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# long-kesh - Friday 23 November, 2018
UK Supreme Court will hear Gerry Adams' case to overturn prison escape convictions
During his second internment, Adams tried to escape twice – on Christmas Eve, December 1973 and again in July 1974.
# long-kesh - Wednesday 27 June, 2018
Former H-Block prisoner visits Leinster House for the first time - 37 years after being elected a TD
Agnew was one of the “blanketmen”.
# long-kesh - Wednesday 16 November, 2016
'It's like Long Kesh without the watchtowers': Gerry Adams on Mosney direct provision centre
The Sinn Féín leader has urged the Government to improve conditions at the facility.
# long-kesh - Sunday 18 August, 2013
Martin McGuinness: The past few weeks have not been good for Northern Ireland
The Deputy First Minister also criticised the DUP – his coalition partner – for abandoning plans to develop the Maze prison into a conflict resolution centre.
# long-kesh - Friday 30 December, 2011
Gerry Adams questions Bobby Sands hunger strike claim
The Sinn Féin leader said claims in State papers that Sands offered to end his hunger strike would be “totally out of character”.
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Poll: Will you take up a new hobby over the next few weeks?
LAST WEEK, TAOISEACH Leo Varadkar announced further restrictions for a two-week period until Easter Sunday, 12 April.
Everybody in Ireland has been told to stay at home for two weeks, except essential workers travelling to work and other exceptions.
People who do leave their homes for exercise will be required to stay within a 2km radius.
Shielding or cocooning has also be introduced for all of those over 70 years of age and specific categories of people who are extremely vulnerable to Covid-19.
With everyone being asked to stay at home, people may find themselves with a lot more free time on their hands than usual.
So, today we want to know: Will you take up a new hobby over the next few weeks?
Poll Results:
No, I'm still working and haven't got a minute (320)
Yes, I plan to take up a new hobby (165)
No, I'll spend my time staring at the TV (90)
I'm not sure / no opinion (85)
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Opinion: Boris is England’s King Midas. All he touched turned to gold, but now must be disinfected
By Peter Flanagan - @peterflanagan
Peter Flanagan says Covid-19 has stripped Johnson of his dreams of a clean Brexit legacy.
Opinion: Emergency Covid-19 legislation harks back to the Civil War, ‘the Emergency’ and the Troubles
By Conor Casey
Conor Casey of Trinity College says a challenge to the new legislation would be unlikely to succeed.
The Irish For: Kiltartanese and a passionate affair. The story of Galway's Lady Gregory
By Darach Ó Séaghdha - @TheIrishFor
Darach Ó Séaghdha follows the artistic path of one of Ireland’s most fascinating historical women.
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