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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

Barcelona to play in Catalonia’s colours

18 December 2012

Proposed red and yellow strip unveiled Free article

Israeli Embassy's racist message for Christmas causes storm over Bethlehem

17 December 2012

Offensive Facebook post by Israeli 'diplomats' removed after public backlash Free article

Prince Charles reported to tax inspectors over corporation tax avoidance

15 December 2012

Heir to British throne accused of dodging moral obligations to British taxpayers Free article

Property Tax protest at Dáil hears loanshark warning

14 December 2012

Government TDs debating the Property Tax Bill on Friday afternoon heard opposition to the tax on family homes when more than a hundred members and supporters of Sinn Féin turned up to demand that Fine Gael and Labour abandon yet another unfair tax. Free article

Bumper night for Children’s Hospice

14 December 2012

In just over an hour, the staff and elected representatives based in Sinn Féin’s Connolly House offices on the Andersonstown Road in Belfast raised £350 in aid of the Children’s Hospice. Free article

Oireachtas Good Friday Agreement committee to meet Finucane family

14 December 2012

Irish parliamentarians concerned over de Silva report and refusal of British Government to hold a public inquiry Free article

Mid-Ulster by-election convention

13 December 2012

Francie Molloy selected to contest Mid-Ulster by-election for Sinn Féin, 12th December 2012 Free article

Dúirt Siad – After the De Silva report into the murder of Pat Finucane

12 December 2012

Quotes after publication of the De Silva report into the murder of civil rights lawyer Pat Finucane by agents of the RUC Special Branch and British Military Intelligence Free article

EU states trade weapons of war but pick up Nobel Peace Prize

11 December 2012

EU member states account for one third of global arms sales Free article

Geraldine Finucane unveils new mural to civil rights lawyer Pat Finucane

10 December 2012

A new mural was unveiled in Beechmount Drive, west Belfast, at the weekend ahead of British Government report into the killing of solicitor Pat Finucane, who was shot dead at home, in front of his family, in February 1989. Free article

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