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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

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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