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
Conservative-DUP pact is making Stormont resolution difficult
2 August 2017
‘The Tory Government is facilitating the denial of rights because it is in hock to the DUP’ – Declan Kearney MLA Free article
RTÉ stars’ salaries ‘shockingly excessive’ when station looking for TV licence rise, says TD
2 August 2017
‘We need to consider where the money is going,’ says Sinn Féin TD Brian Stanley Free article
Féile an Phobail – What celebration should be about
2 August 2017
Féile an Phobail | Festival of the People – Ireland’s Biggest Community Festival (runs till 13 August) Free article
Kieran Doherty TD – Died on 2 August 1981 after 73 days on hunger strike in the H-Blocks of Long Kesh
2 August 2017
IRA Volunteer Kieran Doherty, TD for Cavan/Monaghan, died at 7:15pm on Sunday 2 August 1981, the day after Kevin Lynch’s death. Kieran had joined the hunger strike one day before Kevin Lynch and survived one day longer. Free article
Francis Ledwidge Centenary in Kilmainham Gaol
1 August 2017
Ledwidge was deeply moved by the bravery of the Easter Week insurgents and appalled by the executions Free article
Kevin Lynch – Died on 1 August 1981 after 71 days on hunger strike in the H-Blocks of Long Kesh
1 August 2017
Kevin excelled at Gaelic games and had captained the under-16 Derry team which won an all-Ireland hurling trophy in 1972 Free article
The Miami Showband Massacre, 31 July 1975 – A survivor’s search for the truth
31 July 2017
The Miami Showband massacre was carried out by men who were not only serving soldiers in the British Army’s Ulster Defence Regiment but also active members of a unionist death squad, the Ulster Volunteer Force – and who was the mysterious English officer at the murder scene? Free article
‘Gaza Kids’ soccer tour #COYBFG kicks off in Ireland with welcome by Dublin City Mayor
29 July 2017
‘The elected members of Dublin City Council have repeatedly supported the call for justice and peace for the people of Palestine and a lasting settlement between the Palestinian and Israeli peoples based on international law and human rights’ Free article
Show your support for the ‘Gaza Kids’ footballers now back in Ireland
29 July 2017
Launched by former Ireland manager Brian Kerr and Irish rugby international Trevor Hogan, the project aims to give the kids some relief from the stress of living under blockade and military assault Free article
‘Belfast Telegraph’ starts a war with Sinn Féin senator over UTV reporter’s British Army tweet
29 July 2017
Newspaper launches campaign after Sinn Féin Senator Niall Ó Donnghaile disagrees with UTV journalist Paul Clark on ‘our soldiers’ Free article
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