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
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5 November 2012
Extracts from Bobby Sands’s hunger strike diary appear in a new book edited by, among others, the Academy-Award winning actor, Colin Firth Free article
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1 November 2012
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Video: Belfast fund-raiser for Gaza – 10 November, Emerald Roadhouse
30 October 2012
Irish Friends of Palestine fund-raising event in the Emerald Roadhouse, Belfast, on 10th November for the people of Gaza Free article
Inquest into killing of unarmed IRA Volunteer ends in controversy
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Allegations of inquest jury bias into RUC slaying of Pearse Jordan Free article
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