Issue 0001, Republican Bulletin : Iris Na Poblachta, (November, 1986)

              republican bulletin iris na poblachta samhain — november 1986 10p historic sinn fein declaration poblacht na heireann irish republic a majority of the delegates to the 82nd ard-fheis of sinn fein have today voted to allow their elected representatives to recognise the 26-county parliament at leinster house and take part in its admini stration and such a decision conflicts with the two fundamental principles on which the organisation is based and which are enshrined in the constitution of sinn fein viz a that the allegiance of irishmen and irishwomen is due to the sovereign irish republic proclaimed in 1916 b that the sovereignty and unity of the republic are inalienable and non-judicable and the experience of six decades of attempts to win full irish freedom through the leinster house partitionest assembly has shown such efforts to be a total failure culminating in recent years in full collaboration with the london government including extradition of political prisoners and the spending of one million pounds per day of irish taxpayers money in protecting the border for england and no group minority or majority claiming to serve the historic cause of national freedom and sovereignty can grant recognition to the british-created institutions of leinster house stormont and westminster we irish republicans who wish to uphold the basic republican position enshrined in the sinn fein constitution until today and meeting in public session declare as follows we renew our allegiance to the sovereign irish republic proclaimed in 1 91 6 and which was endorsed by the majority of the people of ireland acting as a unit in 1 91 8 we uphold the declaration of independence proclaimed in national parliament dail eireann on january 21st 1919 and heroically defended in arms by succeeding generations of irish republicans we will pursue the republican objectives by continuing the organisation of republican sinn fein whose object will be to organise the irish people at home and abroad in opposition to british interference in the affairs of the historic irish nation to defend the interests of the irish people against all forms of colonialism and exploitation political social economic and cultural and to devise policies for the emancipation of all the irish people including a system of government which will cherish all the children of the nation equally and give all a truly democratic voice in the government of their community by the establishment of a democratic socia.bpepublic we salute the memory of our patriot dead who shall always inspire us and we express our solidarity with the families of those who died in the cause of irish freedom in recent years to all our republican prisoners we pledge ourselves to carry on the struggle for which they are now suffering so much w e uphold the historic right of the irish people to use what ever degree of controlled and disciplined force is necessary in resisting english aggression and bringing about an english withdrawal from our country for ever we confidently ask all the irish people for their support in our endeavours to make the irish republic a living reality our exiled men and women and all others who have helped us so far are invited to continue their support which has always been much appreciated g go maith go mbeidh deacrachtai romhainn ins an obair seo ar fad agus glacaimid na curaimf seo orainn le dochas go mbeidh muintir na heireann fial lena gcunamh mar a bhi i gconai seasaimid le poblacht 1916 2nd november 1986