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
Derry IRA Volunteers remembered
29 October 2012
DERRY CITY saw one of the biggest turn-outs in years for a local republican commemoration when hundreds of people turned out in the rain on Sunday 28 October to mark the 25th anniversary of the deaths of IRA Volunteers Edward McSheffrey and Paddy Deery. Free article
Video: Sinn Féin calls for YES vote in children’s referendum as ‘a basis on which to build’
29 October 2012
Party says UN Convention on the Rights of the Child should be the minimum standard for children’s rights Free article
Catalan MEPs call for EU intervention over ‘threats of force’ by Madrid
26 October 2012
Catalonia’s Interior Minister tells police officers they are to take orders only from the Catalan Parliament in any conflict with Madrid Free article
Apprentice Boys’ talks with north Belfast residents welcomed
26 October 2012
Orange Order urged to talk to residents too Free article
Saharawi Republic President meets Sinn Féin during official visit to Ireland
26 October 2012
Saharawi and Sinn Féin leaders exchange views and ways of supporting the struggle of Western Sahara independence Free article
'Votes at 16' motion to be heard by Stormont Assembly
25 October 2012
Motion to be tabled by Sinn Féin MLA Megan Fearon on November 6th Free article
2,000 teachers protest over government cuts
25 October 2012
An estimated 2,000 student and newly-qualified teachers demonstrated outside the Dáil on Wednesday to protest over government cuts which they say are having a serious impact on the education sector. Free article
Cork City Council meeting stormed by 80 Household Charge demonstrators
24 October 2012
Public anger denounced by Fine Gael Mayor as ‘mob rule’ Free article
Rangers FC fans to fund Irish Famine memorial
24 October 2012
Rangers Supporters’ Assembly says Famine was 'terrible tragedy' for all of Ireland and north of Scotland Free article
Video: Belfast republicans debate 'Uniting Ireland' strategy
23 October 2012
More than 200 activists come together on the issue of a united Ireland Free article
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