Recent development of the Irish struggle

We report on some recent activities developed in Ireland, as we have done before:

Ahead of a visit of British Prime Minister Keir Starmer the Free State has drafted in English police officers, allegedly to watch for English football hooligans attending a match at Lansdowne Rd. These unwanted foreign forces have been drafted in to coincide with a number of protests against the occupation of Ireland and Starmer. That the Free State needs to draft in English police demonstrates there is nothing normal about the relationship between Ireland and Britain, that the Free State is seriously concerned about security and remains a counter revolutionary puppet of Imperialism, without whose support it would not survive.

AIA activists were present at an anti-fascist demonstration in Louth, Dundalk county, on September 4, alongside with other republicans and anti-fascists. Despite heavy police intimidation, a number of activists confiscated materials belonging to fascist organizers.

On September 4 as well, it became known that Martin McCauley was granted release on bail from the Free State Courts. Still the extradition proceedings against Martin and four other republicans remain currently before the courts at the behest of British imperialism.

It has been reported that republican activists in South Dublin City have been on the streets promoting the struggle for National Liberation. At Emmet Bridge the Slogan “32 – Emmet’s work still unfinished” in reference to the ongoing struggle for Irish Freedom was painted. “Free Sean Walsh” can be seen across the area in support of the republican prisoner held by the Free State for the last 3 years at the behest of MI5. “Britain/NATO Out of Ireland” highlights the enemies of the Irish people and exposes the imperialists who need to be driven out.

On September 1, republican activists from across Dublin and further afield gathered in Ballyfermot to commemorate the Ballyfermot Train Ambush, an operation carried out the IRA Dublin Brigade against a British Troop Train during the Tan war just days before the truce, for the first time using a Thompson sub machine gun in combat against the Brits.

At the end of August Republican Prisoner, Eamon Hutchinson, has been released from Maghaberry Gaol. Despite the release, he will be subject to a number of draconian conditions, designed to impact on family life and political activism.

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