Saoirse – Irish Freedom is the monthly newspaper of Republican Sinn Féin and has been the party’s principal voice since the late 1980s. It takes its name from the Irish word for freedom, and across its run it has set out the continuity republican position: opposition to the peace process, rejection of the settlement that followed, and a traditional reading of the conflict in the North and the question of Irish unity.

The paper had its origins in the split of 1986, when those who refused to accept the ending of abstention from Leinster House left the Sinn Féin Ard Fheis to form Republican Sinn Féin. Within weeks the new party issued its first publication, the Republican Bulletin, which ran from November 1986 until May 1987; Saoirse succeeded it that month and has appeared since. The paper was closely identified with the party’s founding president, Ruairí Ó Brádaigh, and the tribute issue published after his death in 2013 forms the latest item in the collection held here.

The Irish Republican Digital Archive holds 89 issues of Saoirse spanning 1987 to 2013, together with surviving issues of the Republican Bulletin, making this one of the most substantial publicly accessible digital collections of the paper.

Republican Bulletin

November 1986

December 1986

Republican Bulletin (April 1987)

1987-1996

May 1987	July 1987	April 1989
November 1993	October 1995	October 1996
November 1996	Saoirse (March 1993)

2003

April 2003	May 2003	June 2003
July 2003	August 2003	September 2003
October 2003	November 2003	December 2003

2004

January 2004	February 2004	March 2004
April 2004	May 2004	June 2004
July 2004	August 2004	September 2004
October 2004	November 2004	December 2004

2005

January 2005	February 2005	March 2005
April 2005	May 2005	June 2005
July 2005	August 2005	October 2005
November 2005

2006

January 2006	February 2006	March 2006
April 2006	May 2006	June 2006
July 2006	August 2006	September 2006
October 2006	November 2006	December 2006

2007

January 2007	February 2007	March 2007
April 2007	May 2007	June 2007
July 2007	August 2007	September 2007
October 2007	November 2007

2008

February 2008	May 2008	July 2008
August 2008	December 2008

2010

Saoirse (November 2010)	Saoirse (September 2010)	Saoirse (October 2010)
Saoirse (March 2010)	Saoirse (May 2010)	Saoirse (February 2010)
Saoirse (April 2010)	Saoirse (June 2010)	Saoirse (July 2010)
Saoirse (August 2010)

2012

January 2012	February 2012	March 2012
May 2012	Saoirse (August 2012)

2013

May 2013

July 2013

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