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
RTÉ and Joe Duffy apologise for untrue and defamatory statements about Sinn Féin TD Aengus Ó Snodaigh
9 March 2020
RTÉ has apologised after it broadcast untrue remarks about the TD in the wake of Sinn Féin's stunning election success Free article
History made as Máire Drumm honoured at City Hall
8 March 2020
A stunning new portrait of Sinn Féin Vice-President and iconic Irish republican figure Máire Drumm will now hang in the Mayor’s Parlour in Belfast City Hall after it was launched by Mayor Danny Baker. Free article
Tá ár lá ag teacht
6 March 2020
Ina óráid Dála ar an 20 Feabhra, agus é ag ionsaí Sinn Féin go nimhneach, dúirt ceannaire Fhianna Fáil, Mícheál Martin, an méid seo:
“The glorifying of the Provisional IRA is not an accident of one Deputy's exuberance, as Deputy McDonald claims. She has herself praised Provisional IRA units and when she ends speeches with ‘Tiocfaidh ar lá’ I think she knows full and well what the... Free article
Change is in the air - What side are you on? by Declan Kearney
1 March 2020
Writing in his latest blog, Declan Kearney reflects on the recent election, the change in Irish politics and attempts to build a Government for Change in the 26 counties. Free article
An Timpeallacht – Eva Ní Mhealláin
21 February 2020
Is mac léinn in Ollscoil na hÉireann Gaillimhe i mbliain na céime de BA sa Ghaeilge agus sa Fhraincis í Eva Ní Mhealláin. Is scríobhneoir, file agus gníomhaí óg í as deisceart Ard Mhacha ó dhúchas. Free article
Sinn Féin will deliver 32 county republic - Line of Duty Star
18 February 2020
Line of Duty star Adrian Dunbar has said he believes that Sinn Féin will deliver a 32-county republic following the historic result in the 2020 General Election. Free article
General Election 2020 - 'We are back to Connolly and Mellows, and it is just as well’
16 February 2020
Writing his latest blog, Sinn Féin National Chairperson Declan Kearney reflects on the historic and 'watershed' General Election result for Sinn Féin. Free article
IRA captures Ballytrain barracks
13 February 2020
One of the first major IRA attacks on an RIC barracks during the Black and Tan war took place in Ballytrain, County Monaghan, in February 1920. Free article
Next Irish government must begin actively planning for reunification - Michelle O'Neill
12 February 2020
In this article which first appeared in the Belfast Telegraph, Joint Head of Government Michelle O'Neill calls on the next Irish government to begin actively planning for Irish Unity. Free article
'A revolution in the ballot box' - Mary Lou McDonald
10 February 2020
In a seismic and historic election, Sinn Féin is the most popular political party in the 26 counties, securing widespread support across the state. Free article
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