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
Lynn Boylan MEP to highlight massive Irish Right2Water march in Europe
13 October 2014
Irish MEP appointed author of European Citizens' Initiative Right to Water" report will highlight public anger against charges in Ireland Free article
Cumann na mBan honoured in Liverpool despite police restrictions
13 October 2014
Liverpool's revolutionary Irish women honoured despite attempts by Merseyside Police to disrupt commemoration by placing restrictions on the event. Free article
I was there – The burning of Long Kesh
12 October 2014
CHRISTY KEENAN, from the Short Strand in Belfast, was in Cage 18. Serving seven years for possession of weapons, he was in charge of communications between his cage and the other cages where republican POWs, both internees and sentenced, were being held. Free article
The burning of Long Kesh
12 October 2014
15 OCTOBER marks the 40th anniversary of the burning of Long Kesh camp in 1974 by republican POWs in protest at conditions and ill-treatment. In an article originally published in the November 1994 issue of Captive Voice, a magazine produced by republican POWs, former prisoner JOE DOHERTY, from north Belfast, recalls that historic act of resistance by republicans among the 1,500 prisoners and internees. Free article
Video – 100,000 march in Dublin against water tax
11 October 2014
Thousands of people take to the streets of Dublin against water charges Free article
The Irish Volunteer - Volume 1 - Number 36
10 October 2014
The Irish Volunteer - Óglach na hÉireann Volume 1 - Number 36 newspaper, first published 10th October 1914 Free article
Sinn Féin transfers see Independent over the line in Seanad by-election
10 October 2014
Mary Lou McDonald says Fine Gael farce raises questions over Taoiseach's judgment Free article
European Commission ready to help after 900 Gallaher’s job losses, say Martin McGuinness and Martina Anderson MEP
9 October 2014
Martin McGuinness seeking meeting with European Commission about an application to the Globalisation Fund for reskilling and retraining of workers after firm cuts jobs for profits Free article
New model required to rebalance North’s economy
9 October 2014
‘We are a society emerging from conflict with a legacy of structural under-investment and an all-island economic reality,’ says Sinn Féin National Chairperson Declan Kearney. Free article
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