AP front 1 - 2025 small

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

Fears for neutrality ahead of Irish troop aid to Mali coup regime

15 March 2013

Fianna Fáil, ULA and Independent TDs back calls from Sinn Féin's Pádraig Mac Lochlainn for a debate over the deployment of Irish troops to war-torn Mali Free article

St Patrick’s Day, 1975

15 March 2013

TOM SMITH was a native of Dublin, born and reared in Harold's Cross on the southside of the city. He joined the IRA shortly after 1969 and was attached to the 2nd Battalion of the Dublin Brigade. Free article

Grow your Easter Lilies now for 1916 centenary

14 March 2013

Plant your Easter Lilies now and watch them bloom for 2016, Dublin north inner city Sinn Féin cumann urges in initiative Free article

Video: Dáil protest against rise in anti-Traveller racism and apartheid calls

14 March 2013

Sinn Féin Oireachtas members join Irish Traveller Movement protest against racism Free article

Israeli President’s European Parliament visit protested by MEPs

12 March 2013

Martina Anderson also co-signed a motion strongly condemning the death of Palestinian prisoner Arafat Jaradat under interrogation by Israeli security services Free article

CD fund-raiser for Irish-language schools launched

12 March 2013

Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams TD was on hand in Cultúrlann McAdam Ó Fiaich on Monday 11 March 11 to launch a new CD in aid of Irish-medium education. Free article

Celebrating the involvement of women in the 1913 Lockout

12 March 2013

7.30pm Friday 8th March. The Law Society of Ireland. The Presidents Room, Blackhall Place, Dublin 7. Free article

'Hammer of the Sikhs' galloping back to Dublin with Fine Gael

12 March 2013

Fine Gael's Brian Hayes wants statue of British general reviled in India colonial war back up in Phoenix Park Free article

Horsemeat scandal top of agenda at EU meetings in Meath

12 March 2013

Sinn Féin MEP tells European Parliament a stronger onus needed on supermarkets to take responsibility for their supply chain Free article

Cross-party Petition of Concern submitted by Sinn Féin, Alliance and Greens

11 March 2013

DUP/SDLP amendment to Criminal Justice Bill undermines a pregnant women’s ability to receive emergency treatment in life-threatening circumstances, says Sinn Féin Free article

Page 303 of 489

Follow us on Facebook

An Phoblacht on Twitter

An Phoblacht Podcast

An Phoblacht podcast advert2

Uncomfortable Conversations 

uncomfortable Conversations book2

An initiative for dialogue 

for reconciliation 

— — — — — — —

Contributions from key figures in the churches, academia and wider civic society as well as senior republican figures

GUE-NGL Latest Edition ad

An Phoblacht
44 Parnell Sq.
Dublin 1
Ireland