IRSP North Belfast

14/08/2026

Hope to see you all out this Sunday 16th Aug to support the James Hope MFb on their 10th Anniversary

13/08/2026

The IRSP wishes to comment on a recent incident in Belfast on Monday, in which a former member of the organisation was arrested and subsequently charged in connection with alleged drug offences.

Drugs, and particularly those involved in their supply and distribution, represent a serious scourge on our communities. The damage caused by drugs is witnessed first-hand in communities across the country, destroying lives, families and communities.

As a Republican Socialist organisation, the IRSP has always committed itself to the defence of our communities. That means opposing imperialist aggression, but it also means standing firmly against anti-community activity, including the supply and distribution of drugs and those who profit from the misery they cause.

Our position is unequivocal. Any member who becomes involved in the supply, distribution or sale of illegal drugs places themselves outside the Republican Socialist Movement and at odds with the communities we seek to defend.

The IRSP will not tolerate such activity, nor will we allow the actions of individuals to undermine our commitment to protecting and supporting our communities

07/08/2026

Hope to see you all at our 10 year Anniversary

07/08/2026

Remembering Vol. James McWilliams whose 5th anniversary occurs today.

James was a long standing member of the Republican Socialist Movement, and was integral in the organisation and building of the modern day IRSM in North Belfast.

Highly respected and liked by all who knew him. Our thoughts as always are with James family friends and comrades.

Vol. James McWilliams we salute you.

01/08/2026

Statement from the Irish Republican Socialist Party (IRSP)

The IRSP has been made aware that the mural in the Short Strand dedicated to Volunteer and Hunger Striker Micky Devine was attacked in the early hours of this morning, with images of the attack subsequently posted on a loyalist social media page.

This attack comes in the wake of the recent targeting of a loyalist mural in Newtownabbey by Lasair Dhearg. We have consistently maintained that actions of this nature achieve nothing positive. They are little more than publicity stunts carried out for social media likes, shares and attention, while those responsible fail to consider the real consequences of their actions.

The reality is that communities such as the Short Strand are the ones left to deal with the fallout. These reckless acts create fear, heighten tensions and increase the risk of retaliation, placing ordinary residents at the centre of situations they neither want nor deserve.

The IRSP is calling for calm in response to this attack. We also urge anyone considering targeting murals or engaging in similar acts to think seriously about the repercussions their actions can have for entire communities. No social media post or political point scoring is worth creating fear or putting lives at risk.

The mural dedicated to Micky Devine will be cleaned and restored. Those responsible may seek to provoke division and escalation, but they should know that these actions serve only to deepen tensions and endanger communities.

It is time for this behaviour to stop before it escalates even further.

10/07/2026

07/07/2026

Costello House open until 2pm today. Any issues we can help with please call in

01/07/2026

PSNI s*x offenders should be of concern to us all.
On a day when yet another PSNI member was convicted for a serious s*xual assault upon a child and another two were dismissed for s*xual assault upon their own colleagues, it is fast becoming reasonable for concerned citizens to ask just how deep the problem of s*xual violence and violent misogyny against women runs within that organisation.
To the casual observer it now appears that barely a week goes by without a report of yet another PSNI related s*x crime, to those with insight into such problems, a genuine question arises as to why so many s*xual deviants and violent misogynists are attracted to that organisation and why the culture of the PSNI seems to provide such people with a welcome home.
In recent times the PSNI have made a concerted effort to gain access and entry into schools and youth groups across the six counties, and many have rightly opposed such efforts on the grounds of political principle and a basic wish to keep gunmen away from their children. Yet the undeniable presence of an inordinate number of uncovered s*xual predators within the PSNI’s ranks adds further urgency to the task of keeping school children and the indeed the wider community safe from such people.
Today’s news casts further doubt on the ability of the PSNI to stamp out s*xual violence and misogyny in its ranks, despite having launched an internal campaign designed to do just that. Many tonight will be asking, if that many s*xual predators and violent misogynists are being discovered within the PSNI, how many are operating below the radar?
The IRSP share their concerns.

26/06/2026

Today we remember with pride, former IRSP chairperson Dr Miriam Daly

Miriam was a founding member of the anti H-Block and Armagh committee’s, civil rights activist, Queens University Lecturer and Republican Socialist activist.

She was assassinated in her home on 26th June 1980 under the orders of the British Government.

“history is written by the winners”