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
South-east university move by Education Minister welcomed by David Cullinane
30 May 2013
David Cullinane welcomes announcement by the Minister of Education for the advancement of plans for a technical university for the south-east Free article
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Mary Lou McDonald points out that the Giraffe group – featured in the RTÉ 'Prime Time' exposé – had advertised recently on the JobBridge site Free article
Big Fight Night Friday Night – Sinn Féin celebrities in boxing bonanza
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Shinners slug it out plus special exhibition match by some of Ireland's best-known boxers and a raffle for gloves and other memorabilia signed by Ireland's Olympic boxers Free article
Community rallies behind councillor defying death threat by ‘dissidents’
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28 May 2013
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Property Tax petition video: Mary Lou McDonald urges 'Back the Bill to Axe the Tax'
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Video – Dublin tributes to pub bomb hero Martin Doherty
26 May 2013
Dublin IRA Volunteer was shot dead when he thwarted a unionist UVF death squad planting a bomb at a packed Dublin pub in May 1994 Free article
Sinn Féin shows solidarity with Belfast Islamic Centre after attack
24 May 2013
Paint-bomb assault being treated by police as hate crime Free article
BBC apologises for ‘SF/IRA’ label on 'Question Time'
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BBC responds to formal complaint from Sinn Féin over tag used to justify unionist death squad murders Free article
Guantanamo MEPs urged to call for release of Price and Corey
24 May 2013
‘These detentions – whether in Guantanamo or the North of Ireland – run contrary to natural justice and must cease,’ Martina Anderson tells European Parliament Free article
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