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
Video – No alternative to dialogue and agreement, says McGuinness on 20th anniversary of IRA cessation
31 August 2014
There is a real threat to the political institutions in stagnation and the absence of progress, says Sinn Féin joint First Minister Free article
The decade of the Peace Process – 20th anniversary of the IRA cessation
30 August 2014
From An Phoblacht/Republican News, Thursday 2 September 2004 – Joanne Corcoran maps out the significant milestones that led to the IRA’s decisive initiative and looks at some of the key events that have followed in the ten years since Free article
Video – Gerry Adams reflects on 1994 IRA cessation
30 August 2014
Sinn Féin leader speaks to An Phoblacht about the IRA cessation of 1994 and the wider Peace Process Free article
'Thanks to the IRA' – The 20th anniversary of the IRA cessation
30 August 2014
From An Phoblacht/Republican News, Thursday 2 September 2004 Free article
Top RUC commander gave order that killed Nora McCabe returning from shops
29 August 2014
RUC Chief Superintendent Jimmy Crutchley behind use of lethal plastic bullet weapon Free article
Even RUC chief Jack Hermon despaired of Orange ‘sheer unreasonableness’ on parades
29 August 2014
RUC Chief Constable and British officials were exasperated by Orange Order’s stubbornness Free article
The Irish Volunteer - Volume 1 - Number 30
29 August 2014
The Irish Volunteer - Óglach na hÉireann Volume 1 - Number 30 newspaper, first published 29th August 1914. Free article
Wales NATO summit to face protests by 20,000 people, say police
28 August 2014
Sinn Féin Senator David Cullinane to join ‘No NATO Newport’ events Free article
RUC veteran’s appointment 4 months ago to head HET revealed only now
28 August 2014
Appointment only emerged because of a Freedom of Information request by campaign group Relatives for Justice Free article
Irish and British governments must refocus efforts on the North, says Gerry Adams
27 August 2014
Sunday marks 20th anniversary of historic and groundbreaking IRA cessation of 1994 Free article
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