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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

Water tax by Fine Gael and Labour still in the pipeline

5 April 2013

Fine Gael/Labour Govt dancing to Fianna Fáil’s and Troika’s tune on water charges, Sinn Féin TD Brian Stanley says Free article

Noam Chomsky meets Vita Cortex workers in Cork City

5 April 2013

World-famous political activist spends 90 minutes in Cork with workers who occupied their workplace for 161 days for a fair redundancy deal Free article

Ex-prisoners swell numbers at Ardoyne Easter Rising commemoration

5 April 2013

Families line route to pay tribute to republican martyrs Free article

New Lodge tribute to fallen heroes of Irish freedom

5 April 2013

Magnificent memorial garden reflects the human cost of conflict paid by the people of this small district of north Belfast Free article

Border poll is a threat to no one, Mary Lou McDonald tells main Belfast 1916 Rising commemoration

5 April 2013

Falls Road sees one of the biggest republican commemorations in years despite bitterly cold weather Free article

Cullyhanna Easter Rising commemoration

5 April 2013

South Armagh bastion of republicanism marks 1916 Easter Rising Free article

Teachers' Union of Ireland votes for academic boycott of 'apartheid' Israel

5 April 2013

The Teachers' Union of Ireland becomes first European academic union to endorse an academic boycott of Israel Free article

CSO jobs figures reflect emigration and stagnant employment market

4 April 2013

Long-term unemployment and under-employment, two significant indicators of poverty, are on the increase, says Sinn Féin Jobs spokesperson Peadar Tóibín Free article