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.

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 ...

On the 35th anniversary year of Bobby Sands’s death comes a powerful documentary that explores both the man and the international iconic figure that he became following his demise, while analysing the ...