(A Previous Ógra Delegation to Castlerea Jail) An Ógra Shinn Féin delegation visited Castlerea jail within the past week. The visit was a part of the annual Republican prisoner’s month. Whilst a delegation visited the jail members of Ógra Shinn Féin were engaging in protests, white line pickets and candlelit vigils for our imprisoned comrades in streets and town centres nationwide.
Speaking on behalf of the Ógra delegation to visit Castlerea Ógra activist Barry McNally said
“We were visiting the prisoners today for a number of reasons. However we were here foremost to show our continued support for our imprisoned comrades and extend our solidarity at this hard time of the year for political prisoners.
“In terms of the prisoners we have visited today it is clear that these men should be free. The men are imprisoned due to political actions which had taken place before the signing of the Good Friday Agreement. The Dublin government have failed in living up to their commitments in the GFA in relation to prisoners as they have done in a number of other aspects of that agreement.
“When the IRA called an end the armed campaign in 2005 these men should have been freed. There is absolutely no need for the continued imprisonment of these men. Ógra Shinn Féin will continue to campaign for their freedom and also for the abolition of so called criminal records for republican POWs involved the armed conflict in Ireland.
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