Francis Hughes – Died on 12 May 1981 on hunger strike in the H-Blocks
10 May 2024
The death of Francis Hughes at the age of 25 on hunger strike in the H-Blocks of Long Kesh saw not the end of a legend but a new chapter in what was, by any measure, the story of one of the most fearless and tenacious guerrilla fighters of the 20th Century and of the Irish Republican Army. Free article
Labour and Fine Gael deceit at Dublin City Council Budget 2014 meeting
15 January 2014
This budget was not about saving the citizens of Dublin or about standing up to the Government – it was an attempt to save Labour seats in the local elections Free article
Video – Solidarity from Belfast to Basque political prisoners
13 January 2014
Sinn Féin and Basque activists hold a vigil outside Cumann na Meirleach (the Felons’ Club) for political ex-prisoners on Belfast’s Andersonstown Road to support the huge rally in Bilbao in support of Basque political prisoners and their families. Free article
Sinn Féin MPs take Newry, Derry and Enniskillen jobs fight to London
13 January 2014
HMRC plans to close its Newry office by 2015, with the loss of 134 jobs, and to remove a substantial number of jobs from offices in Derry and Enniskillen Free article
Labour’s apprentice fees slated by Sinn Féin Dublin EU candidate Lynn Boylan
13 January 2014
Sinn Féin candidate wins Labour MEP’s support for urgent meeting between Labour Minister Ruairí Quinn and union critics Free article
Video: 130,000 rally in Bilbao in support of Basque prisoners
12 January 2014
Basque society defies Madrid Government ban Free article
Video: Haass proposals endorsed by Sinn Féin
11 January 2014
Unionist political parties which have rejected the Haass proposals are out of step with popular public opinion, Gerry Adams has said Free article
Solidarity to Basque political prisoners and their families
11 January 2014
Solidarity to Basque prisoners as Spanish judge bans rally calling for repatriation Free article
Unionist refusal to compromise over Richard Haass Talks doesn't represent wider society in North
10 January 2014
Political unionism needs to step away from unionist and Orange extremists, says Sinn Féin National Chairperson Declan Kearney ahead of Ard Chomhairle meeting on Haass Talks outcome Free article
Sinn Féin most popular party with younger voters
9 January 2014
Latest Red-C poll sees Sinn Féin support up with losses for Labour and Fine Gael Free article
Funeral of lifelong republican activist Leo Wilson
8 January 2014
The funeral of lifelong republican activist Leo Wilson took place in Belfast on Tuesday 7 January. Many republicans, including Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams, Vice-President Mary Lou McDonald and Martin McGuinness, attended. Free article
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