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Fri 04 Apr 2009All changed utterly as 'An Phoblacht' omits IRA message
FOR THE first time in memory, the Easter edition of An Phoblacht, which was published yesterday, does not contain the traditional Easter statement from the IRA.
Instead, the latest edition of the weekly paper, viewed as the house publication of both Sinn Féin and the IRA, carries a “Sinn Féin leadership Easter statement” recommitting members to the “achievement of our republican objectives”.
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