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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

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Pearse says Oireachtas officials have confirmed to him in writing today that he has not breached the rules Free article

Floods: Sinn Féin activists out in Belfast and Cork overnight and today to help

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Plans for clean-up and prevention of repeat sought by Sinn Féin Free article

Corrupt Fine Gael politician gets 6-year jail term

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Judge says crime 'at the upper end of the corruption scale' Free article

Jimmy Carr’s Jersey tax haven threatens to cut links with Britain

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Jersey and Guernsey lost a High Court action to stop the British Treasury closing a tax loophole that lets them sell DVDs and CDs tax-free Free article

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