The death of Michael Devine
19 August 2026
August 20th marks the death of Michael Devine, the 10th republican hunger striker to die in 1981. Born in Derry, Devine grew up in the tumult of the civil rights protests, internment and Bloody Sunday in January 1972. He died after 60 days on hunger strike. The same day that voters in Fermanagh and South Tyrone elected H-Block candidate Owen Carron as an MP. Free article
Carers victory as minister changes tack after Ó Snodaigh campaign
27 April 2012
Minister drops plan to force full-time carers to become active job-seekers Free article
‘Yes speeches’ dropped from referendum web after legal letter from Sinn Féin
26 April 2012
Government ‘Yes’ speeches taken down from taxpayer-funded website Free article
Workplace deaths: Sinn Féin calls for corporate manslaughter laws
26 April 2012
WORKPLACE DEATHS: Sinn Féin calls for corporate manslaughter laws and recognition of Workers’ Memorial Day, April 28 Free article
Dublin colleague fears Bahrain hunger striker may die soon
25 April 2012
FEARS GROW amongst Dublin ex-colleagues for the life of Bahrain hunger striker Abdulhadi Alkhawaja Free article
Unionists fail to stop Sinn Féin council ‘whistleblower’ motion
25 April 2012
MAGHERAFELT District Council has passed a Sinn Féin motion giving protection to ‘whistleblowers’. Free article
RAAD death threat should be lifted
24 April 2012
VIGILANTES should drop Derry death threat and disband, says Sinn Féin MLA Free article
Dublin event to mark 75th anniversary bombing of Gernika
24 April 2012
Dublin event to mark 75th anniversary bombing of Gernika – Teachers’ Club, Friday 27 April Free article
Derry remembers Stephen McConomy (11), killed by a British Army plastic bullet
24 April 2012
THE 30th anniversary of the British Army’s killing of 11-year-old schoolboy Stephen McConomy with a plastic bullet is marked in Derry with a call for the PSNI to scrap the new AEP plastic bullet. Free article
SIPTU Community Campaign joins lone parents to say: ‘7 is too young’
24 April 2012
EXPANDING community childcare through the Community Employment programme could deliver the quality and affordable service everyone needs, the SIPTU Community Campaign says. Free article
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