In 2008, he stepped into feature filmmaking with Hunger, a raw and unflinching look at the 1981 Irish hunger strike. The film won the Camera d’Or at Cannes, establishing McQueen as a formidable ...

If you want further access to Ireland's best local journalism ... was on the blanket protest for four-and-a-half years and went on the 1981 hunger strike for 70 days. Mr McKeown is now an author, ...

The Prime Minister has met with a mother who has been on hunger strike for 140 days telling her he will do “all that I can” to secure the release of her jailed British-Egyptian son.

News of Dr Kizza Besigye’s hunger strike has been circulating since Tuesday when his wife, Winnie Byanyima, announced on X that her husband, currently in Luzira prison, had begun the protest.

LONDON — British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has told a mother who has been on hunger strike for 140 days that he will press the Egyptian government to release her son. In a statement Sunday ...

A new novel goes deep into the history of the Ottawa River Valley in the 1800s. “Unrest” is the debut novel by Gwen Tuinman.

Lady Wicklow said: “Ireland has seldom needed so urgently ... the centre of the hunger strike by the Provisional IRA. A Government spokesman said: “It is quite clear that an attempt to effect ...

Kampala (AFP) – Uganda's government on Sunday said it would drop a military trial against opposition figurehead Kizza Besigye, urging him to give up his hunger strike in jail, a minister said.

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2025 is starting off strong with lots of newly released heart-warning stories from award-winning and best-selling Irish writers and illustrators. This is the fifth book in the hugely popular ...