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
Watch – Springfield Road residents ask Orange Order to talk
28 June 2015
Parade was attended by DUP deputy leader Nigel Dodds and Progressive Unionist Party leader Billy Hutchinson Free article
Unionist threat of violence against Parades Commissioners and their homes, says PSNI
27 June 2015
'If we cannot walk in our areas then they will not be able to live safely in them.' statement says Free article
Remembering the Risen People – The Battle of St Matthew’s and the Falls Curfew
27 June 2015
Addressing a mass rally in west Belfast in 1975, then Sinn Féin Vice-President Máire Drumm spoke of the emergence of what she called “The risen people.” There had been resistance before, even armed resistance, but now “we have a risen people” and, as Máire told the crowd, “No one can beat a risen people.” Free article
Finucane family denied judicial review of Prime Minister's refusal of independent public inquiry into assassination
26 June 2015
Sinn Féin says judgement an attempt to continue the cover-up of the British state’s central role in the actions of unionist death squads Free article
General played tennis in IRA custody – Remembering the Past
26 June 2015
In stark contrast to republicans captured by the British, Lucas was treated exceptionally well by his captors Free article
Limerick gets its 1916 flag back – thanks to Sinn Féin Councillor Maurice Quinlivan and Queen Elizabeth
25 June 2015
Imperial War Museum returns historic Tricolour in time for Rising centenary Free article
PSNI legacy unit's independence questioned by police watchdog
24 June 2015
'Particular concern' about independence of investigators attached to new unit tasked with investigating conflict-related killings Free article
British state sued by Glenanne Gang bomb victim
23 June 2015
Two people were killed in the attack by the notorious Glenanne Gang on the Step Inn, in Keady, south Armagh, in August 1976 – Maria McShane's son was later shot dead by the UVF Free article
Europe's shame: Refugee drowning horror in the Mediterranean
23 June 2015
Thousands drown fleeing war and persecution while much of Europe seems more concerned with building a 'Fortress Europe' rather than helping desperate people Free article
Search begins at Cork prison for remains of executed 1916 Volunteer
23 June 2015
Archaeologists being work to uncover final resting place of Volunteer Thomas Kent Free article
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