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
Pat Finucane murder: US House Committee on Foreign Affairs hearing on Wednesday
14 May 2013
Son of murdered Belfast lawyer Pat Finucane to give evidence Free article
James Connolly remembered
14 May 2013
Republicans and socialists from across Belfast’s political spectrum turned out for a ceremony to remember socialist republican James Connolly on the 97th anniversary of his execution by the British on 12 May 1916. Free article
Eamonn Mallie and Mary Lou McDonald for Crossmaglen debate on ‘A United Ireland’
14 May 2013
Internationally-renowned commentator and broadcaster Eamonn Mallie – born in South Armagh – will be chairing tonight’s debate in Crossmaglen between unionists and republicans, including Mary Lou McDonald TD Free article
Nakba Week – IPSC marks 65th anniversary of Palestinian catastrophe and resistance
13 May 2013
Show solidarity with the people of Palestine Free article
UVF linked to attack on Catholic woman (18) in Rangers supporters' club
13 May 2013
It has been confirmed to 'An Phoblacht' that the main instigators of the attack at the 1st Belfast Rangers Club are thought to be senior members of the UVF in south Belfast and are well-known in the community Free article
Video – United Ireland 10k and family walk a huge success
13 May 2013
Border criss-crossed several times by local communities in unity initiative Free article
First Annual James Connolly Summer School takes place in Dublin
13 May 2013
THE first annual James Connolly summer school in Ballybough, Dublin, on Saturday saw a day of lively debates and presentations from progressive voices in Irish Left politics including one on ‘The Reconquest of Ireland and Future of the Left’ Free article
'NATO or neutrality?' Public debate in Dublin, Tuesday 14 May
12 May 2013
Hosted by Peace & Neutrality Alliance, Sinn Féin, Irish Anti-War Movement, Socialist Party, People Before Profit Alliance Free article
Video: Gerry Adams meets family of slain prison officer – to meet again
9 May 2013
Gerry Adams this evening met the family of Chief Prison Officer Brian Stack at Leinster House. Free article
Charity clothes bin thieves slip by Garda computer net
9 May 2013
Garda hi-tech computer cannot tell how many good causes are being fleeced of cash by hoods robbing charity clothes bins, Justice Minister Alan Shatter has confessed to Sinn Féin TD Pearse Doherty Free article
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