RNU Monaghan

05/11/2026

Rnu Monaghan will be out supporting LittleWonders

29/10/2026

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28/10/2026

Republican Network for Unity stands in full solidarity with Claire Callan, her staff, and the children and families of Little Wonders Early Intervention Centre in Castleblayney.

Little Wonders is a small service in Castleblayney, Co. Monaghan, for children with disabilities and additional support needs. It's run by Clare Callan, and it's registered with Tusla as an early years service for children aged 2 to 6.

The HSE also refers to it in parliamentary answers to local TDs. They describe the Little Wonders Afterschool and Saturday Club as an alternative respite service, which matters because Monaghan has had very little children's disability respite.

Little Wonders are now fighting to keep the centre open, with closure now threatened for the 22nd of December 2026. We need to show them they have our political and community support, without reservation.

As socialist republicans, we stand with working-class communities. That's not a slogan for RNU. Every child, whatever their needs, has a right to quality care, education and early intervention. We don't see that as negotiable. Services like Little Wonders aren't some optional extra. For working families and vulnerable children across Monaghan and beyond, they are a lifeline.

Little Wonders currently supports 25 children, and there's a long waiting list of families who badly need a place. The threat of closure points to something much bigger and recklessly managed, a system that consistently undervalues and underfunds disability services and community infrastructure. Families raising children with additional needs should not have to battle state bureaucracy and funding uncertainty just to hold on to basic care. It is despicable, plain and simple.

Every name on that waiting list is a child. Their development and their future depend on early intervention, and behind each one is a family trying to get them the support they deserve.

RNU calls on:

1. The HSE and other state bodies to step in now, clear the funding and administrative obstacles, and guarantee Little Wonders' long-term future beyond December 2026.
2. Local representatives and councillors to go further than expressions of sympathy. Take real political and community action to save this service.
3. The wider community to keep up the pressure, keep sharing testimonials, and keep standing shoulder to shoulder with Claire and the families affected.

RNU stands with the Little Wonders family in demanding that grassroots, community-led care is protected and properly funded. We urge all our members, supporters and trade unionists to get behind the campaign.

OUR MESSAGE IS CLEAR: LITTLE WONDERS MUST NOT CLOSE.

CRÍOCH / ENDS

RNU is a socialist republican movement driving grassroots political change to achieve a united, democratic Irish republic for the people.

23/10/2026

Republican Network for Unity condemns, without reservation, Tuesday night's vote in Leinster House to begin dismantling the triple lock.

Seventy-nine TDs voted to tear down one of the last legal barriers standing between Irish free state soldiers and the wars of the great capitalist powers. Seventy-one stood against them. A margin of eight. That is what the neutrality of this nation was worth to the parties of government on the night of 21st October.

The debate was guillotined. A change of this weight, touching on whether young Irish men and women can be sent abroad under the banners of other states' interests, was given a matter of hours. Not weeks, and no referendum. A government confident of public support would not behave like this. This Irish government is not confident, and it knows why.

The triple lock was handed to the Irish people in 2002 as a guarantee. It was the price of the Nice Treaty, sold to us at the second time of asking. It was waved again at Lisbon. Now, with the treaties signed and the ink long dry, the promise is quietly being torn up, just like the GFA. Nobody should be surprised. Promises made in Leinster House to secure a Yes vote have a short shelf life.

Make no mistake, either, about direction of travel. Strip away the UN mandate and what's left is a "double lock" held by the very parties that want it gone. Ireland edges, step by step, toward the military structures of the EU and NATO. Toward the arms industry. Toward the same imperial adventures our own history should have taught us to refuse. A people who spent centuries under the boot of a colonial empire have no business lending their sons and daughters to the next one.

This bill isn't law yet. It must still pass further stages in the Dáil and in the Seanad. So the fight continues.

RNU calls on republicans, trade unionists, peace activists and every citizen who values neutrality to make their voices heard, in the streets and at the doors of every TD who voted Yes. We call for the bill to be withdrawn and for any change to Irish neutrality to be put directly to the people, North and South.

Neutrality belongs to the Irish people. Not to Leinster House. Not to Brussels.

Republican Network for Unity

19/10/2026

19/10/2026

14/10/2026

All Republicans are welcome to join us for our National Hunger Strike Commemoration this Sunday, 18th October in Cavan Town. We will assemble at the Cathedral and then proceed to the towns Republican memorial to pay our respects.

09/10/2026

The Republican Network For Unity would like to congratulate the Garvaghy road community on the news that the Orange Order are now prohibited from marching through their community!

R.N.U were proud to stand in solidarity with the people of Garvaghy road and with likeminded Republicans across the spectrum. The community of the Garvaghy road and wider area showed steadfast resilience and welcomed people from across Ireland with open arms.

We hope this puts the issue to bed and sends a clear signal to all those who would seek to push similar marches through other nationalist areas of Ireland.

05/10/2026

All Republicans are welcome to join us for our National Hunger Strike Commemoration on Sunday, 18th October in Cavan Town. We will assemble at the Cathedral and then proceed to the towns Republican memorial to pay our respects.

We remember with pride

Thomas Ashe, Kerry, 25 September 1917
Terence McSwiney, Cork, 25 October 1920
Michael Fitzgerald, Cork, 17 October 1920
Joseph Murphy, Cork, 25 October 1920
Joe Witty, Wexford, 2 September 1923
Dennis Barry, Cork, 20 November 1923
Andy O Sullivan, Cork, 22 November 1923
Tony Darcy, Galway, 16 April 1940
Jack ‘Sean’ McNeela, Mayo, 19 April 1940
Sean McCaughey, Tyrone, 11 May 1946
Michael Gaughan, Mayo, 3 June 1974
Frank Stagg, Mayo, 12 February 1976
Bobby Sands, Belfast, 5 May 1981
Frank Hughes , Derry, 12 May 1981
Raymond McCreesh , Armagh , 21 May 1981
Patsy O Hara , Derry , 21 May 1981
Joe McDonnell , Belfast , 8 July 1981
Martin Hurson , Tyrone , 13 July 1981
Kevin Lynch, Derry , 1 August 1981
Kieran Doherty , Belfast , 2 August 1981
Tom McIlwee , Derry , 8 August 1981
Micky Devine , Derry , 20 August 1981

All Republicans are welcome to join us for our National Hunger Strike Commemoration on Sunday, 18th October, 2 p.m in Cavan Town. We will assemble at the Cathedral and then proceed to the towns Republican memorial to pay our respects.

We remember with pride

Thomas Ashe, Kerry, 25 September 1917
Terence McSwiney, Cork, 25 October 1920
Michael Fitzgerald, Cork, 17 October 1920
Joseph Murphy, Cork, 25 October 1920
Joe Witty, Wexford, 2 September 1923
Dennis Barry, Cork, 20 November 1923
Andy O Sullivan, Cork, 22 November 1923
Tony Darcy, Galway, 16 April 1940
Jack ‘Sean’ McNeela, Mayo, 19 April 1940
Sean McCaughey, Tyrone, 11 May 1946
Michael Gaughan, Mayo, 3 June 1974
Frank Stagg, Mayo, 12 February 1976
Bobby Sands, Belfast, 5 May 1981
Frank Hughes , Derry, 12 May 1981
Raymond McCreesh , Armagh , 21 May 1981
Patsy O Hara , Derry , 21 May 1981
Joe McDonnell , Belfast , 8 July 1981
Martin Hurson , Tyrone , 13 July 1981
Kevin Lynch, Derry , 1 August 1981
Kieran Doherty , Belfast , 2 August 1981
Tom McIlwee , Derry , 8 August 1981
Micky Devine , Derry , 20 August 1981

04/10/2026

R.N.U members from across Ireland remained with the residents of the Garvaghy road from the early hours of Sunday night. Spirits remain high as the community and wider republican community across Ireland continue to band together and resist the hate mob. Whatever tomorrows outcome may be, we remain committed to supporting the people of the Garvaghy road.