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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

An Irish republican prisoner writes about gay and lesbian liberation (1991)

26 April 2015

In 1991, homosexuality was still a criminal offence in the Irish state Free article

Greece facing 'silent coup d'état from banks', SYRIZA MEP tells An Phoblacht

24 April 2015

SYRIZA MEP Stelios Kouloglou speaks to An Phoblacht in Belfast Free article

An tÓglach – The Irish Volunteer

24 April 2015

This week we begin a 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

Gerry Adams TD hits back at 'increasingly desperate, arrogant and politically irrelevant' Fianna Fáil leader

22 April 2015

Gerry Adams TD responds to recent hysterics by Micheál Martin, saying his Fianna Fáil party is increasingly irrelevant to voters and lacks any real strategy Free article

H-Blocks ballad ruled 'threatening and offensive' by top judge

22 April 2015

'Roll of Honour' made the British Top 30 last year as part of a campaign by football fans against censorship Free article

British Government again snubs Taoiseach's call for release of Dublin/Monaghan bombs files

22 April 2015

Irish Government will approach new Secretary of State after Westminster election next month Free article

Prince Charles's visit could promote 'reconciliation, respect and understanding' – Gerry Adams

21 April 2015

Queen Elizabeth's tribute at Garden of Remembrance and meetings with Martin McGuinness demonstrated the potential of these events, says Sinn Féin leader Free article

Robert Monteith – landed at Banna Strand with Casement

21 April 2015

Monteith assisted Roger Casement in organising the Irish Brigade and later helped to secure German aid for the 1916 Rising Free article

Mediterranean tragedies 'a result of current EU policies'

21 April 2015

Protests at European Parliament over EU border policies and calls for extra-funding for search and rescue operations in Mediterranean Free article

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