[2] The paper suffered closure in 1916 soon after the appointment of Lord Decies as Chief Press Censor for Ireland.
It was suppressed after Gallagher accused the British authorities of lying about the conditions and situation of Irish Republican prisoners in the Frongoch internment camp.
Gallagher served long stints in prison due to his IRA involvement and went on many hunger strikes (the shortest lasting three days, the longest 41).
"[7] In December 1931, Gallagher was prosecuted by an Irish Free State Military tribunal for Seditious libel[8] for publishing articles alleging Gardaí had mistreated the opponents (i.e. Anti-Treaty republicans) of the Irish Free State government, this was facilitated by Amendment No.
[9] Prior to the establishment of Fianna Fáil, in the 1920s Gallagher contributed to An Phoblacht, the weekly newspaper of the Republican movement.