5 May 1981 was one of the most defining days in Irish history. It was the day that Bobby Sands, the 27-year-old Member of Parliament for Fermanagh/South Tyrone, died on hunger strike in the H-Blocks of Long Kesh as part of the republican prisoners’ campaign for the restoration of political status. Free article

The latest blog by Declan Kearney on Cuba and its inspiration for humanity across the world. Free article

One hundred years ago this week the British regime carried out further executions of Irish Republican prisoners in Dublin and Cork. As the war intensified under martial law more and more prisoners were being tried by British military courts which handed down death sentences. Free article

Book review: ‘The Irish Munitions Embargo of 1920’ by Peter Rigney, Umiskin Press, Dublin. Free article

Joe Dwyer from Sinn Féin’s London Office reports on the launch of the new Labour for Irish Unity group. Free article

Pléann an Comhairleoir Cristóir Mac Cafraidh leis an dul chun cinn atá déanta ag comhairlí airid ó thuaidh ó thaobh na Gaeilge. Free article

Peadar Whelan reports on how Sinn Féin representatives and community activists prevented a serious escalation of street protests in recent weeks and examines the misleading claims about deprivation in the North. Free article

In his latest blog, on the 23rd anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement, Declan Kearney reflects on the need for full implementation. Free article

Opinion from Ciarán Quinn on the Good Friday Agreement and the current political situation in the north. Free article

On Thursday, 9 April 1981, Bobby Sands was elected MP for the constituency of Fermanagh and South Tyrone. Sands polled 30,492 votes against unionist candidate Harry West’s 29,046. There were only 3,280 spoilt, highlighting the failure of the SDLP’s and Austin Currie’s attempts to sabotage the campaign. Free article