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A prominent victims campaigner has called for the remembrance of those who were killed during the period of the 1981 hunger strikes in Northern Ireland. The death of IRA prisoner Bobby Sands 40 years ago this week, followed by nine other republicans during a hunger strike at the Maze Prison in Co Antrim, sparked significant civil unrest across Northern Ireland. Kenny Donaldson of the victims’ group SEFF said 57 people were killed outside the walls of the prison over the period from the first day of the 1981 hunger strike on March 1 to when it ended on October 3. Fermanagh and South Tyrone M...

A hunger strike in which 10 IRA prisoners died was a watershed in the Troubles, says Peter Taylor.

By Irish America Staff A verdict in the case of three Irishmen accused of training FARC guerrillas in Colombia is expected to be handed down in February, but campaigners for the three insist that they will never get a fair trial in the war-tom country. Martin McCauley, James Monaghan and Niall Connolly have so far failed to attend the hearings, which are continuing in Bogotá. The men have refused to leave their cells claiming they are afraid for their safety. The judge has ordered an investigation into claims that on one occasion they were beaten up by prison staff after they refused to lea...

Belfast’s murals brought them together – now their communities could be divided once again Kim Sengupta © Provided by The Independent Walking along Belfast’s peace lines, Mark Ervine came to a sudden halt, pointed to the wall and warned: “It should be clear that we are now going into enemy territory; it’s dangerous for me, so there’s a need to be very careful”. The “frontier” between Britain and Ireland was demarcated by the change in the row after row of murals, the intrinsic art form which has charted Northern Ireland’s turbulent politics. The painting...

Remembering Bobby Sands election win Posted: 9:16 am April 18, 2021 By Jodie Curran IT HAS BEEN 40 years since Bobby Sands was elected MP for Fermanagh and South Tyrone, while on hunger strike in the H-blocks of Long Kesh back 1981. Friday past marked the watershed moment that saw Bobby Sands defeat Ulster Unionist leader Harry West after he received 30,492 votes and topped the poll with a 1,447 majority from a turnout of 86.9 percent. Reflecting on the historical campaign and the weeks leading up to his  victory, campaign organiser Danny Morrison spoke with current Fermanagh an...