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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

Is unionism up for genuine power-sharing? – October issue out now

29 September 2017

H-Blocks POW Laurence McKeown reviews escape movie 'Maze' Free article

‘Release inquest funding,’ MP Francie Molloy says at Belfast High Court protest

27 September 2017

‘It is unacceptable that families of victims have been waiting for over 40 years for inquests into the deaths of their loved ones’ Free article

50 Irish-language secondary school students study opportunities at European Parliament

27 September 2017

‘The pupils will get the opportunity to see for themselves the role the Irish language plays in the European Parliament as a working language of the EU’ Free article

Palestinian resistance icon Leila Khaled and Martina Anderson MEP at European Parliament solidarity event

27 September 2017

The image or Leila Khaled wearing a kaffiyeh and carrying an AK47 has become an internationally-recognised image of revolution Free article

Thomas Ashe centenary marked in Clonakilty, County Cork

26 September 2017

Thomas Ashe died as a result of force-feeding five days into a hunger strike in Mountjoy Jail in 1917 Free article

Solidarity with the Mayors of Catalonia from Mayor of the City of Dublin

26 September 2017

‘I urge you to find a political solution to Catalonia’s legitimate claims and ask you to stop threats on my fellow Mayors’ – letter to the Prime Minister of Spain Free article

Óglach Diarmuid O’Neill Commemoration, County Cork

26 September 2017

The unarmed Diarmuid O’Neill (27) was shot dead by a Metropolitan Police squad on 23 September 1996 in a raid on his home in Hammersmith Free article

Stormont – Sinn Féin is up for doing a deal on institutions, says Gerry Adams

24 September 2017

The DUP and the Fianna Fáil leadership claim Sinn Féin is no longer interested in the Assembly – they know this is a lie Free article

Wounded civilian wins High Court action in battle against secret British Army unit

23 September 2017

Military Reaction Force left taxi driver with life-changing injuries – 3 others wounded in attack Free article

Centenary of the death on hunger strike of Thomas Ashe

22 September 2017

Taken to Kilmainham Gaol, Thomas Ashe was court-martialled and sentenced to death. This was later commuted to penal servitude for life and he was transferred to Dartmoor Prison in England Free article

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