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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

Vote yes to support women facing fatal foetal abnormalities - Mary Lou McDonald TD

17 May 2018

As we move into the final week of the campaign to repeal the 8th Amendment, it is crucial for us to listen to the people at the centre of this debate. Free article

Israeli ambassador should be expelled now

15 May 2018

The Israeli ambassador to Ireland should be expelled following the killing of 58 Palestinians by the Israeli military in Gaza, Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald has said. Free article

The oppression of the Palestinian people diminishes us all as citizens of the world

11 May 2018

In this article, Sinn Féin National Chairperson Declan Kearney MLA reflects on his recent visit to Palestine to address the 23rd Palestinian National Council and urges Palestinian national unity and increased international support for the people of Palestine against Israeli oppression. Free article

Ó Donnghaile raises Tony Taylor case with Tánaiste in Seanad

8 May 2018

Sinn Féin Seanadóir Niall Ó Donnghaile raised the case of imprisoned Derry man, Tony Taylor, directly with Tánaiste Simon Coveney in the Seanad today and repeated his party’s call for his immediate release. Free article

“Untouchable” HSE boss Tony O’Brien must be held to account - McDonald

8 May 2018

Uachtarán Shinn Féin Mary Lou McDonald TD has announced that her party will table a motion of no confidence in HSE Director General in the Dáil next week. Free article

'Stunning victory' for Órfhlaith Begley in West Tyrone

4 May 2018

Órflaith Begley has been elected as the new MP for West Tyrone, becoming the first women to represent the constituency, in a "stunning victory" for Sinn Féin. Free article

Voters go to the polls in West Tyrone by-election

3 May 2018

Voters in West Tyrone go to the polls today in a by-election to elect a new MP. Free article

CervicalCheck scandal highlights State-sponsored suppression of women

2 May 2018

When news broke last Thursday that 162 women had not been informed of a misdiagnosis in their cervical smear tests much of the public acted in shock and concern that the State’s primary health body deliberately withheld such information. The idea that a national body would do something like this seemed scandalous, but the reality is that this is just the latest attack on women by the Irish State. Free article

‘Hooded Men’ urge Tánaiste to appeal court torture ruling

24 April 2018

The Hooded men have today met the Tánaiste Simon Coveney to urge him to appeal the decision by the European Court of Human Rights that said new evidence provided by Ireland does not justify a change in the 1978 judgement which ruled the men had not been tortured, but instead were subject to degrading and inhuman treatment.

The fourteen men involved were detained in 1971 under the... Free article

Time to deal with the past and look to the Future

20 April 2018

During the most recent phase of Stormont negotiations the British government agreed with Sinn Féin to release the legacy inquest funds requested by the Lord Chief Justice, and to commence the consultation on legacy legislation minus reference to a statute of limitations in order to establish the Stormont House legacy mechanisms. Free article

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