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Republican hunger strikes in the Maze prison
Brian Walker profiles the life and death of IRA hunger striker and MP Bobby Sands. BBC journalist Brian Walker describes Bobby Sands' journey from a Protestant housing estate to the Provisional ...
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From the archive: how The Irish Times reported the hunger strike
The protest began yesterday morning with 26-year-old Provisional IRA prisoner, Bobby Sands, refusing breakfast. Sands, leader of the H-Blocks Provisionals from the start of the last hunger-strike ...
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Sinn Féin pays tribute to senior member and former IRA Maze escapee Brendan McFarlane following his death
After joining the Provisional IRA, the republican was sentenced to ... s commanding officer in the Maze Prison during the 1981 Hunger Strike, and took part in the escape from the prison in 1985 ...
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Sinn Féin’s Doherty defends going to funeral of ‘friend’ and ex-IRA man ‘Bik’ McFarlane
Senior Sinn Féin TD Pearse Doherty has defended his attendance at the funeral of former Provisional ... He was the IRA commander in the Maze prison during the 1981 hunger strikes.
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"We regret the eulogising of him by today’s leaders within Sinn Fein": Victims' group hit out at praise of IRA figure Brendan 'Bik' McFarlane
McFarlane had been one of the IRA team behind the Bayardo Bar attack ... he was the officer in command of the H-Block prisoners during the 1981 hunger strike over conditions in the Maze.