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From the Archives, 1981: Irish youths rampage after hunger strike death We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss By Peter Smark and AAP-Reuters May 4, 2021 — 11.24am Normal text size Irish youths rampage But gunmen stay of the streets after Sands dies Belfast, 5 May – Mobs of youths poured into the streets of Belfast early today to protest violently about the death of Bobby Sands. Just before 2 am the youths unleashed a wave of violence, engulfing police and army patrol vans in volleys of petrol and acid bombs, bricks and iron bars. Front page ...

40 years ago, Britain had been put on a nationwide security alert following the death of the IRA hunger striker Bobby Sands.

» Special Correspondent MAY 5th 1981 was one of the most defining days in Irish history. It was the day that Bobby Sands, the 27-year-old Member of Parliament for Fermanagh/South Tyrone, died on hunger strike in the H-Blocks of Long Kesh as part of the republican prisoners’ campaign for the restoration of political status. Bobby was the first of ten hunger strikers to give their lives in 1981 in the centuries-old struggle against Britain’s attempted criminalisation of the struggle for freedom in its first and nearest colony. He was elected on April 9th 1981 in the by-election to fill the...

Everything we know so far about Hull's Princes Quay takeover A new London-inspired car park floor with street food and fashion is among the proposed ideas Princess Quay is undergoing some much needed updating (Image: Peter Harbour) A shopping centre in the heart of Hull has reportedly been bought by by a firm currently operating some of "the UK's coolest" bars, clubs and music festivals. Aaron Mellor, owner of Tokyo Industries, announced that his company had purchased the Princes Quay shopping centre at Hull Marina in a Facebook post last week, telling his followers that "April fools day see...

Reported data breaches in Europe rose by almost 20pc in the last year, with Ireland ranking third for breaches notified per capita.