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
Video – Gerry Adams and Sinn Féin call for John Downey’s release
23 May 2013
Arrest and charging of Donegal republican with an IRA bomb attack on the British Army in London in 1982 ‘vindictive, unnecessary and unhelpful’ Free article
Cochlear implants campaigners meeting Junior Health Minister
22 May 2013
Parents of deaf children meeting Junior Health Minister in Oireachtas to discuss funding for bilateral cochlear implants Free article
Florida State Senate passes motion for a united Ireland
22 May 2013
Florida joins six other state senates that have approved similar resolutions Free article
Martin 'Doco' Doherty Commemoration – 25 May, Dublin
21 May 2013
Doco’s actions in stopping the UVF bombing of the Widow Scallan’s pub in Dublin in 1994 undoubtedly prevented a massacre at the packed function Free article
Justice Minister Shatter – Sinn Féin calls for Dáil time on Tuesday for questioning
20 May 2013
Sinn Féin calls for Dáil time on Tuesday for Justice Minister to address his use of personal information to damage TD Free article
Dublin and Monaghan bombings by UVF and British state forces remembered
17 May 2013
Justice for the Forgotten commemoration on Talbot Street, Dublin, on Friday to remember the victims of the Dublin and Monaghan bombings of May 1974 Free article
US Congress hearing on Pat Finucane murder and collusion
17 May 2013
US House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs sub-committee hears appeal from Pat’s son to press British Government to honour promise of public inquiry into 1989 murder Free article
Seanad reform – hand it to Constitutional Convention, says Sinn Féin
15 May 2013
Total Seanad reform – including making it more representative and elections open to all voters – should be referred to the Constitutional Convention and referendum cancelled Free article
Neutrality debate: 'Cold War relic NATO should be shut down'
15 May 2013
Left-wing TDs argue against Irish involvement in NATO while ex-Irish Defence Forces officer and former NATO committee director say it will benefit the state Free article
British Government must honour peace pledge at St Andrews – Martin McGuinness
15 May 2013
The Tory/LibDem British Government has reneged on its predecessor’s St Andrews commitment for a significant Peace Dividend agreed with the Irish Government and with the US through their Special Envoy Free article
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