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
Good Friday Agreement, 15 years on – ‘No going back,’ says Adams
10 April 2013
Difference with the Good Friday Agreement from other initiatives is that the principle of equality is at its core, says Sinn Féin leader Free article
Taxi move: Minister breaking spirit of Good Friday Agreement on jobs for ex-prisoners
10 April 2013
Labour Party Transport Minister urged to look again at new taxi rules Free article
The Death of Margaret Thatcher – Reflections by Danny Morrison
10 April 2013
Danny Morrison is a writer who lives in West Belfast. In the 1980s he was the National Director of Publicity for Sinn Féin and a spokesperson for the prisoners in the H-Blocks of Long Kesh. Free article
UKIP chief’s ‘Provo’ tag for journalists provokes NUJ
9 April 2013
Journalists’ union calls UKIP comments ‘outrageous attack on local media which should not go unchallenged’ Free article
Palestinian teachers welcome Teachers’ Union of Ireland ‘boycott Israel’ call
9 April 2013
TUI unanimously voted to stop all exchanges with ‘apartheid state’ until it ends illegal actions and abides by UN resolutions against it Free article
Dúirt Siad: The death of Margaret Thatcher
8 April 2013
What some people are saying about the death of British former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher Free article
Hospital overcrowding examined in ‘Ward Watch’ initiative
8 April 2013
Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) launches ‘Ward Watch’ to monitor overcrowding in hospitals Free article
Ian Milne signs in as new MLA for Mid Ulster
8 April 2013
Former Blanket Man replaces Francie Molloy in Assembly Free article
Margaret Thatcher dies
8 April 2013
Britain’s ruthless Prime Minister during the H-Blocks Hunger Strikes in 1980 and 1981 dies at the age of 87 Free article
New inquest into 1989 UFF murder must see all RUC and British Government files
8 April 2013
Concerns of cover-up in killing of Gerard Casey continue after RUC material withheld from initial inquest Free article
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