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Bobby Sands H-Blocks candidate and MP for Fermanagh/South Tyrone, died May 5th 1981 (Free article)
6 May 2010
THIS WEEK is particularly poignant in two ways: as we mark the 29th anniversary of the death on hunger strike of Bobby Sands MP in Long Kesh on May 5th 1981 against the criminalistaion of Irish political prisoners, voters across the Six Counties go to the polls again, and once more especially in Fermanagh & South Tyrone, where Bobby was returned…
Showing leadership (Free article)
6 May 2010
THIS week marks the 29th anniversary of the death on hunger strike of Bobby Sands, the then sitting MP in Fermanagh/South Tyrone. The then British Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, dismissed the election of Bobby Sands in the campaign for the rights of political prisoners. Bobby and his nine comrades - Francis Hughes, Ray McCreesh, Patsy O'Hara,…
Mála Poist (Free article)
6 May 2010
Cuireann An Phoblacht fáilte roimh litreacha ónár léitheoirí. Scríobh i nGaeilge nó i mBéarla, 200 focal ar a méid. Déantar giorrú ar litreachta más gá. Cuir do litir chuig [email protected] An Phoblacht welcomes readers' letters. Write in Irish or English, 200 words maximum. Letters may be edited for brevity. Send your letters to…
BOBBY SANDS LECTURE: Bobby Storey, Chairperson of Belfast Sinn Féin (Free article)
6 May 2010
BELFAST SINN FÉIN chairperson Bobby Storey addressed the annual Bobby Sands lecture held in the Andersonstown Social Club on Sunday, May 2nd. The annual lecture was part of a series of events over the past week, attended by several hundred republicans, to commemorate the lives of the 10 men who died in the 1981 Hunger Strike.
Another View by Eoin Ó Broin (Free article)
6 May 2010
GREECE is in trouble. On May 19th, the government has to pay an €8.5 billion bill for money borrowed on the private markets 10 years ago. But the Greek Government is broke and can't borrow any more from the private sector to pay its debts. It runs the risk of being the first developed capitalist economy to default on its debts in the current…
Still seeking justice for Nora McCabe (Free article)
6 May 2010
THE Belfast High Court last week declared that charges should have been considered against RUC officers involved in the killing of Belfast mother-of-three Nora McCabe in July 1981, during the Hunger Strike. Nora's husband, Jim, writes about why he took the case.
Remembering 1981: Francie Molloy on the Bobby Sands election campaign (Free article)
6 May 2010
SINN FÉIN MLA Francie Molloy was Director of Elections for Bobby Sands in the historic 1981 by-election in the constituency then known as Fermanagh/South Tyrone. He spoke to An Phoblacht's ARAN FOLEY about the election campaign
10,000 unemployed in Clondalkin - urgent action needed (Free article)
6 May 2010
YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT can be tackled if the Fianna Fáil/Green Party Government show some imagination and action, Sinn Féin's Eoin Ó Broin told a public meeting in Clondalkin, Dublin, last week on 'Ending the Jobs Crisis'.
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