The Banging of bin lids and the shrill sound of whistles announced the death of Bobby Sands on the streets of west Belfast on 5 May 1981. It was the 66th day of his hunger strike. The member of ...

Unlikely as it may sound, two spots in Tehran, Iran pay homage to Bobby Sands, the IRA activist who died while hunger striking in the Maze Prison in Northern Ireland. Perhaps a bit frivolously ...

The first to die was the IRA leader in the Maze, Bobby Sands. In all, 10 prisoners died before the strike was called off on 3 October 1981. The British government made no public concessions to the ...