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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

Markets murder – Sinn Féin leader appeals for calm

5 May 2015

Shooting dead of community worker on his way to work stuns south Belfast Free article

'Anyone you see, you shoot-to-kill' – Israeli soldiers break silence on Gaza war crimes

5 May 2015

Members of the Israeli Defence Forces speak to 'Breaking the Silence' about killing of civilians and destruction of homes in Gaza Free article

H-Blocks Hunger Strike and 1981 – a year forever etched on our minds and hearts

4 May 2015

From An Phoblacht/Republican News, 6 May 1999 – 18th Bobby Sands Memorial Lecture, organised by the people of Twinbrook, delivered by Sinn Féin Assembly member Mary Nelis Free article

May Day marked in Belfast

3 May 2015

Sinn Féin reps at rain-soaked rally to mark International Workers' Day Free article

An tÓglach – The Irish Volunteer, 1st May 1915

1 May 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

Bus strike 'a direct result of Government's privatisation policy'

1 May 2015

No bus services as drivers strike in opposition to privatisation of bus routes; Dublin Bus and Bus Éireann threaten unions Free article

'The trial's over . . . so now pay your fines' – Orange Order parade bandsmen found guilty

30 April 2015

13 unionist bandsmen guilty of playing 'Famine Song' at Catholic church Free article

Brigadier Frank Kitson today faces writs over role in Britain's 'dirty war' in Ireland

30 April 2015

London legal move on Military Intelligence role in 'dirty war' Free article

Máirtín Ó Muilleoir – poll topper in South Belfast? One to watch as SDLP leader in hiding from voters

30 April 2015

The SDLP leader has been widely criticised for ducking debates with his formidable Sinn Féin opponent Free article

DUP's Jim Wells resigns as Health Minister following attack on LGBT couples

27 April 2015

Jim Wells has resigned as Health Minister in the North amid ongoing controversy over anti-LGBT comments Free article

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