The epic and heroic chapter in Irish history that was the H-Block Hunger Strike came to an end after 217 tortuous days on 3 October 1981. Free article

TWO YEARS after the epic 1981 H-Block Hunger Strike in which ten young republicans died, there was another epic event at Long Kesh that dealt a huge blow to the Thatcher regime in Ireland. This was the escape of 38 IRA prisoners from H-Block 7 on Sunday 25 September 1983. Free article

Declan Kearney writes on Catalonia and reaffirms Sinn Féin's full commitment to assisting all efforts to achieve of a new, inclusive, progressive Catalan republic. Free article

Sinn Féin MP for Newry Armagh, Mickey Brady spoke on the case for Irish unity in September’s Trade Union Congress annual conference in Liverpool. Free article

The recent passing of Bernadette O’Hagan saw the end of a life well lived by a woman well loved by family and friends, a deeply committed Republican who gave decades of dedicated service to the cause of Irish freedom. Free article

August 20th marks the death of Michael Devine, the 10th republican hunger striker to die in 1981. Born in Derry, Devine grew up in the tumult of the civil rights protests, internment and Bloody Sunday in January 1972. He died after 60 days on hunger strike. The same day that voters in Fermanagh and South Tyrone elected H-Block candidate Owen Carron as an MP. Free article

There was a warm welcome for former Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn at the West Belfast Féile on 3 August when he addressed the main hall of St Mary’s College. Free article

Writing in his latest blog, Declan Kearney said a new progressive, inclusive, democratic Ireland is waiting to be created by us all. Free article

One hundred years ago this month many families in Ireland were in mourning in the aftermath of the tragic Civil War. But even after the war officially ended more people were plunged into grief and last weekend several generations of a wide family group gathered to recall one of the less well remembered fallen of that time - Harry McEntee of the IRA’s Dublin Brigade. Free article

Thomas McElwee, at the age of 23, was the tenth man to join the 1981 Hunger Strike. From Bellaghy in south Derry, he was imprisoned in 1976 after a premature bomb explosion in which he lost an eye. Free article