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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

'Tidal wave of change sweeping across Ireland' - new mayor of Belfast Deirdre Hargey

4 June 2018

A tidal wave of change is sweeping across Ireland, the new mayor of Belfast, Sinn Féin councillor Deirdre Hargey told the Annual General Meeting of Belfast City Council tonight. Free article

Brexit 'buffer zone' border plan unworkable - Anderson

4 June 2018

In this article, which first appeared in the Derry News, Sinn Féin MEP Martina Anderson dismisses the Brexit buffer zone proposal put forward by David Davis and said it would reinforce partition by creating a new border on the island of Ireland. Free article

Tributes to 'tireless republican leader' Joe Reilly

1 June 2018

Tributes have been paid to long standing Sinn Féin councillor and republican leader Joe Reilly who sadly passed away this morning. Free article

No one can be left behind in illegal adoption scandal investigation - Mary Lou McDonald TD

30 May 2018

Sinn Féin Leader Mary Lou McDonald TD has called on the Taoiseach to ensure a comprehensive and properly resourced investigation into the illegal adoptions scandal is carried out. Free article

DUP delegation giving succour to apartheid Israel - Sheehan

29 May 2018

The DUP are giving succour to an apartheid state which massacres civilians by sending a delegation to Israel to strengthen economic and cultural links with the state, a Sinn Féin MLA has said. Free article

'Momentous day for Ireland' as eight amendment repealed

26 May 2018

The landslide vote to repeal the eighth amendment has been hailed as a "momentous day for the people of Ireland" by Sinn Féin President Mary Lou McDonald. Free article

Vote YES and remove the Eighth Amendment

24 May 2018

Gerry Adams in his weekly column with the Andersonstown News and on his blog has written this week about Friday's Referendum to remove the Eighth Amendment. Free article

Commemoration to be held on 24th anniversary of Volunteer Martin ‘Doco’ Doherty

24 May 2018

This Saturday 26th May, Dublin Sinn Féin will host a commemoration on the 24th Anniversary of Volunteer Martin ‘Doco’ Doherty. Those who wish to attend have been asked to assemble at the McKee Memorial in Finglas Village, before marching to Glasnevin Cemetery. The main speaker at the event will be Sinn Féin’s Martina Anderson MEP. Free article

Northern party leaders in joint call to remain in customs union and single market

22 May 2018

Sinn Féin's leadership joined with the leaders of other anti-Brexit parties in the north to make a joint call for the north to remain in both the customs union and single market and to avoid a hard border on the island of Ireland. Free article

British government has failed to confront DUP negative agenda - O'Neill

19 May 2018

Sinn Féin Deputy Leader, Michelle O'Neill, writing in today's Irish News, has said the British government's toxic relationship with the DUP and failure to implement agreements is the reason behind political stalemate in the north. Free article

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