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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