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
Progressive Film Club next screenings . . . Shell in Mayo; Fukushima
20 August 2013
Saturday 24 August at the New Theatre · 43 East Essex Street · Dublin 2 Free article
‘Free Bradley Manning’ international solidarity event in Galway this Wednesday
19 August 2013
Organised by the Galway Alliance Against War at Lynch’s Castle on Shop Street this Wednesday between 12 noon and 2pm Free article
Dublin human chain for Catalan independence – Sunday 1 September 5:14pm sharp at GPO
17 August 2013
Join hands with Catalonia on Sunday 1 September at 5:14pm outside GPO in Dublin Free article
Tyrone Volunteers remembered with dignity and pride – Photo gallery
16 August 2013
THE annual Tyrone Volunteers’ Day, held this year in the west Tyrone town of Castlederg on Sunday 11 August, was a fitting tribute to those republicans who lost their lives in the course of the conflict. Free article
Belfast tribute to Nelson Mandela
15 August 2013
A NEW MURAL paying tribute to South African revolutionary Nelson Mandela, who recently celebrated his 95th birthday, was unveiled on Belfast’s Falls Road on Friday 9 August. Free article
Long Kesh peace centre back-tracking by DUP a sign of ‘weak political leadership’
15 August 2013
DUP leader gives in to unionist paranoia from the hardline, anti-Peace Process Willie Frazer and Jim Allister Free article
Ballymurphy Massacre families want Hillsborough-style Independent Panel to examine evidence
14 August 2013
Relatives of the 11 Ballymurphy victims – including a local priest and a mother of 8 – seek an Independent Panel to examine all of the documents relating to the context, circumstances and aftermath of the deaths of their loved ones at the hands of the British Army’s Parachute Regiment at time of internment Free article
Corrib ‘booze for gardaí’ claims: TD calls for statements by ministers and outside inquiry
13 August 2013
Allegations require statements by the Ministers for Justice and Natural Resources as well as an independent probe Free article
1913-2013 – Dún Laoghaire 1913 Lockout Commemoration Weekend
13 August 2013
Weekend of Lockout 1913 events lined up for 22 to 25 August. Free article
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