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
DUP support for welfare cuts is anti-welfare state
15 August 2014
When Peter Robinson spoke last week about economic realities, he conveniently forgot the biggest economic and social reality of all – British Tory cuts are designed to destroy the welfare state. Now the DUP has been sucked into that position. Free article
The Irish Volunteer - Volume 1 - Number 28
15 August 2014
The Irish Volunteer - Óglach na hÉireann Volume 1 - Number 28 newspaper, first published 15th August 1914. Free article
Unionists dared to defend welfare cuts in their communities
12 August 2014
No one in the North, unionist or nationalist, voted for Tory ‘welfare reform’ – welfare cuts are not part of our Programme for Government, says Sinn Féin MLA Daithí McKay Free article
Rory McIlroy praises Bill Clinton for Irish Peace Process role
12 August 2014
Golf champion says Clinton pivotal to the golfer’s generation being able to fulfill their life objectives in peace Free article
Sinn Féin to take key European role on Palestine
9 August 2014
Martina Anderson MEP to be appointed as Chair of the European Parliament’s Delegation for relations with the Palestinian Legislative Council Free article
‘North’s political process is in trouble,’ says Gerry Adams
8 August 2014
Unionist axis, British Government and Irish Government stances combining to undermine the Good Friday Agreement, Sinn Féin leader warns Free article
GAA chiefs clash with fans over Gaza banner
8 August 2014
Fans urged to fly Palestine flags as Croke Park defends removal of famous Armagh banner Free article
The Irish Volunteer - Volume 1 - Number 27
8 August 2014
The Irish Volunteer - Óglach na hÉireann Volume 1 - Number 27 newspaper, first published 8th August 1914. Free article
Derrylin and the price of freedom
7 August 2014
Jim Gibney, who proposed the idea of standing Bobby Sands in the Fermanagh and South Tyrone by-election, was at last Sunday’s hunger strike march in Fermanagh and in this feature he recalls the year of 1981 Free article
John Bruton denigrates men and women of 1916, says Gerry Adams
7 August 2014
Ex-Taoiseach and former Fine Gael leader John Bruton is on a crusade to revive Redmondism that denigrates the men and women – Gerry Adams Free article
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