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
Tánaiste urged to meet nationalist and unionist communities in Belfast visit
16 January 2013
Eamon Gilmore in Belfast on Thursday to meet Martin McGuinness and Peter Robinson Free article
Government must respond to EU leak to 'Financial Times' on debt, says Pearse Doherty
15 January 2013
'Financial Times' editorial ‘deeply worrying’ Free article
TDs can repeal Property Tax – ‘a tax too far’ – by voting for Sinn Féin Bill
15 January 2013
The Bill is one strand of a wider campaign of lobbying, meetings with groups such as the credit unions and NGOs, and leafleting by Sinn Féin activists across the state Free article
Alex Maskey on throwing stones and self-defence in Short Strand
15 January 2013
If the PSNI does not protect people in their homes from attack they have the right to self-defence, Sinn Féin MLA says Free article
Do Gilmore and Labour support ‘equal pay for equal work’?
11 January 2013
Mary Lou McDonald says Labour leader Eamon Gilmore must clarify position on equal pay after today’s RTÉ Radio ‘Morning Ireland’ interview Free article
UDA victim’s daughter to sue British defence ministry after new information on collusion
10 January 2013
Pat Finucane report reveals more details of the role British Army Intelligence undercover agent Brian Nelson played in the killing of Terence McDaid Free article
Video: Dublin unionist protest – Mary Lou McDonald TD on protests and equality
9 January 2013
Dublin Sinn Féin TD calls on opponents to stay away if protest goes ahead Free article
Winning back the public’s trust
9 January 2013
Simple steps would do much to restore public trust in politicians and the political process – and they could be implemented starting from today, says Eoin Ó Broin Free article
Official video January 12 rally in Bilbao for the rights of Basque political prisoners
9 January 2013
This Saturday, January 12, thousands will stage a rally in Bilbao in favour of a peace process and the repatriation of Basque prisoners to the Basque Country Free article
Spectacular flag spectacles
9 January 2013
Thanks to Barry McColgan for spotting this light-hearted look at the flags issue. Free article
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