Bobby Sands writing in An Phoblacht/Republican News
12 June 2026
BOBBY SANDS was the most prolific writer of the republican prisoners in the H-Blocks of Long Kesh during the Blanket Protest which lasted from 1976 until 1981. He was in prison for most of that time, being arrested in October 1976 and sentenced in September 1977. Free article
Belfast City Hall rally says “Refugees Welcome in Ireland”
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Sinn Féin Mayor drives home message of support for refugees Free article
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The Irish Volunteer - Óglach na hÉireann, Volume 2, Number 39
4 September 2015
Series by Mícheál Mac Donncha chronicling the road to the 1916 Rising as seen through the pages of An tÓglach – the Irish Volunteer from 24 April 1915 to 22 April 1916 Free article
Refugees crisis – Ireland should do more, say Sinn Féin leaders
3 September 2015
'We all have a responsibility to do everything in our power to alleviate this growing humanitarian crisis' – Martin McGuinness Free article
Fennelly Report: Labour and Attorney General at odds with each other
3 September 2015
Motions of no confidence in Attorney General and Taoiseach as report into Garda Commissioner's resignation raises more questions Free article
A united Ireland will deliver a stronger economy and a just, equal and fair society
3 September 2015
No one given the task of designing the best economic, social and political model for an island of 6.4million people would dream of separating the north-east corner from the rest of the country and, in turn, creating two separate competing currencies, tax systems, legal frameworks and two administration Free article
Taoiseach's spin on Fennelly Report simply not convincing – must consider his position
2 September 2015
Calls for Dáil to be recalled as Fennelly Report on resignation of Garda Commissioner raises serious questions for Taoiseach Free article
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