AP front 1 - 2025 small

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

Loughinisland journalists brief Leinster House representatives on latest developments

17 April 2019

Investigative journalists Trevor Birney and Barry McCaffrey were in Leinster House yesterday afternoon to brief members of the Oireachtas on their ongoing legal battle that emerged after their documentary ‘No Stone Unturned’ was aired in December 2017.

The documentary shines a light on collusion between the UVF which murdered six men in the Heights Bar in Loughinisland, Co Down in... Free article

Good Friday Agreement: Twenty-one years on, we need more than an absence of conflict

10 April 2019

On the 21st anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement, Sinn Féin President Mary Lou McDonald has said we need a return to its principles and promises. Free article

Sinn Féin refuses to sign up to Carbon Tax on ordinary families

1 April 2019

Sinn Féin have made it clear that it will not stand over any report or policy that endorses regressive increases in carbon tax. Free article

Limerick workers smash British martial law

29 March 2019

IN April 1919, the city of Limerick was the stage for a dramatic confrontation between British rule in Ireland and the organised working class. It was the first such major clash since the establishment of Dáil Éireann the previous January. Free article

A ‘new doctrine’ of peaceful co-existence and co-operation is required — Declan Kearney

22 March 2019

Writing in his latest blog, Sinn Féin National Chairperson Declan Kearney reflects on the current situation in Latin America and the need for proper dialogue to resolve the crisis. Free article

Mary Lou McDonald speaks to the Foreign Relations Committee of the New York Bar Association

16 March 2019

Speaking last night to the Foreign Relations Committee of the New York Bar Association, Sinn Féin President Mary Lou McDonald TD gave the following speech.

The impact of Brexit on rights

When I was invited to take part in a Brexit Questions and Answers session, I believed that we would have all of the answers to what Brexit will mean.

This week, the British parliament voted against... Free article

Time to end the stalling on Casement – Paul Maskey MP

12 March 2019

Sinn Féin MP Paul Maskey has said Sinn Féin remain committed to the redevelopment of Casement Park. Free article

British policy is blocking truth for victims of state violence – Declan Kearney

10 March 2019

Writing in his latest blog, Sinn Féin National Chairperson Declan Kearney said British government must accept its responsibility as a protagonist in the conflict, comply with the Good Friday Agreement and end its block on the legacy mechanisms agreed at Stormont House in 2014. Free article

First Dáil TD dies in English prison

5 March 2019

PIARAS MAC CANNA represented East Tipperary in the First Dáil Éireann. He was a founder member of both Sinn Féin in 1905 and the Irish Volunteers in 1913 and was commander of the Volunteers in County Tipperary. Free article

Bigotry, inequality and sharp practice have no place in local councils — Declan Kearney

27 February 2019

Writing in his latest blog, Sinn Féin National Chairperson Declan Kearney said the Local Government elections on 2 May will be a strategic opportunity to once again drive forward the momentum for political change in Ireland. Free article

Page 63 of 489

Follow us on Facebook

An Phoblacht on Twitter

An Phoblacht Podcast

An Phoblacht podcast advert2

Uncomfortable Conversations 

uncomfortable Conversations book2

An initiative for dialogue 

for reconciliation 

— — — — — — —

Contributions from key figures in the churches, academia and wider civic society as well as senior republican figures

GUE-NGL Latest Edition ad

An Phoblacht
44 Parnell Sq.
Dublin 1
Ireland