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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UDA emblems, Union Jacks, Orange Order flags and Queen Elizabeth's jubilee bunting have been put up on a main route into Derry City Free article
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'Absurd' Apprentice Boys' parade through Ardoyne
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Loyal order walks through nationalist area to board a bus to take them back along their route and on to Derry Free article
DUP and Sinn Féin clash over loyalist band's sectarian parade on Twelfth
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DUP figure echoes lame defence of anti-Catholic tune by band Free article
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‘For 25 Years, I Drank Like A Fish.’ Dr Garrett O’Connor, addiction health professional and recipient of the Betty Ford Institute Lifetime Achievement Award, and Sinn Féin Senator David Cullinane (Oireachtas Health Committee) on our relationship with alcohol Free article
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