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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