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
Anti-sectarianism: Key to a united, shared future
22 June 2018
In this article, Sinn Féin National Chairperson Declan Kearney MLA writes that sectarianism must be opposed in communities in the north in order to build a new, united society. Free article
Backstop is the bottom line and must be maintained - McDonald tells Juncker
21 June 2018
The Brexit backstop agreed in December is the bottom line and must remain in place, Sinn Féin President Mary Lou has told the President of the EU Commission, Jean Claude Juncker. Free article
British soldier to stand trail over Aidan McAnespie killing
19 June 2018
A British soldier will face charges over the killing of 23 year-old Aidan McAnespie, who was shot dead as he walked through a checkpoint in Aughnacloy in 1988. Free article
Sinn Féin will lead towards a new Ireland - Mary Lou McDonald
16 June 2018
Irish politics and society is changing and Sinn Féin needs to be at the fore of driving that change in order to build a new, united Ireland, Sinn Féin President Mary Lou McDonald has said in her address to the Sinn Féin Ard Fheis 2018 in Belfast. Free article
Irish unity offers solution to Brexit problems - Professor tells Ard Fheis
16 June 2018
A leading human rights professor has said that special status for the north within the EU is required to protect people's rights and that Irish unity offers the best solution to the problems of Brexit. Free article
Unionists need to embrace power-sharing - Michelle O'Neill
16 June 2018
Brexit has highlighted the need for unionism need to embrace power and participate in the debate on the creation of a new Ireland. Free article
'A defining period in history' - O'Neill
15 June 2018
Ireland is entering a defining period in its history and republicans must lead change to deliver Irish unity, Sinn Féin Deputy Leader Michelle O'Neill tells the opening session of the Sinn Féin Ard Fheis in Belfast. Free article
Sinn Féin publish Ard Fheis clár
13 June 2018
Thousands of Republicans from across Ireland will gather in Belfast's Waterfront Hall this weekend for the Sinn Féin Ard Fheis.
The two-day event will be will be opened by the newly eelcted Sinn Féin Mayor of Belfast Deirdre Hargey on Friday evening.
The clár for the Ard Fheis was launched in Dublin this morning by Pearse Doherty TD and Megan Fearon MLA and outlines the motions... Free article
Leadership and hope amidst our political crisis
8 June 2018
In this article, Sinn Féin National Chairperson Declan Kearney MLA, argues that positive political leadership is required from within unionism in order to make progress and deliver sustainable political institutions. Free article
North needs to acknowledge victims of institutional abuse - Linda Dillon
6 June 2018
In this article, Sinn Féin spokesperson on the past Linda Dillon MLA reflects on the apology given to victims and survivors of Magdalene Laundries by President Michael D Higgins and said that increased efforts are needed in the north to address the failings of the past. Free article
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