100 Years of Partition marked in Derry On this day in 1921 the ‘Northern Ireland Parliament’ was formed. A significant event during the partition of Ireland and the continued occupation of the Six Counties. Lasair Dhearg in Derry marked the ...
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‘Innocent’ – Ballymurphy Massacre families vindicated Lasair Dhearg members in the Ballymurphy area stood alongside other local residents, with bin-lids and whistles, lining the streets of Ballymurphy and other nearby districts as a large convoy of vehicles toured the district ...
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Collusion – 100 Years of Partition ‘See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil’, the Japanese proverb of the Three Wise Monkeys is a paradigm to Britain’s dirty war in Ireland. The bloodied hands of Britain’s war machine and ...
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Irish Republican Hungerstrikes 1917-1981 – Pádraic MacCoitir Growing up my parents encouraged me to read books and when I was about nine or ten I joined the local library in Andersonstown. Some of the books that were in the house ...
Read MoreVol. Sean McCartney Remembered in Belfast On the 8th of May, 1921, Belfast IRA Volunteer Sean McCartney was killed on active service in an engagement with British troops on Lappinduff Mountain, Co Cavan, Ireland. Speaking from his graveside, Lasair Dhearg’s ...
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‘We will make you rue the blood spilled at Loughgall.’ On this day, the 8th of May 1987, eight volunteers of the Irish Republican Army laid preparations for the continued implementation of a strategy that would see British security forces ...
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Joe McCann – British soldiers acquitted in assassination trial Commenting on the recent news today, Lasair Dhearg spokesperson Pádraic MacCoitir said: “In April 1972 Joe McCann, an Official IRA volunteer, was gunned down by the British army in Joy Street, ...
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Republicans mark Centenary at Stormont Today, Republicans gathered in the grounds of Stormont to mark the centenary of partition. Carrying flags, posters and a large banner, they assembled at the feet of Carson, overlooking East Belfast. Pól Torbóid, a spokesperson ...
Read More100 Years of Partition – 100 Years of Special Powers 100 years ago, at the inception of partition, and with the birth of the rotten little statelet they call ‘Northern Ireland’, the ruling classes sought to provide the state with ...
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100 Years of Partition – Campaign rolls out in Belfast Lasair Dhearg activists have been out this past week erecting posters across the city as part of their ‘100 Years of Partition’ campaign designed to counter the six-county state’s media ...
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Special Powers – 100 Years of Partition At the inception of partition and the birth of the rotten little statelet they call ‘Northern Ireland’, the ruling class sought to provide the state with as much regulatory and security powers as ...
Read More‘100 Years of Partition’ – Lasair Dhearg launch campaign to mark state centenary. Pól Torbóid, a spokesperson for the organisation, said, “Over the next number of months, our campaign is intended to highlight the real story of this rotten little ...
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We make bread not profits – The Limerick Soviet Written by author and Friend to Lasair Dhearg – David Swanson As Ireland once again moves to commemorate another anniversary of the 1919-1921 War of Independence, we have a collective duty ...
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We must move to ban plastic bullets – Lasair Dhearg Recent days have seen Unionist political rhetoric play out on our streets with sectarian incursions of violent loyalists into nationalist areas. Ciarán O’Brien, Lasair Dhearg spokesperson said, “Last night, the ...
Read More‘This is what an occupation looks like.’ – Lasair Dhearg Belfast branch activists today visited sites across Belfast as part of a campaign to highlight the continued occupation of the Six Counties and tackle Stormont’s PSNI ‘normalisation’ strategy. Speaking outside ...
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