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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

British Govt rejects inquiry into Ballymurphy Massacre – Families appeal to Taoiseach

20 June 2012

In the three days following the introduction of internment on 9 August 1971, the British Army’s Parachute Regiment went on a shooting rampage through the nationalist Ballymurphy estate in Belfast Free article

Ryanair grab for Aer Lingus must be rejected

20 June 2012

Mary Lou McDonald says if Michael O’Leary is successful, Aer Lingus will be run as an anti-competitive private monopoly. Free article

‘New Perspectives on Republicanism in the 1960s’ – Public meeting, Dublin

20 June 2012

In the years leading up to the outbreak of the modern conflict, what were the role and intentions of the Republican Movement, how much did it influence events, and how much was it shaped by those events and outside forces? Free article

SYRIZA the real winners of the Greek elections, says left-wing MEPs’ leader

18 June 2012

Election results show that hostility to austerity remains a major factor in Greece, says GUE/NGL President Free article

Robbie Keane says Loughinisland black armbands gesture at Euro 2012 ‘only right’

18 June 2012

Ireland team to wear black armbands to mark UVF massacre of six men watching Ireland v Italy World Cup match on 18 June 1994 Free article

Martina Anderson MEP at Wolfe Tone Commemoration says Sinn Féin leading fightback against austerity

17 June 2012

'Across Ireland, North and South, Sinn Féin is leading the political fightback against austerity and in defence of Irish self-determination and sovereignty.' Free article

306 planes in 4 months carried US war materials via Ireland

14 June 2012

Labour's pre-election pledge on Shannon disappears into thin air with Gilmore as Tánaiste and Foreign Affairs Minister Free article

‘Pigs will fly before Antrim allows a Sinn Féin mayor' – Antrim UUP

13 June 2012

Local Ulster Unionist Party leader admits blocking Sinn Féin 'totally undemocratic' Free article

Ulster Unionist Party peer compares homosexuality to bestiality

13 June 2012

Former Ulster Defence Regiment major causes storm on Stephen Nolan BBC Radio Ulster show Free article

Symphysiotomy victims meet Oireachtas Justice Committee

13 June 2012

Brutal surgical procedure carried out in Irish hospitals between the 1940s and 1980s Free article

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