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
Dún Laoghaire AGM of CRH picketed by Palestine activists
7 May 2014
Campaigners held a corriboard replica of the ‘Apartheid Wall’ in a protest asking CRH to divest from Israeli company Mashav, a holding company for Nesher, Israel’s sole cement manufacturer Free article
Boston College accuses Moloney and McIntyre of ‘shameful attempt’ to deflect blame as Belfast tapes fiasco unravels
7 May 2014
Claims by Anthony McIntyre and Ed Moloney were described by Boston College spokesperson as ‘tired rhetoric that’s been too willingly accepted by the Irish media’ Free article
Water tax – Government tries to stem tide against Labour local election washout
6 May 2014
Government claims about the true cost of the water tax won’t be known until August, Sinn Féin TD Brian Stanley said – ‘conveniently, after the local elections’ Free article
Ed Moloney and Anthony McIntyre DID know police could seize tapes, Boston College insists
6 May 2014
Boston College disowns increasingly discredited ‘oral history project’ with offer to return tapes to interviewees Free article
Huge Belfast rally for MEP Martina Anderson and freed Gerry Adams
6 May 2014
Crowd of up to 2,000 pack hall to show solidarity with Sinn Féin all-Ireland election drive and leader Free article
Video - Gerry Adams press conference following release
5 May 2014
Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams has been released from Antrim police station without charge Free article
Huge rally in support of 'peacemaker' Gerry Adams in Belfast
4 May 2014
Hundreds gather on the Falls Road demanding the release of the Sinn Féin leader Free article
International calls for release of Gerry Adams
3 May 2014
Protests, demonstrations and support from the USA, Italy, Greece, Australia, Catalonia and the Basque Country Free article
SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras calls for release of Gerry Adams
3 May 2014
Candidate for European Commission Presidency condemns 'politically inflammatory act against democracy' which he says is aimed at damaging Sinn Féin electorally Free article
Martin McGuinness says PSNI agenda 'negative and destructive'
3 May 2014
Growing anger in the community over arrest of Gerry Adams TD Free article
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