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
SF Bill to axe unfair Property Tax voted down by Labour and Fine Gael TDs
13 June 2013
Sinn Féin in Government WILL scrap the Property Tax if elected to Government in Leinster House – no ifs or buts, says TD in Dáil Free article
Dáil to debate Bill to axe the Property Tax
11 June 2013
Pressure on Fianna Fáil and Labour TDs to support the Bill to axe the Property Tax Free article
Orange Order plan for peaceful parades at St Patrick’s Church but still no talks on ‘Tour of North’
11 June 2013
‘Template’ for peaceful parading overshadowed by refusal of organisers of ‘Tour of the North’ to meet local residents Free article
Iain Banks RIP: Award-winning novelist and anti-fascist
11 June 2013
Acclaimed Scottish author was at ‘The Battle of Lewisham’ opposing racist National Front march Free article
A City of Equals on an Island of Equals
10 June 2013
Sinn Féin conference at Europa Hotel in Belfast, Friday 7 June Free article
Heavy Garda presence at Ruairí Ó Brádaigh funeral ‘intrusive and unnecessary’
10 June 2013
Garda operation leads to scuffles between mourners and gardaí in riot gear Free article
Will ‘loyalists’ heed British Army call not to fly regimental flags as a provocation?
8 June 2013
Ministry of Defence says flying Parachute Regiment flags from lamp-posts in Derry and Belfast ‘improper, inappropriate, irresponsible and disrespectful’ to British Army Free article
Pat Doherty MP visits John Downey in Belmarsh Prison, meets Irish Embassy
6 June 2013
Sinn Féin MP raises case with Irish Embassy in London as British Government accused of bad faith and a departure from what was agreed by Irish and British governments at Weston Park Free article
International Federation of Journalists Congress Freedom Walk in Dublin
6 June 2013
Freedom Walk tribute to Veronica Guerin and journalists killed while doing their job Free article
Ruairi Ó Brádaigh, former President of Sinn Féin, dies
5 June 2013
Longford veteran republican who split from Sinn Féin passes away at the age of 80 Free article
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