party have been largely unable to organise in the Free State due to the actions of anti-fascists, and so decided to hold a secret meeting in a resort previously used for a G8 summit in 2013. Acting on reliable intelligence an anti-fascist response was launched, the outcome of which saw five members of the National Party hospitalised, and the remainder needing the armed protection of the RUC to ensure their safety.

One anti-fascist activist was arrested at the scene and spent almost a week in Maghaberry Prison before being released on bail. This anti-fascist activism has demonstrated the willingness for a number of Republican groups to work together against a common enemy and directly take on the scourge of the far right. The National Party are visibly shaken in the aftermath of this action, some have taken to infighting publicly on social media as it has become clear that militant Republicans and other anti-fascists are ready and willing to confront them anytime, anywhere.


Republican Military Operation against RUC in Strabane

The militant confrontation with Anti Fascists in Fermanagh, was followed by a Republican Military Operation against the RUC in neighbouring Tyrone. On Thursday November 17, Republican Volunteers engaged in an operation against the RUC in the Mount Carmel Heights Area of Strabane. During the operation, the media has stated that Republicans used a command wire to detonate an explosive device as an RUC patrol passed in the area. The RUC reported that two of its officers were in a patrol vehicle at the time when they heard a large bang and left the area at speed. Once back at the barracks, blast damage was noticed on the vehicle, confirming the successful operation.

The mainstream media in the aftermath immediately speculated that the operation was the work of the IRA, often referred to in the mainstream media as the ‘New IRA’. The RUC used this speculation to crackdown on the local Republican Community and have to date arrested 6 Republicans, a number of whom are said to be members of the Republican Political Party Saoradh, in what are clearly acts of crown force harassment.

However, in recent days, other media outlets have begun to speculate that the operation was in fact carried out by Arm na Poblachta, a relatively unknown Republican Army that have been increasingly active since 2017 and are believed to have formed following a split in the Continuity IRA. Arm na Poblachta have been particularly active in Derry and Tyrone, with an ongoing, if under reported bombing campaign. The group is also said to have support in Armagh and Belfast. At the time of publishing, no official claim is known to have been made by any Republican Organisation.


Reported Car Bomb Driven to Derry RUC Station


The operation in Strabane was followed by another reported Republican Military Operation in Derry, on Sunday November 20. The reports state that at 10.30pm, three masked man hijacked a delivery driver in the Curryneirin area of the Waterside in Derry and placed what is said to have been a car bomb in the vehicle, before ordering the driver to bring the device to the Waterside RUC station.

In the aftermath of this operation, the RUC had stated that they believe it was an ‘elaborate hoax’ with the carbomb consisting of petrol cannisters and piping. However, they later retracted this and confimed that the device was infact viable.

The RUC also stated that one line of enquiry that is currently being followed is that the same group was behind both operations in Strabane and Derry, but it is not currently clear if they are referring to the IRA or Arm na Poblachta. Again, as with the operation in Strabane, there has been no official claim by any Republican group at the time of publishing.

23/11/2022

Notorious Kincora Boys school will be demolished today

The Kincora Boys school in East Belfast is due to be demolished by the end of today, the school was the scene of a serious organised child s*x abuse scandal where at least 29 vulerable boys were abused at the home from the 1950s to the 1980s.

Construction company Hagan Homes has confirmed that demolition work on the site on the Upper Newtownards Road will take place on today to make way for a new residential development.

The Kincora home, close to Stormont Buildings, opened in May 1958, It closed in October 1980 after the s*x abuse scandal.

The historical institutional abuse inquiry found that 39 boys were abused at Kincora.

A number of high-profile establishment figures and security agencies have been linked to the abuse

Lord Mountbatten, the King of England’s great uncle was named publicly as having been involved in the abuse at the home by a former resident Arthur Smith, this comes after years of speculation and rumour surrounding Mountbatten and peadophilia involving young boys.

Arthur Smyth alleges Mountbatten molested him twice in the 1970s while he lived at Kincora Boys' Home.

22/11/2022

A sixth man has now been arrested over a bomb attack on Police in Strabane on Thursday past

5 other men who had been arrested in connection, have all since been released without charge

21/11/2022

Security alert ongoing in Derry as suspicious object report in vicinity of Police Station

A security alert, in the Richill Park area of the city is ongoing after a report of a suspicious object in the area on Sunday night, November 20.

It is reported that the security alert is focused on Waterside Police Station.

It's alleged a van was 'hijacked and a man was asked to drive it to the police station'.

It is currently unknown if any device is viable

Crescent link is closed between the roundabout at Kilfennan Link Road and Altnagevin Hospital

18/11/2022

Police bomb attack in Strabane

Police have under attack in Strabane, Co. Tyrone

The attack happened shortly before 23:00 GMT on Thursday in the Mount Carmel Heights area of Strabane. Locals has reported hearing a loud bang

Police are treating the attack as attempted murder.

It is believed an explosive device exploded, the Police vehicle itself has sustained damage although the two RUC officers have been uninjured.

So far no organisation has made any claims on the operation

Police remain at the scene as of this morning

27/05/2022

“FRT [facial-recognition technology] and other biometric surveillance tools enable mass surveillance and discriminatory targeted surveillance.

“They have the capacity to identify and track people everywhere they go, undermining the right to privacy and data protection, the right to free assembly and association, and the right to equality and non-discrimination,” Irish Civil Liberties.

The proposal by Helen McEntee to introduce powers for the Garda headed by a former RUC Special Branch and MI5 Contact Drew Harris is another step down the road of surveillance of any who oppose the regimes ideological domination of the politics on this island, it is a tool of harassment and an obvious blow to the privacy of all and the civil right to political opposition and public assembly.
Facial Recognition is another tool of the securocrats and their imperialist doctrine of total control.

As free thinkers and those opposed to the continued imperialist / fascist control of the means of political and economic control we will be some of the first targeted by such easily abused technology, not content with their ability to track individuals through mobile phone and bank card technology this new proposal will ultimately enhance the low intensity operations aspect of the regime who wish to curtail and end any socialist response to their policies and actions

23/05/2022

Wednesday 18th of May, in the Kerins O'Rahilly Club House, Tralee, an address by the Palestinian authority ambassador to Ireland was dealt a revolutionary disruption when a Socialist Republican activist made a statement on the collusion of the Palestinian authority with the zionist occupation.

The attendees, among them several Provisional Sinn Féin councillors, were immediately taken aback when the true facts of the matter were presented. The true role of Irish solidarity with Palestine should not be one of taking the concessions form the zionists or British, or paying heed to what the so called 'International community thinks', it should be one of revolutionary fervor, which always stands in the face of imperialism and colonialism, and acts as a vector for the cause of the worlds masses.

The socialist Republican activist was shouted down by the group and the question they posed was connivingly deflected by both the board and the ambassador. When the question was not answered the activist raised their to say 'the only time the Palestinians should communicate with the occupation is to demand the terms of a withdrawal.'