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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

Irish Government secrecy over military exports to Israel

27 August 2014

Fine Gael/Labour should come clean on what’s being sent to keep Israeli war machine going, says Sinn Féin TD Pádraig Mac Lochlainn Free article

Savage sectarian home invasion by 10 men wielding iron bars and hatchet

26 August 2014

Mainstream unionist leaders challenged over 'UDA attack' – Catholic man living with Protestant girlfriend slashed by gang claiming to be UDA feared for his life Free article

Offensive remarks at Ard Eoin Fleadh ‘wrong’

26 August 2014

‘Sectarianism is wrong and it has no place at music or cultural events,’ says Belfast Sinn Féin Councillor Jim McVeigh Free article

George Galloway to sue fringe unionist Willie Frazer

26 August 2014

During a protest against George Galloway in Belfast on Saturday, Willie Frazer made a number of outrageous remarks about the Bradford West MP Free article

Film-maker Ken Loach urges boycott of Israeli cultural and sports events

25 August 2014

Director of 'The Wind That Shakes the Barley' and 'Jimmy’s Hall' says Israel must become a pariah state Free article

The Irish Volunteer - Volume 1 - Number 29

22 August 2014

The Irish Volunteer - Óglach na hÉireann Volume 1 - Number 29 newspaper, first published 22nd August 1914. Free article

Stars, unions and shops come out in support of Greyhound workers

19 August 2014

Growing support for locked-out recycling workers in their struggle to be treated fairly by their employer Free article

25 years ago: Massive Dublin demo for British withdrawal

19 August 2014

On 19 August 1989 an estimated 15,000 people marched in Dublin demanding a British withdrawal from the North of Ireland Free article

Challenge to Assembly ministers backing Tory welfare cuts – spend one week on low incomes

18 August 2014

Gauntlet thrown down to Finance Minister Simon Hamilton (DUP), Justice Minister David Ford (Alliance), Employment Minister Stephen Farry (Alliance) and Regional Development Minister Danny Kennedy (UUP) Free article

Sectarian church attacks and war memorial vandalism condemned

18 August 2014

Vandals target Catholic churches in County Antrim Free article

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