éirígí Campaign Update: Over 25,000 Proclamations Distributed

dublin | miscellaneous | news report

Sunday September 03, 2006 20:42

by Cormac Ryan PRO éirígí

“Reclaim the Republic / Athshealbhaígí an Phoblacht” campaign continues.

éirígí has now distributed in excess of 25,000 poster-size copies of the 1916 Proclamation of the Irish Republic across Dublin. The initiative, as part of the “Reclaim the Republic / Athshealbhaígí an Phoblacht” campaign, is set to continue, with tens of thousands of Proclamations yet to be circulated throughout the city.

At the start of summer, 2006, in this the 90th anniversary year of the Easter Rising, éirígí began distributing copies of the 1916 Proclamation of the Irish Republic on a not-for-profit basis. éirígí activists have delivered over 20,000 Proclamations door-to-door in areas across the city including Ringsend, Irishtown, Pearse Street, Ballybough, Summerhill, North Strand, the Coombe, Marrowbone Lane, St Teresa’s Gardens, the Liberties, Harold’s Cross, Crumlin, Donomore, Cushlawn and Killinarden. A further 5,000 Proclamations have been distributed at sporting events, shopping centres and public houses across the city.

The campaign is encouraging people to question how the Ireland of today measures up to the Republic declared in 1916. Furthermore, the campaign is encouraging people to play an active role in the creation of an Ireland that truly cherishes ‘all the children of the nation equally’.

The need for this campaign is evident in the fact that ninety years after the Easter Rising the Ireland envisioned in the Proclamation has yet to be realised. We live in an Ireland where social inequality divides ‘a minority from the majority’ and where ‘the right of the people of Ireland to the ownership of Ireland’ has been subverted by the rights of corporate business to generate profit.

To this day, Irish sovereignty continues to be violated by both the continued British presence in the six-counties and by the use of Irish airports to support the United States’ war machine, despite the expressed wishes of the majority of Irish people.

Any individuals or groups wishing to assist the campaign can do so by e-mailing reclaimtherepublic@eirigi.org or by phoning 086 236 72 98. Members of community groups, trade unions, sports clubs or residents associations who wish to distribute Proclamations within their own group should also contact éirígí at the above e-mail address or phone number.

Delivery of Proclamations in Crumlin