Statements from the Republican Sinn Féin POW Department and direct from the Prisoners themselves.
Preas Ráitheas / Press Release On Christmas Day, Sunday 25th December at 12 noon till 13:00 CABHAIR, The Irish Republican Prisoners Dependents Fund will hold its 40th successive annual sponsored Christmas swim at the Third Lock on the Grand Canal… Read More ›
Preas Ráitheas / Press Release Today, October 16, 2016 in the special [criminal] court of injustice in Dublin, three members of Republican Sinn Féin, Dónall Ó Ceallaigh, Jimmy Geraghty and Jonathan Hawthorn, were remanded on continuing bail with the same… Read More ›
Yesterday, October 23, marked another attempt to deny our prisoners political status. Simultaneously, a debate in the British parliament about our POWs opened, bringing the issue of their status into the oppressors’ residence of politics in Westminster. Unionists, not content… Read More ›
Preas Ráitheas / Press Release “On Thursday, September 29, 2016 at the Special non-jury Court [of injustice] in Dublin three community activists and members of Republican Sinn Féin were released on bail with strict draconian bail conditions, effectively a form… Read More ›
Preas Ráitheas / Press Release “Three men were charged today, September 16, with membership of Óglaigh na hÉireann/Irish Republican Army in the three-judge non-jury court in Dublin. Jonathan Hawthorn (Ard Chomhairle member), Jimmy Geraghty and Dónall Ó Ceallaigh, all members… Read More ›
Preas Ráitheas / Press Release Today we are faced with serious and worrying news. Republican POWs on Roe 4 will be refusing to accept prison food, and this action was taken this morning, 13/08/16, and will not end until the… Read More ›
Preas Ráitheas / Press Release, August 12, 2016 “More tensions this morning Friday, August 12. “The alarm was hit again not long after the POWs were let out of their cells this morning. This tactic of setting off the alarm… Read More ›
Preas Ráitheas / Press Release – August 11, 2016 “The strategic violence inflicted upon Republican POWs was beyond contempt. Not only were the riot squad involved in yet another controversial incident regarding Republican POWs, those who delegate the brutality [the… Read More ›
Preas Ráitheas / Press Release 10-08-2016 Over this past few weeks Republican P.O.Ws have documented an increase in hostility from the screws. Although this is nothing new in the overall fight for political recognition, it has been over the top… Read More ›
Preas Raitheas / Press Release On Tuesday, April 12, 2016, Republican Sinn Fein learned that Republican prisoner Gabriel Mackle was assaulted and dragged off Roe House, Maghaberry jail, Co Antrim, by the riot team, because Gabriel refused to turn off… Read More ›
