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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

'1913 can be the inspiration for a new republic based on social justice' – Gerry Adams

1 September 2013

There is a battle of ideas to be won and an alternative to be forged, Sinn Féin leader says on Lockout centenary Free article

'What's Left': Political flotsam of the week

31 August 2013

Bucking bronco granny bites Orangemen, alone in Syracuse, and a little military intelligence Free article

Loyalist ‘civil rights camp’ protesters trying to provoke Ardoyne confrontation, says MLA

30 August 2013

Sinn Féin MLA Carál Ní Chuilín urges Ardoyne residents not to be drawn into conflict but calls on the PSNI to ensure loyalist actions are not provocative or threatening Free article

What’s all this talk about a ‘New Party’?

30 August 2013

What we need is a break with austerity, a rejection of EU integrationism and the reassertion of the values of Irish independence and national revival, writes Eoin Ó Murchú Free article

Remembering the Past: The Drumnakilly Martyrs

30 August 2013

From An Phoblacht Archives (2008) Free article

Reporting Castlederg – Context and history

28 August 2013

Fleet Street former daily newspaper editor Roy Greenslade looks at the media coverage of the recent ‘controversial’ Castlederg commemoration by republicans in Tyrone Free article

Public boycott strike-breaking pharmacy

26 August 2013

Locals refuse to enter pharmacy in protest at the company's tactics and refusal to negotiate with the workers' representatives Free article

Rasharkin loyalist band parade provocation falls on deaf ears

26 August 2013

‘Kick the Pope’ bands fail to spark a reaction from anti-parade protesters Free article

Syria & Iran – ‘Stop the War Coalition’ speaker in Dublin, Saturday 7 September

26 August 2013

Ireland’s Peace & Neutrality Alliance is hosting a speaker in Dublin on Saturday 7 September from the ‘Stop the War Coalition’ from Britain Free article

Danny Morrison to speak at Drumnakilly Martyrs Commemoration in Tyrone

23 August 2013

Drumnakilly Martyrs 25th anniversary events, 25 August to 1 September Free article

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