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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

Sinn Féin neck-and-neck with Fine Gael in new 'Irish Times' opinion poll breakthrough

9 October 2014

Sinn Féin and Fine Gael at 24%, Fianna Fáil drop 5 to 20%, and Labour trail at 9% even with a new leader Free article

Scotland's Cairde Republican Youth in the Six Counties

9 October 2014

Fourteen young people from Cairde Republican Youth in Scotland visited Ireland for an educational trip on the theme of the 1981 H-Blocks Hunger Strike Free article

'Right2Water Ireland' rally in Dublin – Sinn Féin calls for support

8 October 2014

Sinn Féin Councillor Daithí Doolan calls for best turnout possible at Saturday's Right2Water rally in Dublin, starting at 2pm from the Garden of Remembrance in Parnell Square. Free article

Right2Water Co-ordinator meets Lynn Boylan MEP at European Parliament

8 October 2014

As the people of Ireland await their first bills from Irish Water, Sinn Féin MEP Lynn Boylan has taken the issue to the European Union and will be authoring a report on the Right2Water initiative. Free article

Ardoyne, Bone, Ligoniel tribute unveiled in north Belfast

8 October 2014

SUNDAY 5 OCTOBER saw republicans from across Belfast turn out in large numbers and stand with the families of the republican dead from Ardoyne, the Bone and Ligoniel as a mural in honour of the area’s dead activists was unveiled. Free article

Bobby Storey calls for big turnout at Saturday’s anti-cuts rally in Belfast

8 October 2014

BOBBY STOREY, Chair of Sinn Féin’s Cúige Uladh, has called on people across the North to support this Saturday’s community rally against Tory welfare cuts. Free article

'Alternative Budget 2015' launched by Sinn Féin's Pearse Doherty

8 October 2014

Alternative Budget 2015 lays out how Sinn Féin in government would abolish the Local Property Tax and water charges, and the party’s programme for investing in disability services, health and education. Free article

Seanad by-election appeal by Catherine Seeley to TDs and senators to strengthen diversity in upper house

7 October 2014

‘I am the only Northerner and the only woman in this election’ – Craigavon Deputy Mayor Catherine Seeley Free article

Kurdish protesters stage action in European Parliament for Kobane

7 October 2014

Solidarity with Kobane Kurds from President of Sinn Féin MEPs’ group in European Parliament Free article

Canada leaders sign Irish Unity Pledge during Conor Murphy MP tour

6 October 2014

Newry/Armagh MP speaks to key figures as well as Irish emigrant and Canadian community at public meetings Free article

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