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
Remembering the 1916 Easter Rising means discussing the future
18 April 2014
Irish republicans use Easter week as an opportunity to commemorate and remember our patriot dead. It is also an occasion to reflect upon the legacy of Easter 1916 and how that should inform our vision for the future. Free article
Record number of Sinn Féin candidates for Belfast City Council
17 April 2014
SINN FÉIN has nominated a record number of candidates to contest seats on Belfast City Council in the upcoming local elections in May. Free article
Arrested for promoting Easter Lily
17 April 2014
PSNI slammed for arresting and cautioning Sinn Féin activists in Omagh for promoting Easter Lily. Free article
Thousands rally against pylons and industrial-scale wind farms
16 April 2014
THOUSANDS of protesters marched from Parnell Square to Leinster House on Tuesday in opposition to plans to erect hundreds of pylons and large wind turbines across rural Ireland, particularly in the midlands. Free article
An Lá Dearg
15 April 2014
Bhí na millte í mBéal Feirste ag deireadh na seachtaine seo caite ag éileamh cothrom na féinne don Gaeilge. Free article
Collusion: Family of woman murdered by UDA to sue British government
14 April 2014
20 years on from UDA murder of mother-of-two, Theresa Clinton's family lodge writs against British government and PSNI Free article
Gaza artists blocked from travelling to Ireland, Pat Kenny radio show hears
11 April 2014
The 'Windows Into Gaza' exhibition features work by 11 Gaza-based artists and is being launched by actor Stephen Rea at the RHA Gallery in Dublin on Friday night before touring Ireland over the next six months Free article
Windsor Castle 'Mandela Moment' must not be squandered
10 April 2014
Martin McGuinness’s participation in this week’s events in England posed risks for republicans but this was ‘a symbolic demonstration of our unambiguous commitment to mutual respect and parity of esteem; and a sincere gesture of reconciliation and respect towards our unionist neighbours’, says Declan Kearney Free article
Video: 'Richie Rich' banker (€843k a year) grilled by Pearse Doherty
10 April 2014
Pearse Doherty TD grills Bank of Ireland CEO Richie Boucher over his €843,000 salary package and his bank's policy on home repossessions Free article
Derry women activists mark Cumann na mBan centenary
10 April 2014
IN AN EVENING that saw Derry republicans come together to mark the centenary of the founding of Cumann na mBan, the links between those Irish women revolutionaries and present-day activists was drawn. Free article
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