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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

Irish Cement strike enters its third week

17 April 2012

Irish Cement workers in Limerick and Meath are in their third week on strike for the company to honour a Labour Court recommendation on pay – the first strike at Irish Cement in 30 years Free article

Labour lockdown in panic reaction to ‘scumbag’ protesters

16 April 2012

THE Labour leadership outcry over the weekend clashes between protesers and the Garda in Galway distracted public attention from the shambles of Labour’s annual conference celebrating its 100th anniversary and still claiming the mantle of James Connolly Free article

Easter Commemoration 2012 photos

13 April 2012

View photos here from Easter Commemorations across the 32 counties. Free article

Bus Éireann may leave school students stranded

13 April 2012

BUS ÉIREANN school bus cuts on the way for students in rural areas. Free article

Youth organisation releases online tool to find support services more easily

12 April 2012

ALL-IRELAND youth organisation SpunOut launches new ‘Find Help’ online tool to help young people access information on support services across Ireland. Free article

Connolly Hospital ward to close on Friday the 13th

11 April 2012

CONNOLLY HOSPITAL in west Dublin – one of the busiest medical centres in the country with an A&E that serves a population of over 330,000 people in Dublin and Meath – is suffering seriously from the Fine Gael/Labour Party Government’s health and austerity cuts, writes PAUL DONNELLY. Free article

DCU students vote against losing €10k in ‘Money Maze’

11 April 2012

DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY students have backed a Sinn Féin college initiative and overturned a Students’ Union decision to put €10,000 into building a Labyrinth ‘quiet reflection area’. Free article

Moving the Peace Process into new phases

10 April 2012

Belfast 1916 Easter Rising Commemoration – Address by Sinn Féin Party Chair Declan Kearney Free article

Taxpayers to stump up €7m to private toll-road operators

10 April 2012

SEVEN MILLION EURO of taxpayers’ money will be handed over to two private toll road operators by the Fine Gael/Labour Government because there’s not as much traffic as they’d expected and despite the toll roads continuing to operate at a profit. Free article

Dole cuts jobless man’s benefit for protesting against unemployment

10 April 2012

THERE has been widespread outrage and shock across the north-west as a man who led a protest walk from Donegal to Dublin in opposition to austerity measures and unemployment had his dole payment cut. Free article

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