hunger strike
Stormont department apologises for hunger strike tweet
A Stormont department has apologised after a message in support of a 1981 hunger striker was retweeted from the popular TrafficwatchNI account.
Former hunger striker meets family of Protestant orderly
A former IRA hunger striker has met with the family of a Protestant hospital orderly who cared for him and several other republicans during the H-Block prison protest.
Former British soldier Glenn Bradley explains conversion to cause of Irish unity
GLENN Bradley arguably has more reason than most to have an aversion to republicanism.
Actor Michael Fassbender describes playing Bobby Sands in Hunger as the film 'closest to my heart'
ACTOR Michael Fassbender has described his portrayal of IRA hunger striker Bobby Sands as the performance "closest to my heart out of all the work I have done".
Lord Gowrie: Anglo-Irish NIO minister who oversaw end of hunger strikes
THE Earl of Gowrie served a short but eventual term as a junior minister in Northern Ireland, overseeing both the end of the hunger strikes and the decriminalisation of homosexuality.
PSNI presence as Saoradh hunger strike parade takes place in Co Derry
There was a large PSNI presence around a Co Derry village ahead of a national hunger commemoration organised by hardline political party Saoradh at the weekend.
Ombudsman asked to investigate Derry show of strength
POLICE Ombudsman Marie Anderson has been asked to investigate the PSNI handling of a paramilitary show of strength in Derry for hunger striker Michael Devine.
Derry arrests linked to hunger strike show of strength
POLICE have arrested four men in Derry in connection with investigations into the firing of shots at a commemoration marking the fortieth anniversary of the death of Patsy O'Hara.
Bobby Sands's death 40 years ago was the 'watershed of the Troubles'
Bobby Sands's death 40 years ago today was the "watershed of the Troubles", a leading historian has said.
North's political landscape 'changed in Bobby Sands's cell'
Jim Gibney can still remember the moment he realised that Bobby Sands should stand as an MP for Fermanagh/South Tyrone.