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
Protest against bank debt and austerity – Saturday 9 February
8 February 2013
We must act now and send a clear message across Europe – the bank debt burden is unsustainable and unjust Free article
Video: Pearse Doherty's devastating dissection of Government's sham 'debt deal'
7 February 2013
Sinn Féin's Finance spokesperson spells out what the Fine Gael/Labour/Fianna Fáil deal really means Free article
Video of Pearse and prose from Prom Note Night scandal
7 February 2013
What they said on the night the Promissory Note Bill was railroaded through by Fine Gael, Fianna Fáil and Labour Free article
1913 to 2013: A Century of Workers in Struggle
7 February 2013
Liberty Hall conference to remember the 1913 Lockout and look at contemporary struggles Free article
'The Pitchfork Murders' second print run now available in shops
7 February 2013
Originally believed to have been a loyalist killing carried out with a pitchfork, three members of the British Army's Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders' 'D' Delta Company were jailed for the killings almost ten years later Free article
New Photo Galleries
6 February 2013
1913 Lockout commemoration ‘Big Jim’ Larkin statue, O'Connell Street, Dublin – 2 February 2013, Ken Livingstone and Ireland, London and Belfast – 1981 & 1983, Photographs from the February 2013 edition of An Phoblacht Free article
Marian Price’s health deteriorates after sister’s death – Sinn Féin MLA repeats call for release
6 February 2013
Marian Price is a threat to no one and continuing to keep her in prison is wrong, says Sinn Féin Justice Committee Vice-Chair Free article
Magdalene Laundries report: Mary Lou McDonald calls for full state apology and redress scheme
5 February 2013
Sinn Féin deputy leader disappointed with Taoiseach’s response to McAleese report into unpaid labour scandal aided by the state Free article
US Army colonel and State Department diplomat turned peace activist in Dublin
5 February 2013
Since resigning, patriotism for Ann Wright meant becoming an anti-war campaigner Free article
Flying start for Francie Molloy Mid-Ulster by-election campaign
5 February 2013
THE campaign to get Francie Molloy elected to replace Martin McGuinness as MP for Mid-Ulster got off to a flying start on Sunday 3 February. Free article
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