Republican News
Newspaper/magazine published by Sinn Féin
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| Type | Weekly political newspaper |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Sinn Féin |
| Political alignment | Irish Republican, Socialism |
| Language | English, Irish |
| Circulation | 20,000 |
Republican News was a longstanding newspaper/magazine published by Sinn Féin. Following the split in physical force Irish republicanism in the late 1960s between the Officials (Official Sinn Féin — also known as Sinn Féin Gardiner Place — and the Official IRA) and the Provisionals (Provisional Sinn Féin — also known as Sinn Féin Kevin Street and now most commonly simply as Sinn Féin — and the Provisional IRA) Republican News was eclipsed by An Phoblacht, a new magazine launched by Provisional Sinn Féin in 1970.[citation needed] "An Phoblacht" came first and then in early 1970, Joe Graham and Proinsias Mac Airt put together "The Republican News" and it functioned independently for quite a while. Graham worked on only three issues of it before starting "The Vindicator".[citation needed] The magazines merged under the name An Phoblacht/Republican News in 1979.[citation needed]
Editors
- 1970: Jimmy Steele[1]
- 1970: Proinsias Mac Airt[1]
- 1973: Leo Martin[1]
- 1974: Sean Caughey[1]
- 1975: Danny Morrison[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e Yonah Alexander and Alan O'Day, The Irish Terrorism Experience, p.50
