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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

‘Neither naïve or insensitive about unionist unease on Irish unity’ – Michelle O’Neill

10 August 2017

‘Upholding, protecting and respecting the rights of all citizens must define a new, agreed and united Ireland – that means upholding the rights of citizens to be British and unionist’ Free article

Top DJ gig by Féile an Phobail and Belfast City Council attracts thousands of youngsters

10 August 2017

‘One of the main aims of this event was to reduce the tension and the attendance at unwanted bonfires that have become a hotspot of anti-social activity over the last couple of years’ Free article

More private rented accommodation inspections needed to ensure basic safety and living standards

9 August 2017

‘It is absolutely disgraceful that estate management companies are advertising properties for greedy landlords who are in breach of standards for rented accommodation’ – Senator Trevor Ó Clochartaigh Free article

9 August 1971 – Internment without trial imposed by unionist government

9 August 2017

The imprisonment of people without charge or trial was used by successive Ulster Unionist Party regimes in an effort to smash nationalist resistance Free article

Troops Out Movement was target of secret police spy unit at New Scotland Yard

9 August 2017

Undercover Policing Inquiry led by judge confirms list of more than 1,000 groups infiltrated by political police Free article

So-called ‘internment bonfires’ not in our name, say former internees

8 August 2017

‘Communities do not want these fires and associated crime sprees – ex-internees do not want them’ Free article

Why do some nationalists copy loyalist bonfires?

8 August 2017

Why do some elements within the nationalist community copy the behaviour of the Eleventh Night bonfire builders who do so much damage to their cause? Free article

Thomas McElwee – Died on 8 August 1981 after 62 days on hunger strike in the H-Blocks of Long Kesh

8 August 2017

Thomas McElwee, at the age of 23, was the tenth man to join the 1981 Hunger Strike. From Bellaghy in south Derry, he was imprisoned in 1976 after a premature bomb explosion in which he lost an eye. Free article

Taoiseach to meet Gerry Adams in Belfast on Friday

2 August 2017

‘Let no one underestimate Sinn Féin’s preparedness to make Stormont talks work’ – Gerry Adams Free article

‘Women in Struggle’ event in Mayo with Armagh ex-POWs

2 August 2017

The event was part of the build-up to the National Hunger Strike Commemoration in Ballina on Sunday 13 August Free article

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