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
Sinn Féin secures Dáil debate this week on Home Help cuts
12 October 2012
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin TD says the motion on Tuesday and Wednesday night will give TDs with an opportunity to reject and reverse the savage cuts Free article
UTV: Loyalist band arrested over tunes
12 October 2012
Eleven members of the Young Conway Volunteers, the band accused of playing sectarian tunes outside a Catholic church in Belfast on the Twelfth, have been arrested Free article
Video: Priory Hall 1st Anniversary March – Saturday 2pm, Donaghmede Shopping Centre
12 October 2012
Show your solidarity with the residents of Priory Hall, now one year out their homes as the Fine Gael/Labour Government stand idly by Free article
Mayor of Belfast portrait unveiled
11 October 2012
A PORTRAIT of the former and youngest Mayor of Belfast, Sinn Féin Councillor Niall Ó Donnghaile, was unveiled in Belfast City Hall on 5 October to mark Niall’s just-completed year in office. Free article
An Phoblacht welcomes unionist engagement as Carson tops Dublin bridge poll
10 October 2012
Lord Edward Carson has enjoyed an incredible surge over the past 72 hours in An Phoblacht’s latest opinion poll about who to name Dublin’s new Liffey bridge after Free article
NAMA spends equivalent of 28,000 home help hours on recruitment – Pearse Doherty
10 October 2012
More than €500,000 has been spent by the National Asset Management Agency on the recruitment of staff since 2011 Free article
Amnesty wants investigation into 1970s waterboarding torture claims by BBC
9 October 2012
BBC Radio Ulster documentary 'Inside the Torture Chamber' says British Army and RUC used technique in 1970s Free article
A billion for AIB bondholders but no money for special shoes for children under HSE
9 October 2012
Parents of of children with intellectual and physical disabilities have been told by the Health Service Executive there is no funding left for specialist footwear that would enable their children to walk Free article
Mural to Irish International Brigader and IRA veteran Bob Doyle unveiled in Dublin
9 October 2012
International Brigades heroes honoured in Dublin Free article
Conor Murphy MP's blog from Venezuela: A witness to democracy
9 October 2012
Newry/Armagh Sinn Féin MP Conor Murphy's blog from Venezuela on Monday 8 October, the day after the people of Venezuela re-elected Hugo Chávez for his third term as president 54% to 44% – Conor was one of the International Observers Free article
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