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
Is unionism up for genuine power-sharing?
4 October 2017
It is clear that, despite the spin of Fianna Fáil and unionism, Sinn Féin wants the institutions up and working for all Free article
Pearse Doherty launches Sinn Féin’s ‘Alternative Budget on the side of ordinary people’
3 October 2017
Sinn Féin’s priority for Budget 2018 is to invest in public services and begin the process of solving the crises in health and housing Free article
Stormont cross-party statement calls for loyalist threat to be lifted and condemns sectarianism
3 October 2017
‘Those behind this threat offer nothing but hatred and division and should be condemned by all political, community and statutory leaders’ Free article
SIPTU President calls for alliance of progressive forces to prioritise urgent public investment
3 October 2017
Fine Gael/Fianna Fáil tax-cutting agenda is a ‘con job’, says trade union leader Free article
Memories of 1969, by Gerry Adams
2 October 2017
The images coming from Catalonia of Spain’s Guardia Civil attacking peaceful voters will be strikingly familiar to all of us involved in the civil rights movement 50 years ago and during the decades of conflict. Free article
Time for DUP’s cosy relationship with paramilitaries to end
2 October 2017
The UDA and UVF continue to exercise considerable sway over working-class communities and they mobilised loyalists behind the DUP Free article
The voice of the Catalan people must be respected – Gerry Adams TD
2 October 2017
90% say ‘Yes’ to independence as more than 800 injured in Spanish police attacks on voters and polling stations Free article
Fine Gael/Fianna Fáil attacks on Sinn Féin ‘giving succour’ to opponents of change in North, says Gerry Adams
29 September 2017
Only motivation for attacks by Fine Gael/Fianna Fáil is their electoral fear of the growth of Sinn Féin Free article
UVF intimidates Catholic families from south Belfast homes
29 September 2017
Severed pig’s head and racist and Nazi graffiti also left at Inverary Community Centre Free article
Sinn Féin parliamentary delegation arrives in Catalonia for Sunday’s independence referendum
29 September 2017
‘What has the Government in Madrid to fear from a democratic vote on the future of Catalonia by the people of Catalonia?’ – Lynn Boylan MEP Free article
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