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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

The Irish Volunteer - Volume 1 - Number 31

5 September 2014

The Irish Volunteer - Óglach na hÉireann Volume 1 - Number 31 newspaper, first published 5th September 1914. Free article

Israel bars 13 MEPs from visiting Gaza

4 September 2014

Tel Aviv prevents members of European Parliament – including three Sinn Féin MEPs – from seeing first-hand the devastation wrought by Israel’s war machine Free article

Israeli Ambassador plays the victim in media battle over Gaza

4 September 2014

As Sinn Féin MEPs on a fact-finding visit to Israel and Palestine are barred by the Tel Aviv Government from going to Gaza, Peadar Whelan looks back on some of the Irish media coverage of the most recent Israeli onslaught on Gaza Free article

PSNI finally releases 100 intelligence files to Police Ombudsman

3 September 2014

Police back down after legal challenge seeking vital information on 60 conflict-related killings Free article

Sinn Féin MEPs visiting Palestine meet Palestinian Ambassador to EU

3 September 2014

Fact-finding visit after Israeli onslaught on Gaza Free article

Welfare cuts a blow to Protestant and Catholic families, says Gerry Adams

2 September 2014

In an article in Tuesday’s ‘Irish News’, Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams TD outlines Sinn Féin’s opposition to welfare cuts and says they should be opposed by a united Executive Free article

Belfast City Council backs Sinn Féin motion opposing Tory welfare cuts

2 September 2014

Social justice trumps Tory greed, says Sinn Féin group leader Jim McVeigh Free article

Mandate Trade Union's head office defaced with pro-Israel graffiti

1 September 2014

Trade Union releases CCTV images of man defacing entrance pillars on 200 year-old listed building Free article

20 years after IRA cessation – Gerry Adams writes in ‘The Guardian’

1 September 2014

Positive change must replace political inertia, says Sinn Féin leader Free article

Israel's biggest land grab in 30 years internationally rebuked

1 September 2014

Sinn Féin leader calls on Taoiseach to exert pressure at EU level on Israel over breaches of international law Free article

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