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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

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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