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 ...
The Bobby Sands Trust has extended sympathy to ... Some two months after Sands' death in May 1981, Mr Elis-Thomas was the only MP prepared to move the writ for a second by-election.
Brian Walker profiles the life and death of IRA hunger striker and MP Bobby Sands. BBC journalist Brian Walker describes Bobby Sands' journey from a Protestant housing estate to the Provisional ...