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
St Mary's teaching students take closure protest to Stormont
28 January 2015
Opponents accuse Stephen Farry of putting Alliance Party policy of integrating education above other considerations Free article
Hundreds mark 40th anniversary of Volunteers Kelly and Stone
28 January 2015
REPUBLICANS from across Belfast turned out in huge numbers on Sunday 25 January to mark the 40th anniversary of the death on active service of Volunteers John 'Bap' Kelly and John Stone. Free article
Meet the new Greek Finance Minister
27 January 2015
An admirer of Karl Marx and Che Guevara, a Professor of Economics and a supporter of the Troops Out Movement, there is already lot of buzz about the new Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis Free article
Secret report reveals Irish Republican Army DID bring down army helicopter over south Armagh
24 January 2015
More than 30 years later, Whitehall files reveal British Army knowingly lied about success of IRA attack Free article
The Irish Volunteer - Volume 2 - Number 8
23 January 2015
The Irish Volunteer - Óglach na hÉireann Volume 2 - Number 8 newspaper, first published 23rd January 1915 Free article
Ballymurphy Massacre torture case to be revisited by Court of Appeal
22 January 2015
Terry Laverty was detained, stripped, beaten, and made to run barefoot over broken glass and through a gauntlet of British Army soldiers who beat him Free article
Video - Same-sex marriage referendum is about equality
21 January 2015
Sinn Féin welcomes the publication of the wording of the referendum on Marriage Equality Free article
When did free speech become a British 'value'?
21 January 2015
When men spoke out against a gun rampage . . . and were jailed by the British for doing so Free article
DUP 'shared society mayor' behind Craigavon Union flag blitz
20 January 2015
'Love they neighbour' mayor ignores legal and equality advice to fly flag 365 days a year from council HQ Free article
UDA accused over Ardoyne attacks
20 January 2015
Unionist paramilitaries accused of stoking-up tensions in the area Free article
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