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
Video: Flag protests, British culture, equality and mutual respect
8 January 2013
'We do and we will respect British culture and traditions in Belfast . . . Equality means mutual respect,' says Sinn Féin Councillor Jim McVeigh Free article
Dúirt Siad – Union flag protests
8 January 2013
What some people are saying about the Union flag protests Free article
CIA torture plane was in Shannon Airport 6 days before abduction of German citizen
8 January 2013
CIA plane used to transport German citizen to a notorious US-run torture centre in Afghanistan known as ‘The Salt Pit’ was in Shannon Airport just six days before it was used in the abduction Free article
Avoid unionists' Dublin flag demo publicity stunt, says Sinn Féin
7 January 2013
Fears that maverick unionist Willie Frazer’s supporters are intent on sparking violence in Dublin to take the focus off of the riots and increasingly unpopular wave of loyalist protests in Belfast Free article
Dublin fundraiser for Basque political prisoners on day of Bilbao national rally next Saturday
7 January 2013
Terrific video ahead of Bilbao rally (can you spot at least one Irish Tricolour?) – In Dublin: Folk and traditional music with DJs spinning ska, punk, garage and reggae with film of Bilbao event Free article
Long Kesh ex-prisoner Paul Toal RIP
7 January 2013
Paul was in Long Kesh when it was burned in 1974 and the British Army saturated the camp with CR nerve gas during the subsequent hand-to-hand fighting between the prisoners and their jailers Free article
Fergal Caraher wreath-laying ceremony
7 January 2013
Fergal and his brother Míceál were in Cullyhanna when they stopped to help a man whose car had broken down and were then approached by a group of British soldiers . . . Free article
'Fields of Athenry' image of modern-day emigration at Seán South commemoration
6 January 2013
Finance Minister's role likened to Famine-era ‘Fields of Athenry’ villain Sir Charles Trevelyan who forced thousands into poverty and emigration Free article
Where’s Willie's money?
4 January 2013
Controversial unionist march leader Willie Frazer has questions over EU Peace programme funds Free article
‘An Phoblacht’ described in Government papers in 1982 as ‘seditious’
4 January 2013
Dublin officials pressed for move against critical republican voice under Offences Against the State Act Free article
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