The hunger strikes by republican prisoners in Northern Ireland's Maze prison ... In all, 10 prisoners died before the strike was called off on 3 October 1981. The British government made no ...

THE MORALITY of going on hunger-strike had nothing to do with the National H-Block Committee’s campaign for the resolution of the prison issue in Northern Ireland, the chairman of the committee ...

This heartbreaking 1981 hunger strike song commemorated the death of Patsy O’Hara. Christy Moore co-wrote with Donal Lunny and does a magnificent version. Written by Irish composer Michael Balfe ...

Dublin, 21 April 1920 - 66 hunger-striking Sinn Féiners ... streets singing the ‘Soldier’s Song’. The Irish Independent described the strike as the ‘united and solemn protests against ...

More info Britain's most dangerous prisoner Robert Maudsley - nicknamed "Hannibal the Cannibal" - has gone on hunger strike after prison guards took away his PlayStation and TV, the Irish Mirror ...

Dublin, 21 April 1920 - 66 hunger-striking Sinn Féiners ... streets singing the ‘Soldier’s Song’. The Irish Independent described the strike as the ‘united and solemn protests against ...