During the hunger strike many innocent civilians lost their lives, including those killed by plastic bullets. One of those was mother-of-three Nora McCabe. Here, in a feature from his website, Secretary of the Bobby Sands Trust,...
Read MoreCommemorations of the 1981 hunger strike continued with the unveiling of a new mural to the first blanket man Kieran Nugent at a ceremony on the Falls Road on Sunday, 27th February, and the official launch of the 2011...
Read MoreThirty years ago today, Bobby Sands began his hunger strike. From South Africa, Andre, who was then just thirteen writes about how he felt. It is followed by an interview with former South African political prisoner Srinivasa...
Read MoreIn 1920, the then King of England sought to intervene during the fatal hunger strike by Cork-born Lord Mayor of Cork, Terence MacSwiney. On this occasion, however, far from the usual “Off with his head!” when confronted by a...
Read MoreUnthinkable, years ago, during the reign of the West Brit revisionists at RTE and the stringent application of Section 31 of the Broadcasting Act there, it was ironical but also timely that RTE should discuss the hunger strike...
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The Bobby Sands Trust was established to publish, promote and keep in print the extraordinary writings of Bobby Sands, who from prison isolation became an international figure in 1981, and who to this day continues to inspire Irish republicans in their pursuit of freedom from British rule.