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Republican Sinn Féin Republican Sinn Féin (RSF) is a minor political party operating in Ireland. The decision was taken in response to Provisional Sinn Féin's decision at their 1984 Ard-Fheis to end their policy of abstention from elections to the British House of Commons and the Dáil Éireann. RSF remains a small party and continues its policy of abstentionism, thus meaning they have not stood in elections to either the Commons or the Dáil. www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/republican_sinn_fein_1   (315 words)

Republican Sinn Féin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The decision was taken in response to Sinn Féin's decision at their 1986 Ard-Fheis to end their policy of abstaining from taking seats won in Dáil Éireann. RSF viewed this as an acceptance of the legitimacy of the Republic of Ireland and hence of partition of Ireland into the Republic and Northern Ireland. RSF claims to be the true inheritor of a tradition of Irish republicanism that includes the original Sinn Féin of the secessionist Irish Republic declared in 1919, and the 'Old' Irish Republican Army that fought the 1919-1921 War of Independence. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Republican_Sinn_Fein   (564 words)

[No title] Sinn Fein's strategy of a joint military and political campaign to achieve a united Ireland, embodied in their protestation 'while not everyone can plant a bomb, everyone can plant a vote' is considered both provocative and anti-democratic. Sinn Fein's case for publishing Belfast City Council's minutes in Irish was considered too troublesome by the BBC to report, faced with muddled interpretation of the ban. Sinn Fein argues that the three measures should not be viewed in isolation but as part of an ongoing concerted campaign of repression by the government, destined to fail. www.etext.org /Politics/INAC/irish.elections   (5632 words)

MSN Encarta - Irish Republican Army Though the IRA and Sinn Fein were united by common goals and had many of the same members, their methods for achieving these goals differed. Negotiations between Sinn Fein and the British resulted in the Anglo-Irish Treaty of December 6, 1921, which established the 26 counties outside of Northern Ireland as the Irish Free State. Those opposed to it were led by Sinn Fein president Eamon de Valera; this faction argued that they had sworn allegiance to the republic, and that they could not accept anything less. encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761575144/Irish_Republican_Army.html   (1116 words)

Boston.com / News / Boston Globe / Opinion / Editorials / Sinn Fein's absence But Sinn Fein needs to join as part of its continuing effort to convince unionists that the 30-year conflict in Ulster is over. Sinn Fein contends that the force is unrepresentative of the population. Sinn Fein also contends that the policing service is not subject to democratic accountability. www.boston.com /news/globe/editorial_opinion/editorials/articles/2004/03/17/sinn_feins_absence   (517 words)

CNN.com - Police raids target Sinn Fein - Oct. 4, 2002 Sinn Fein is widely regarded as being the political wing of the IRA, an accusation the party denies. Sinn Fein, which has two seats in the power-sharing executive set up under the 1998 Good Friday peace agreement, denounced the police operation as "highly political" and aimed at smearing the party. Sinn Fein spokesman Conor Murphy told CNN the operation was part of an "anti-Sinn Fein and anti-Irish republican agenda" and that it was a bid to undermine the Northern Ireland peace process. archives.cnn.com /2002/WORLD/europe/10/04/sinn.fein.raid   (807 words)

Republican SINN FÉIN - Corcaigh -- Cumann MacCurtain / McSwiney Republican Sinn Fein uphold the right of the Irish people to oppose continued British occupation in Ireland. Republican Sinn Féin believes that the historic Irish nation is a distinct, coherent unit and is entitled to exercise its own independence. In this supreme hour the Irish Nation must, by its valour and discipline and the readiness of its children to sacrifice themselves for the common good, prove itself worthy of the august destiny to which it is called. www.rsfcork.com   (847 words)

Republican Sinn Fein Definition / Republican Sinn Fein Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16) Republican Sinn Féin (RSF) is a minor political party A political party is a political organization subscribing to a certain ideology or formed around very special issues. Republican Sinn Fein is a breakaway republican group, splintered from Sinn Fein. Republican Sinn Fein is a political front for the dissident republican faction, the Continuity IRA. www.elresearch.com /Republican_Sinn_Fein   (387 words)

Guardian | Fit for a king, or republican, Sinn Fein's Commons room Gerry Adams, president of Sinn Fein, is to have the Palace of Westminster's "most breathtakingly splendid office" which has just been painstakingly restored at a cost of more than £1m and offers the Irish republican the best view in the Commons of the Queen's arrival for the state opening of parliament. The Sinn Fein leader will move in with his three colleagues, Martin McGuinness, Pat Doherty and Michelle Gildernew, on March 27 after the room has been restored to World Heritage standards using skilled craftsmen from all over Britain to bring it back to its full mid-Victorian splendour. The Sinn Fein MPs' new office have been created by demolishing the internal walls of four old offices - known to Westminster insiders as the "old farts' rooms" since they were once occupied by veteran Tory backbenchers - into a magnificent large room with dual aspect views and restored handpainted ceilings. www.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,4370316-103588,00.html   (669 words)

Republican Sinn Fein at G8 - National Summit Mobilisations - Indymedia Ireland Republican Sinn Fein, despite the many and oft repeated claims in the media that there is no alternative, possess a clear and credible alternative. RSF still peddling an idea that was originally thought of by Provo Sinn Fein but done away with in the early seventies (daithi o connall - was one of many who originally came up with the concept) i find it amazing that they post information on this anarchist loving website.... RSF are living in the past most if not all of its members are either from a criminal background(Wasn't Josephine Hayden arrested trying to do a robbery in Dublin) or else they were booted out of the provisionals or hadnt the balls to join the struggle when it was raging at its height.... www.indymedia.ie /newswire.php?story_id=70643   (4083 words)

Dictionary of Meaning www.mauspfeil.net   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16) The decision was taken in response to Provisional Sinn Féin's decision at their 1986 Ard-Fheis to end their policy of abstaining from taking seats won in Dáil Éireann. The splinter was led by the former leader of Provisional Sinn Féin, Ruairí Ó Brádaigh and much of the older Southern based membership of the provisionals who disagreed with Gerry Adams and his Northern based backers. RSF claims to be the true inheritor of a tradition of Irish republicanism that includes the original Sinn Féin of the secessionist Irish Republic declared in 1919, and the 'Old' Irish Republican Army that fought the 1919-1921 Anglo-Irish War War of Independence. www.mauspfeil.net /Republican_Sinn_Fein.html   (600 words)

Ireland's OWN: POW News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16) republican socialist when he was imprisoned and is a republican socialist now, he comes fully under the jurisdiction of the republican socialist movement which has maintained a credible and verifiable cessation since 1998. Republican prisoners are political prisoners and demand to be treated as such. Republican prisoners are at risk of serious injury or even death on a daily basis, not only by loyalist prisoners by prison officers (screws). irelandsown.net /pownews4.html   (4249 words)

THE BLANKET * Index: Current Articles Republican Sinn Fein is a political party and entity founded in 1905 in Ireland and its membership is established in all 32 counties. Republican Sinn Fein members will be subject to a punitive VISA denial program that has been used against them for 30 years to the detriments of Irish Americans who seek Republican ideas. Republican Sinn Fein is the party whose core beliefs remain unshakable through years of state-sponsored harassment and heavy-handed tactics along with draconian laws and prisoner abuses. lark.phoblacht.net /standingrsfsol.html   (534 words)

Republican Sinn Fein Sinn Féin is the oldest political movement in Ireland. Republican Sinn Féin believes in the establishment of a reign of social justice based on Irish Republican Socialist principles in accordance with the Democratic Programme and the 1916 Proclamation. Republican Sinn Féin believes the growing European Union is becoming a world superpower in its own right and will become involved in the “resource wars” of the 21st Century. www.sinnfein.org /indexr.html   (706 words)

Newsmedianews | Sinn Fein weekly news round-up Since then Republican Sinn Féin has been acting through a solicitor to retrieve the funds which were seized in such a brazen manner. Republican Sinn Féin contested the 26-County local elections in 2004 and will be contesting =DAdarás na Gaeltachta elections on April 2 next so the need for funds is especially important. Sinn Féin Vice-President, Des Dalton, Kildare said on January 19 that the assertion by 26 County Justice Minister, Michael McDowell in the Irish Times (January 15) that Republican Sinn Féin was simply "using the label" Sinn Féin and was not the same organisation founded 100 years ago was factually wrong. www.newsmedianews.com /Irish/rsfnewsroundup.htm   (2205 words)

CNN.com - Sinn Fein set to protest raids - Oct. 5, 2002 Irish republican party Sinn Fein is planning a series of protests outside police stations in Northern Ireland following unprecedented police raids on its offices. Sinn Fein says there is a need to demonstrate against the "anti-democracy and anti-Sinn Fein agenda" and claims the protests were "politically inspired" police action. Sinn Fein is widely regarded as being the political wing of the IRA, a charge the party denies. edition.cnn.com /2002/WORLD/europe/10/05/sinn.fein.raid   (569 words)

Republican Sinn Fein Republican Sinn Fein is a split off of Provisional Sinn Fein in 1986. Mainly, the scaling down of armed insurrection, political status for republican prisoners, and abstentionism from British politics. They oppose the GFA, are the political ally of the Continuity Irish Republican Army, distribute a paper called Saorise, and wish to create a league of Celtic countries like the Arab League or Nordic Council. www.geocities.com /republicansinnfein   (104 words)

Glencoe Rally: Republican Sinn Fein speech 2003   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16) Evidence of contact between MacLean and Irish Republicans is provided in a letter written to Nan Milton in the late 1960's by Seamus Reader. Sinn Fein Poblachtach holds a long established position with regard to how we would like the Celtic nations to develop. As Irish Republicans we are also aware of how a large number of people of Irish descent in Scotland, continue to vote for Unionist parties. srsm.port5.com /statements/glncersf03.html   (1885 words)

BBC News | Latest News | Sinn Fein chiefs back yes campaign The leadership of Sinn Fein is recommending party members to vote for the Northern Ireland peace agreement. Currently Sinn Fein does not allow members to sit in the British parliament, which is viewed as a partitionist body. Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams and the party's chief negotiator Martin McGuinness are elected British MPs but have not taken their seats because they refuse to swear allegiance to the British Crown. news.bbc.co.uk.edgesuite.net /1/hi/events/northern_ireland/latest_news/88586.stm   (188 words)

Irish Republican In brief, Sinn Fein is considered the political wing of the Irish Republican Army (IRA). Republican Sinn Fein is a political party separate from Sinn Fein and is considered the political wing of the Continuity IRA, whereas the Irish Republican Socialist Party is affiliated with the Irish National Liberation Army (INLA). Sinn Fein, 32 CSC, Republican Sinn Fein, and the IRSP also maintain separate aid organizations to support political prisoners in northern Ireland. www.irishrepublican.gq.nu   (486 words)

040719 republican sinn fein designation Mid-Ulster, Ulster Unionist Party MLA Billy Armstrong welcomes the US authorities decision to have Republican Sinn Fein designated as a ‘foreign terrorist organisation’, describing the move as a “meaningful step in confronting the forces of militant republicanism”. “RSF’s designation as a ‘foreign terrorist organisation’ is to be welcomed but is merely the first in a required set of steps needed to erase the capabilities of militant republicanism from benefiting from either funding or material supports. “That means also being courageous with the largest so called political party, Sinn Fein who along with their fraternal brothers, the IRA continue to peddle a dual strategy of; ‘armalite in one hand and ballot box in the other’. www.billyarmstrong.co.uk /040719_republican_sinn_fein_designation.htm   (414 words)

Republican Sinn Féin - Cork. Launch Website. - International Miscellaneous - Indymedia Ireland This site gives Republican Sinn Féin in Cork the ability to voice its views on the continuing illigal British occupation in Ireland. Below is a outline of who Republican Sinn Féin are and what they represent. Republican Sinn Féin, the last remaining true Republican political party founded in 1905. www.indymedia.ie /newswire.php?story_id=70756   (753 words)

SAOIRSE Irish Freedom February 2000 Irish Republicans on both sides of the Atlantic were saddened to hear of the death of their comrade Ellen Farley (70) in New Jersey, USA on January 24. She was a valued distributor of Republican Sinn Féin publicity material in the US from the newspaper SAOIRSE to press statements, faxes and e-mails. FARLEY, The Ard Chomhairle, Republican Sinn Féin extends deepest sympathy to Peter Farley and family, New Jersey, USA on the death of his wife Ellen on January 24. homepage.eircom.net /~eirenua/2000/feb00/saoirse6.htm   (2929 words)

SAOIRSE Online - Ireland   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16) The monthly newspaper of Republican Sinn Féin, it takes its name from Irish Freedom — Saoirse, a Fenian paper which first appeared in November 1910 and continued as a monthly publication until December 1914 when it was suppressed by the British authorities. Irish Republicans have always attempted to produce a newspaper, as a means of speaking to the people. One of the first priorities of Republican Sinn Féin was to produce a paper. ireland.iol.ie /~saoirse/channel2.htm   (895 words)

MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Base   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16) The IRA and its political wing, Sinn Fein, initially refused to accept either Northern Ireland or the Republic of Ireland as legitimate political entities. In 1986, however, the IRA and Sinn Fein changed course and acknowledged the legitimacy of the Republic of Ireland. Although Republican Sinn Fein created the Continuity IRA in 1986, the group did not become an active terrorist organization until July 13, 1996. www.tkb.org /Group.jsp?groupID=37   (478 words)

SAOIRSE32 :: Republican Sinn Féin :: March :: 2005   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16) RUAIRÍ Ó Brádaigh, President, Republican Sinn Féin, replying to a comment on the Provo Ard-Fheis at the weekend carried on RTÉ Five-Seven Live just before 6pm on Monday, March 7 said that it stated quite accurately that whatever else that Ard-Fheis was it was not the centenary national convention of Sinn Féin. He continued: “It went on to say quite inaccurately that both Provisional Sinn Féin and Republican Sinn Féin were new organisations founded in 1970 and 1986 respectively. He said that Republican prisoners are locked up for long periods and are forced to eat “facing the toilet”. saoirse32.blogsome.com /2005/03/08/republican-sinn-fein   (1446 words)

CNN.com - Q&A: N. Ireland Assembly in crisis - Oct. 7, 2002 The future of the Northern Ireland Assembly is in doubt after a raid on offices of the republican Sinn Fein party and a call by the pro-British Democratic Unionist Party for other unionists to withdraw from the power-sharing body. There are due to be a series of meetings involving UK Prime Minister Tony Blair, his Irish counterpart Bertie Ahern, Gerry Adams who is the president of the republican Sinn Fein party, and David Trimble, leader of the assembly and head of the Ulster Unionist Party. Sinn Fein's head of administration, Denis Donaldson has been charged with five charges alleging possession of information likely to be of use to terrorists edition.cnn.com /2002/WORLD/europe/10/07/nireland.robertson   (472 words)

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