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On This Day: Bobby Sands, an IRA prisioner began his history altering hunger stricke
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 ...
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Republican hunger strikes in the Maze prison
The first to die was the IRA leader in the Maze, Bobby Sands. In all ... HM Prison Maze was built on the disused Long Kesh RAF base, south-west of Belfast. Paramilitary prisoners had been held ...
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DUP committed to Maze/Long Kesh redevelopment - but not to 'glorifying' terrorists
The party spokesperson was commenting after Michelle O’Neill said a meeting will take place with the Maze/Long Kesh development ... including Bobby Sands. Mr Robinson's move came amid unionist ...