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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

Gerry Adams to stand down as Sinn Féin leader

18 November 2017

‘I will ask the incoming Ard Chomhairle to agree a date in 2018 for a special Ard Fheis to elect our next Uachtarán’ Free article

Fianna Fáil plays at opposing Fine Gael but Fianna Fáil pact with Fine Gael keeps Leo Varadkar in power, Mary Lou says

18 November 2017

Leo Varadkar is a Taoiseach who tries to deny and minimise the scale of this housing emergency Free article

We are open to engaging with unionism on their vision for the future, Michelle O’Neill says at Ard Fheis

18 November 2017

‘My responsibility is to reassure unionist people of their place in an Ireland of equals’ Free article

Sinn Féin will only enter Government to deliver a ‘Progressive Republican Programme’, Mary Lou McDonald tells Ard Fheis

17 November 2017

‘We’ve had governments for speculators, bankers and property developers – what we need is a government for the people’ Free article

Sinn Féin Ard Fheis opens in Dublin – Michelle O’Neill reiterates commitment to restoring Stormont Executive

17 November 2017

RHI scandal, DUP’s denial of rights for all citizens and failure to fully implement previous political agreements tipped us into crisis Free article

11-year-old boy’s death from British Army rubber bullet ‘not justified’, rules coroner

17 November 2017

Francis Rowntree was standing at shops when he was fatally injured Free article

EU Brexit chiefs meet Sinn Féin MEP Martina Anderson about Border, citizens’ rights and Good Friday Agreement

15 November 2017

EU lead Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier and European Parliament Brexit co-ordinator Guy Verhofstadt meet Martina in Strasbourg Free article

Murdered councillor’s family meet Brokenshire in Westminster with Sinn Féin MPs

15 November 2017

Tyrone Independent councillor was found shot dead in lough in 1974 after last being seen at an Ulster Defence Regiment British Army checkpoint Free article

Gerry Adams major announcement at Ard Fheis live on RTÉ, Saturday 8:30pm

14 November 2017

Options for government in 26 Counties on Friday evening followed by keynote address by deputy leader Mary Lou McDonald TD Free article

Stormont Budget move in Westminster – Sinn Féin calls for urgent meetings with Taoiseach and British Prime Minister

13 November 2017

‘The way forward now is for the two governments to fulfill their responsibility as co-guarantors of the Good Friday and St Andrews Agreements’ Free article

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