Republican News was a longstanding newspaper/magazine published by Sinn Féin

Sinn Féin

Sinn Féin is a left wing, Irish republican political party in Ireland. The name is Irish for "ourselves" or "we ourselves", although it is frequently mistranslated as "ourselves alone". Originating in the Sinn Féin organisation founded in 1905 by Arthur Griffith, it took its current form in 1970...

. Following the split in physical force Irish republicanism

Physical force Irish republicanism

Physical force Irish republicanism, is a term used to describe the recurring appearance of non-parliamentary violent insurrection in Ireland between 1798 and the present...

 in the late 1960s between the Officials (Official Sinn Féin — also known as Sinn Féin Gardiner Place — and the Official IRA) and the Provisionals (Provisional Sinn Féin — also known as Sinn Féin Kevin Street and now most commonly simply as Sinn Féin

Sinn Féin

Sinn Féin is a left wing, Irish republican political party in Ireland. The name is Irish for "ourselves" or "we ourselves", although it is frequently mistranslated as "ourselves alone". Originating in the Sinn Féin organisation founded in 1905 by Arthur Griffith, it took its current form in 1970...

 — and the Provisional IRA) Republican News was eclipsed by An Phoblacht

An Phoblacht

An Phoblacht is the official newspaper of Sinn Féin in Ireland. It is published once a month, and according to its website sells an average of up to 15,000 copies every month and was the first Irish paper to provide an edition online and currently having in excess of 100,000 website hits per...

, a new magazine launched by Provisional Sinn Féin in 1970.
Actually "An Phoblacht" came first and then in early 1970, Joe Graham

Joe Graham

Anthony Joseph "Joe" Graham , is a Belfast-based Irish writer and historian. He founded Rushlight: The Belfast Magazine in 1972....

 and Frank Card put together "The Republican News" and it functioned independently for quite a while. Joe only worked on three issues of it before starting "The Vindicator".

Both magazines merged, under the name An Phoblacht/Republican News in 1979.

Irish Republican News was launched independently under a new title in 2002.

Editors

1970: Jimmy Steele

1970: Proinsias Mac Airt

1973: Leo Martin

1974: Sean Caughey

Seán Caughey

Seán Caughey was an Irish republican, and later monarchist, activist.Based in Belfast, Caughey was the secretary of the local branch of the Gaelic League, He was the founding secretary of the Northern Ireland Council for Civil Liberties, on which he represented the "Six County Election...

1975: Danny Morrison