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
Fianna Fáil leader challenged by accused to retract Dáil statements in ‘abuse of parliamentary privilege’
15 November 2014
Pádraic Wilson issues statement through solicitors over ‘false accusations and assertions’ made by Mícheál Martin during Wednesday’s Leaders’ Statements in the Dáil on Maíría Cahill. Free article
Urgent need for American and European ‘hands-on’ role in Stormont talks
13 November 2014
There is real risk for political drift, culminating in a British position paper being tabled which attempts to dilute the Haass compromise proposals and is bereft of a serious economic reconstruction plan for the North, warns Sinn Féin National Chairperson Declan Kearney Free article
Video – Gerry Adams proposes all-island process to deal with issue of abuse
12 November 2014
During Wednesday’s Dáil debate on allegations by Máiría Cahill, Gerry Adams urged the Irish Government to back Sinn Féin proposals for an all-Ireland process to deal with the issue of sexual abuse. Free article
The 'Irish Independent' and the Risen People
11 November 2014
Journalists at the Irish Independent are suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder after their relentless broadsheet onslaught against Sinn Féin resulted in their own most recent poll registering Sinn Féin as the most popular party in the South. Oh, dear. Free article
New Twinbrook memorial to fallen IRA Volunteers
11 November 2014
Family, friends and comrades brave atrocious weather to honour the memory of republican freedom fighters Free article
Irish Independent again leads political opponents’ ‘dirty tricks campaign’, Gerry Adams says in New York
7 November 2014
‘Scurrilous allegations’ by Taoiseach, Tánaiste and Fianna Fáil leader are not true, Sinn Féin leader says Free article
The Irish Volunteer - Óglach na hÉireann Volume 1 - Number 40
7 November 2014
The Irish Volunteer - Óglach na hÉireann Volume 1 - Number 40 newspaper, first published 7th November 1914 Free article
U-turn by Tánaiste on social welfare cut after pressure by Sinn Féin TD Aengus Ó Snodaigh
6 November 2014
‘Minister Joan Burton has clearly reflected on what I said and is finally doing something right’ – Sinn Féin TD Aengus Ó Snodaigh Free article
Gregory Campbell's words an attack on parity of esteem at Stormont talks
6 November 2014
Gregory Campbell’s gratuitous mockery of the Irish language in the Assembly on Monday was deliberate and intended to cause offence, says Declan Kearney Free article
Long Kesh escape bid ends in tragedy – 6 November 1974
5 November 2014
IRA Volunteer Hugh Coney, a native of Coalisland, County Tyrone, was shot dead by the British Army while attempting to escape from Long Kesh POW Camp on 6 November 1974. Free article
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