Republican Sinn Féin or RSF (Irish: Sinn Féin Poblachtach) is an Irish republican political party in Ireland. RSF claims to be heirs of the Sinn Féin party founded in 1905; the party took its present form in 1986 following a split in Sinn Féin. RSF members take seats when elected to local government in the Republic of Ireland, but do not recognise the validity of the Partition of Ireland. It subsequently does not recognise the legitimacy of the parliaments of Stormont or Leinster House, so the party does not register itself with them.
The party emerged around the supporters of Ruairí Ó Brádaigh and Dáithí Ó Conaill. As Irish republican legitimists, they rejected the reformism of Gerry Adams and other members of Sinn Féin who supported abandoning the policy of abstentionism from the Oireachtas and accepting the legality of the Republic of Ireland. They support the Éire Nua policy which allows for devolution of power to provincial governments. RSF holds that the Irish Republic proclaimed in 1916 legally continues to exist, and that the Continuity Irish Republican Army Council is its de jure government.
The organisation views itself as representing “true” or “traditional” Irish republicanism, while in the mainstream media the organisation is portrayed as a political expression of “dissident republicanism”. Republican Sinn Féin rejects the Good Friday Agreement and the Anglo-Irish Treaty; as part of this they assert that Irish republicans have the right to use militant means to “defend the Irish Republic” and considers the Continuity Irish Republican Army (IRA) to be the legitimate army of the Irish Republic, and the Continuity IRA Army Council its legal government.
Saoirse – Irish Freedom
Saoirse – Irish Freedom is the monthly newspaper of Republican Sinn Féin. Click here for Saoirse – Irish Freedom section on the archive.
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Policy Documents
Ard Fheis Presidential Address
1980s
 Comdt. General Tom Maguire Statement (1986) |  Comdt. General Tom Maguire Statement (1987) |  1987 Bodenstown Speech |
1991
1993
1994
1996
 Revolutionary IRA emerges |  J. Bowyer Bell interview with the Continuity IRA |  Irish Republican Information Service (January 22, 1996) |
1997
 CIRA Interview |  Release Josephine Hayden Leaflet |  RSF Glasgow Leaflet (1990s) |
 The Republican (Spring 1997) |
1998
2001
2002
2004
2005
2006
2013
2020
RSF Ephemera
A collection of miscellaneous RSF leaflets and posters. Click on the image to download.
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