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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

SDLP accepts jobs discrimination against ex-prisoners in Special Advisers Bill

28 May 2013

The SDLP will not block a Bill discriminating against former political prisoners in employment even though leader says it is 'flawed' Free article

Property Tax petition video: Mary Lou McDonald urges 'Back the Bill to Axe the Tax'

27 May 2013

Campaign groups and members of the public urged to lobby their local TDs to back the repeal Bill and sign the 'Axe the Tax' petition Free article

Video – Dublin tributes to pub bomb hero Martin Doherty

26 May 2013

Dublin IRA Volunteer was shot dead when he thwarted a unionist UVF death squad planting a bomb at a packed Dublin pub in May 1994 Free article

Sinn Féin shows solidarity with Belfast Islamic Centre after attack

24 May 2013

Paint-bomb assault being treated by police as hate crime Free article

BBC apologises for ‘SF/IRA’ label on 'Question Time'

24 May 2013

BBC responds to formal complaint from Sinn Féin over tag used to justify unionist death squad murders Free article

Guantanamo MEPs urged to call for release of Price and Corey

24 May 2013

‘These detentions – whether in Guantanamo or the North of Ireland – run contrary to natural justice and must cease,’ Martina Anderson tells European Parliament Free article

Video – Gerry Adams and Sinn Féin call for John Downey’s release

23 May 2013

Arrest and charging of Donegal republican with an IRA bomb attack on the British Army in London in 1982 ‘vindictive, unnecessary and unhelpful’ Free article

Cochlear implants campaigners meeting Junior Health Minister

22 May 2013

Parents of deaf children meeting Junior Health Minister in Oireachtas to discuss funding for bilateral cochlear implants Free article

Florida State Senate passes motion for a united Ireland

22 May 2013

Florida joins six other state senates that have approved similar resolutions Free article

Martin 'Doco' Doherty Commemoration – 25 May, Dublin

21 May 2013

Doco’s actions in stopping the UVF bombing of the Widow Scallan’s pub in Dublin in 1994 undoubtedly prevented a massacre at the packed function Free article

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