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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

Equality, ministers and the DUP conference

7 November 2013

Executive ministers are obliged to treat everyone equally, including gay and lesbian members of our community, Sinn Féin National Chairperson Declan Kearney reminds DUP Health Minister Edwin Poots and unionist colleagues Free article

Housing Minister Jan O'Sullivan confronted by angry residents

6 November 2013

Housing Minister confronted by angry residents in Corduff, Blanchardstown, over failure of her Department to tackle social housing crisis Free article

Sinn Féin MLAs meet Justice Minister over Lurgan man Martin Corey’s continued imprisonment

6 November 2013

Martin Corey’s long-awaited appearance before the Parole Commission is due to take place on Monday Free article

'Anyone with information on the Disappeared should bring it forward' – Martin McGuinness

5 November 2013

"Our focus must be on encouraging anyone holding information to bring it forward. This is a humanitarian issue. Those who seek to make political capital out of these terrible and tragic events will only dissuade them." Free article

Special events to mark 100th anniversary of Óglaigh na hÉireann

4 November 2013

Day-long series of events at the Pillar Room, Rotunda, Dublin on 16 November to mark the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Irish Volunteers Free article

Aftermath exhibition focuses on legacy of conflict in the North

4 November 2013

New exhibition by former hunger striker Laurence McKeown on display in Dublin, Newry and Belfast Free article

People's Referendum on Irish Unity to be held in Strabane and Lifford

3 November 2013

Strabane/Lifford residents to have their say on Irish reunification in People's Referendum on 23 November Free article

Kevin Barry remembered in Dublin

3 November 2013

Commemoration for 18 year-old IRA Volunteer hanged by the British in Mountjoy Jail in November 1920 Free article

Scoring points on the past

3 November 2013

HERE’S one of the articles in the latest edition of An Phoblacht free to read. Free article

Politics, prisoners and protests – the Basque Country and Ireland

1 November 2013

Emma McArdle and sixteen other Irish republicans traveled to Bilbao to learn about the Basque struggle for independence and hear first-hand of the oppression Basque political activists face Free article

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