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
Rally call for political unity towards a government without Fianna Fáil or Fine Gael
16 November 2013
Ireland today needs a realignment of politics which reflects the radical spirit of 1913 and of the years that followed, Gerry Adams says at Irish Volunteers centenary events in Dublin’s Rotunda Free article
Family of Seamus Wright respond to BBC/RTÉ programme ‘The Disappeared’
15 November 2013
Breige Wright, sister of Seamus Wright – in a letter to An Phoblacht – wishes to clarify a number of points, particularly concerning interventions and accusations attributed to Dolours Price and Brendan Hughes Free article
Máirtín Ó Muilleoir writes on the Belfast Armistice Day ceremony
15 November 2013
'As a gesture to our unionist neighbours who hold this day in solemn reverence, I decided this year to stand as First Citizen beside the President of the Royal British Legion at the Cenotaph in Belfast' Free article
Video interview with Mayor – Armistice Day participation in Belfast 'a gesture of respect and reconciliation'
13 November 2013
Reservations were expressed in Sinn Féin, North and South, about taking part in Monday’s Armistice Day ceremony at Belfast City Hall, but conflict resolution isn’t easy, says Sinn Féin National Chairperson Declan Kearney Free article
War over 'Black and Tans memorial' at Kilmichael
13 November 2013
Uproar and confusion in the Rebel County over talk of commemorating reviled British forces Free article
Governments failing Peace Process, not standing up to ‘orchestrated violence of loyalism’, Adams says in US
8 November 2013
Instead of acting as a co-equal guarantor with the British Government, the Irish Government is acquiescing to British policy, Adams tells ‘Friends of Sinn Féin’ in New York Free article
McGurk’s Bar bombing: Court tells PSNI Chief Constable to give HET report to relatives
8 November 2013
Controversial Historical Enquiries Team report was completed in December 2012 but families of the dead denied access Free article
British Army spy camera film at UVF murder scene wiped, inquest hears
8 November 2013
Pensioner Roseann Mallon (76) was cut down in a hail of UVF bullets on 8 May 1994 Free article
1913 Lockout martyr James Byrne commemoration
8 November 2013
Trade union activist hailed by James Connolly in funeral oration remembered by Loughlinstown, Ballybrack and Shankill Men’s Shed members and ICTU President John Douglas Free article
CIA rendition flights given free passage through Shannon Airport by Fine Gael/Labour
7 November 2013
Justice Minister tells Dáil that gardaí have no role in inspecting foreign state or military aircraft at Shannon or other airports because they enjoy sovereign immunity Free article
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