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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

New Belfast mural in support of Gerry Adams

2 May 2014

Man of the People, Peacemaker, Leader and Visionary Free article

Adams arrest a deliberate attempt to influence outcome of elections, says McGuinness

1 May 2014

Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness has said that "dark forces" within the PSNI are behind the timing of Gerry Adams' arrest. Free article

Zero-hour contracts ban and union rights at heart of Sinn Féin workers’ rights policy

1 May 2014

Sinn Féin has also called for the introduction of strong and robust anti-victimisation legislation, and collective bargaining rights in line with International Labour Organisation conventions Free article

Timing of Gerry Adams’s arrest ‘politically motivated’ during election campaign

1 May 2014

Authorities' move designed to damage Sinn Féin, says Mary Lou McDonald Free article

Abject failure of unionism to stand up to UVF in east Belfast, says McGuinness

30 April 2014

Joint First Minister hits out at leadership of unionism to speak out in opposition to loyalist gangs in east Belfast Free article

Shell to Sea lash Irish Government rejection of UN recommendations on Corrib

30 April 2014

Justice Minister Shatter’s ‘cosy relationship’ with Garda chiefs cited by campaign group Free article

There are no more ‘no go’ areas for Sinn Féin politics

30 April 2014

Republican politics provide an alternative to the prevailing status quo of inequality and economic recession, says Sinn Féin National Chairperson Declan Kearney Free article

Video - Outrage as British Government rejects review panel into Ballymurphy Massacre

30 April 2014

Families of victims pledge to continue their campaign for justice as British Government moves to block them from getting the truth about August 1971 British Army rampage Free article