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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

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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