On March 1, 1981, Bobby Sands, an Irish Republican Army (IRA) prisoner in Long Kesh, began a hunger strike that would ultimately claim his life 66 days later. His death, along with those of nine ...

Former senior IRA man Brendan 'Bik' McFarlane has died. He was the leader of IRA prisoners in the Maze during the 1981 hunger ...

Sinn Féin has paid tribute to former senior IRA member, Brendan 'Bik' McFarlane who has died after a short illness.

McFarlane was the leader of IRA prisoners in the Maze during the 1981 hunger strike Former senior IRA man Brendan 'Bik' McFarlane has died. In 1976, he was jailed for a gun and bomb attack on the ...

He was the leader of IRA prisoners in the Maze during the 1981 hunger strike, where he was serving five life sentences for murder. McFarlane also led a mass escape of 38 inmates from the prison ...