But he was over-ruled by the Cabinet. The Cabinet’s attitude became known to the hunger-strikers- and The Irish Times- yesterday. It followed earlier hopes that the Government might soften its ...

Joseph Connolly, the Consul General of Ireland in the US, believed that prior to her hunger strike the political activities of the Irish Americans were ‘dying quickly’, but with the MacSwiney ...

The Irish Independent described the strike as ... The conclusion of the hunger strike in Mountjoy does not affect the situation in Wormwood Scrubs where 98 Sinn Féin prisoners are now on hunger ...

The position of the British government remained unchanged. In June, negotiations with the hunger strikers began when the Irish Commission for Justice and Peace approached the British government's ...

He has been on hunger strike since New Year's Day ... Caroline Massé-Phelan, told The Irish Times she now fears for her brother's life. "We want them to let him go. It is of no interest to ...

As Northern Ireland Irish Republican Army hunger striker Bobby Sands wrote ... fasting and more recent occurrences include Iranian journalist Akbar Ganji and the hunger strikers of Guantanamo Bay. In ...

Seeking political prisoner status, IRA prisoners in Portlaoise Prison embarked on riots and then hunger strikes which were ...

This year, 2025, marks the 180-year anniversary of the beginning of Ireland’s Great Hunger, which claimed the ... In commemoration, the American Irish Historical Society (AIHS) is hosting ...