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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

UVF orchestrating racist attacks in Belfast, Policing Board told

4 April 2014

Loyalist group contributed significantly to a 70% increase in racist attacks across the city Free article

Stormont sees Easter Rising marked by Sinn Féin

4 April 2014

THE annual Sinn Féin Easter ceremony held by the party in Stormont was held this week. Free article

Huge numbers expected for Belfast Easter Commemoration

3 April 2014

LIAM SHANNON, Chair of the Belfast National Graves Association, says the interest in this year's Easter Commemoration is building and he expects a huge turnout on Sunday 20 April. Free article

Cumann na mBan celebrated 100 years on at its birthplace

3 April 2014

IT WAS standing room only in Wynn's Hotel, Dublin, on Wednesday night when over 150 people attended a celebration of the founding of the revolutionary women's organisation Cumann na mBan exactly 100 years ago to that exact date in that very same building. Free article

Du Plantier murder case – Gerry Adams TD calls for Commission of Investigation

2 April 2014

Probe into alleged corrupt activities by gardaí in 1996 Sophie Toscan Du Plantier murder investigation and treatment of prime suspect Ian Bailey needed, Dáil hears Free article

150-strong UDA mob in Larne rampage

31 March 2014

UDA gang behind attacks in Larne and death threats to Sinn Féin MLA Free article

Death of Noelle Ryan a blow to west Belfast community, says Gerry Adams

31 March 2014

Dublin-born education campaigner alongside Fr Des Wilson, a founding member of the Springhill Community House and the Education floor in Conway Mill Free article

Fianna Fáil to contest elections in the North – are they serious?

30 March 2014

Did Fianna Fáil even make a submission to the Haass talks process, asks Declan Kearney Free article

Trade union call to Labour Education Minister over DIT electricians’ dispute

28 March 2014

Sinn Féin Dublin North-West Inner City rep Janice Boylan joins sparks’ picket line to show support for workers’ rights Free article

Liadh Ní Riada visits University College Cork hall named after her father, composer Seán Ó Riada

28 March 2014

Ireland South EU candidate speaks of the ‘poignancy’ of her visit to Music Department named after her famous father Free article

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