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Published 6th September 1974:

"British Spies Still at Work" "Cork Dockers Consider Action against Beef Fleet"

The Irish People, from Official Sinn Féin.

https://www.leftarchive.ie/document/276/

The Irish People, Vol. 2, No. 35 (1974) — Sinn Féin [Official]

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Published 14th August 1971:

Drithleog – Nuachtlitir, Comhairle Ceantair Átha Cliath, Sinn Féin

A newsletter from the Dublin region of Official Sinn Féin.

https://www.leftarchive.ie/document/3992/

Drithleog (1971) — Sinn Féin [Official]

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Published 21st July 1975:

"The Need to End the Feud Between 'Officials' and IRSP", An Interview with Seamus Costello.

By Gerry Foley in Intercontinental Press, magazine of the Fourth International.

https://www.leftarchive.ie/document/563/

The Need to End the Feud Between 'Officials' and IRSP (1975) — Gerry Foley

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Published 4th June 1973:

"Performing Artists on a Flying Trapeze"

Gerry Foley on how Official Sinn Féin can build a "revolutionary party of the Irish people", from Intercontinental Press, magazine of the Fourth International (USFI).

https://www.leftarchive.ie/document/1489/

Performing Artists on a Flying Trapeze (1973) — Gerry Foley

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Published 28th May, 1973:

"Revolutionary Nationalism, Class Struggle, and Problems of Party Building in Ireland"

An article by Gerry Foley on Official Sinn Féin, from Intercontinental Press, the magazine of the Fourth International.

https://www.leftarchive.ie/document/1488/

Revolutionary Nationalism, Class Struggle, and Problems of Party Building in Ireland (1973) — Gerry Foley

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A cartoon from United Irishman in 1975 on American adoptions of Vietnamese children.

United Irishman was the newspaper of Official Sinn Féin.

A cartoon depicting a number of Vietnamese children on a display stand labelled "Vietnam Orphan Souvenirs", "Remember your stay in Vietnam forever" and "Limited supply". An American couple, identified by a "USA" label on a carry-bag, are pointing at one of the children. It is captioned "That one would look nice in the den."
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29th March 1975, The Non-Stop Connolly Show, a 24-hour play dramatising the life of James Connolly by Margaretta D’Arcy and John Arden, was first performed on Saturday 29th March 1975. The play was in part supported by Official Sinn Féin.

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On This Day, 29th March

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A black and white leaflet with a picture of James Connolly, which reads: Liberty Hall / Easter Week 1975
The Non-Stop Connolly Show;
Written by Margaretta D’Arcy and John Arden;
24-hour show begins 12 noon Saturday March 29;
Separate performances April, 1, 2, 4 & 5 (evenings);
Programme 2p
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Published 3rd March 1975:

"'Officials' Turn Against Their Own Past"

By Gerry Foley, from Intercontinental Press, magazine of the Fourth International.

https://www.leftarchive.ie/document/562/

'Officials' Turn Against Their Own Past (1975) — Gerry Foley

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"Ireland: Background to What Is Happening To-Day"

From Official Sinn Féin, an overview of the situation in Ireland and position of the Republican movement.

https://www.leftarchive.ie/document/4795/

Ireland: Background to What Is Happening To-Day (1972 c.) — Sinn Féin [Official]

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Published 24th February 1975:

"Officials' Split over Stalinist Power Play"

By Gerry Foley, for Intercontinental Press, magazine of the Fourth International.

https://www.leftarchive.ie/document/561/

Officials' Split over Stalinist Power Play (1975) — Gerry Foley

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"No Pasaran!"

The Story of the Irish Volunteers who served with the International Brigades in defending the Spanish Republic against International Fascism 1936-1938.

Published by Official Sinn Féin, 1975.

https://www.leftarchive.ie/document/4469/

No Pasaran! (1975) — Republican Clubs

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Published 5th February, 1973:

"Sinn Féin Debates Changes: An Irish Mass Revolutionary Party?"

Gerry Foley in the Fourth International magazine, Intercontinental Press, on Official Sinn Féin.

https://www.leftarchive.ie/document/3177/

Sinn Féin Debates Changes: An Irish Mass Revolutionary Party? (1973) — Gerry Foley

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"Landlord should be "tarred and feathered""

A 1975 article from The Irish People on poor housing conditions in Carlow.

The Irish People was the newspaper of Official Sinn Féin and then The Workers' Party, from the 1970s to 90s.

Full issue here: https://www.leftarchive.ie/document/2967/

The Irish People, Vol. 3, No. 25 (1975) — Sinn Féin [Official]

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Landlord should be "tarred and feathered"

He should be "tarred and feathered" Carlow Urban Councillor, Mr. Michael Byrne, said of one Carlow landlord when he finished inspecting a flat which was being rented out to a young married couple in the town. As a lesser deterrent Carlow Urban Council has decided to introduce bye-laws covering the conditions of rented accommodation in the town and containing penalties for noncompliance, including possible closure. The decision in principle was taken by the Council on 26 August and the September meeting is to discuss the enactment of bye-laws more fully.

The motion to introduce housing bye-laws was proposed by Counclllor Byrne who told colleagues on the Council that conditions in some of the flats rented by one particular landlord had made him "literally sick" and were not fit for a dog.
Such conditions were a serious indictment of public representatives, he said.


A tour by Urban Councillors around flats in the town brought to light shocking cases of extortionate rents for insanitary, often rat-infested, accommodation.

In one case, a group of flats, the sewer (open) was covered over by a flagstone.

Couples were living in danger of contracting disease carried by rat infestation. One child had dermatitis which could not be cured while living in its present home and another had been in hospital with gastro-enteritis on a number of occasions. Yet again, children had had to be hustled out of a building to avoid the rats in a flat which also used to chew their clothing.

One flat was so bad that the tenants were recommended for emergency rehousing; in another
the tenants' ESB bill, averaging £2-£3, had been upped to £21 odd because, they were told, the ground rent was included!

Under the 1966 Housing Act local authorities are empowered to introduce bye-laws setting out minimum standards of ventilation, lighting, heating, sanitary facilities, food storage etc. In rented accommodation. Councils, however, are not allowed to regulate the rents charged for flats.
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We returned in November with an interview with Pádraig Mannion, who has been a member of Official Sinn Féin and then The Workers' Party since the 1970s. We discussed his politicisation as a student, and the many activist and electoral campaigns he has been involved in, as well as the politics and development of the Workers' Party.

https://www.leftarchive.ie/podcast/41-padraig-mannion-official-sinn-fein-and-the-workers/

Episode 41: Pádraig Mannion: Official Sinn Féin and The Workers' Party — Irish Left Archive Podcast

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