Oppose visit of British Queen Carlow Protest

The Myles Shevlin/Tony Ruane Cumann of Republican Sinn Féin will be holding a protest in Carlow against the visit of the British Queen to the 26-County State on Saturday April 9.

The protest will take place at the Liberty Tree 1798 monument in the Haymarket between 1.00pm and 2.00pm.

Republican Sinn Féin protest at British Embassy

On Tuesday March 29 a protest will be held at the British Embassy on Merrion Road, Ballsbridge in Dublin. The protest is part of Republican Sinn Féin’s campaign against the visit by the Queen of England to the 26-County State.

The protest will take place from 2.00pm to 4.00pm.

The protest is part of a nationwide campaign against the normalisation of British Rule in Ireland.

Protest against visit of British Queen

Republican Sinn Féin will be actively opposing a visit by the Queen of England to any part of Ireland. As part of its campaign Republican Sinn Féin will be holding a picket at the gates of Leinster House on Wednesday March 9 from 4.00pm to 6.00pm.

Republican Sinn Féin says no to British Queen - website

Keep up with the latest news on the campaign against the visit of the British Queen at: www.britishqueennotwelcome.info

Republican Sinn Féin will actively oppose visit of British Queen

Statement by the President of Republican Sinn Féin Des Dalton

Republican Sinn Féin will actively oppose the visit of the Queen of England to the 26-County State in order to send out a clear message to the world that British rule in Ireland is neither normal nor acceptable. We are calling on all Republican-minded people throughout Ireland and abroad to mobilise now in opposition to this visit.

The announcement of the visit by the head of the British State marks the culmination of a carefully orchestrated campaign by the political establishments in Leinster House, Stormont and Westminster to normalise the partition and continued British occupation of Ireland.

Republican Sinn Féin will provide leadership as well as active opposition to this visit. Our campaign will involve activities throughout Ireland including a protest at the gates of Leinster House on Wednesday March 9.

We are calling all who believe in Ireland’s inalienable right to nationhood to come out and join the protests.

Consent to Corrib gas pipeline is act of national treachery

Statement by the President of Republican Sinn Féin Des Dalton

The decision of the outgoing 26-County Energy Minister Pat Carey to sign consents for the last section of the controversial Corrib gas pipeline is an act of national treachery by a defunct and discredited regime.

The people of the 26 Counties have been auctioned to the IMF/ECB and EU Commission by a 26-County administration which at the same time is giving away natural resources that belong as of right to the Irish people. As usual the 26-County
State protects the interests of international capitalism while trampling over the rights of communities.

Any rhetoric about change by the incoming 26-County administration –likely to be made up of Fine Gael and Labour – will be tested immediately on this issue. Experience tells us their actions will fall far short of their promises.

The revolutionary change that would uphold the right of the people of Ireland to the ownership of Ireland will never be delivered in Leinster House. The ownership of our natural resources is the cornerstone of a New Ireland as set out in Republican Sinn Féin’s programme for political, social and economic democracy Éire Nua and Saol Nua.

RUC/PSNI attempt to silence Republican Sinn Féin

Statement by the President of Republican Sinn Féin Des Dalton

The arrest of three members of Republican Sinn Féin – including a member of the Ard Chomhairle - in Co Armagh this morning is an attempt to silence Irish Republicans. All three were arrested in connection with the march held in Lurgan on January 23 calling for the release of Martin Corey. Martin Corey is a veteran Republican from Lurgan who has been interned without trial in Maghaberry prison since April of last year.

The President of Republican Sinn Féin Des Dalton has also received a communication from the British Colonial Police threatening him with arrest in connection with the Martin Corey march.

These arrests and threats of arrest show that nature of British rule in Ireland has not changed. Such petty repression will not deflect Irish Republicans from continuing our work or lesson our determination to end Britain’s oppressive presence in Ireland.

26-County election will not deliver a New Ireland

Statement by the President of Republican Sinn Féin Des Dalton

In a statement the President of Republican Sinn Féin Des Dalton called for a spoil vote campaign in the forthcoming 26-County election to highlight the need for a radical and revolutionary change to the political system:

“This election is a meaningless charade as merely swapping one set of gombeen politicians for another will change nothing. We are calling on people to spoil their vote in this election and by doing so tell the political elites that they are not prepared to prop up a failed and discredited state. What is required now is radical and revolutionary change leading to a New Ireland.

“We hear much talk about creating a ‘New Republic’. Irish Republicans have long pointed out that Ireland did have an All-Ireland Republic born out of the idealism of the men and women of Easter Week and based on the principles of the 1916 Proclamation. The Democratic Programme of the First All-Ireland Dáil Éireann in 1919 declared: ‘that the Nation's sovereignty extends not only to all men and women of the Nation, but to all its material possessions, the Nation's soil and all its resources’. The two failed partitionist states imposed on the Irish people fall far short of this noble vision.

“Republican Sinn Féin believe our political, social and economic policies Éire Nua and Saol Nua can once more make that All-Ireland Republic a reality for all of the Irish people.” Des Dalton said.