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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

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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