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Tragic Death of Sean McKenna
Just before Christmas we received the sad news of the sudden death of former IRA Volunteer Sean McKenna at his home in Dundalk. Sean never fully recovered from his ordeal on the first H-Block hunger strike in 1980 which lasted for fifty three days. Sean was buried on...
Dido ‘Rebel Song’ Attacked
Grammy Award-winning singer Dido has been criticized by the DUP for using words from the republican anti-internment song, ‘The Men Behind The Wire’, on her latest album, ‘Safe Trip Home’. The song, “Let’s Do The Things We Normally Do” is a tribute to her late father...
Launch of Website
The Bobby Sands Trust’s redesigned website was officially launched in the Felons Club, West Belfast, on Friday, 7th November, 2008. Danny Morrison, secretary, chaired the event which was addressed by Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams MP, who spoke of the historic legacy...
Launch of re-designed website of Bobby Sands Trust
The Bobby Sands Trust will formally launch its newly-designed website at a press conference in the Felons Club, West Belfast, on Friday, 7th November, at 11.15am. Guest Speaker: Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams MP
Why are all the Troubles’ films about republicans?
Debate around the film ‘Hunger’ has sparked a wider debate about the poor portrayal of the unionist cause in the arts generally. Discussions have taken place on BBC’s Good Morning Ulster, Arts Extra, Sunday Sequence and feature writers in various newspapers have...
Life and death in Long Kesh
From The Guardian - Wednesday October 22, 2008 Held in the notorious Northern Irish jail in the 70s, Ronan Bennett recalls the gas attacks, the beatings, the smell - and the jokes - and applauds Steve McQueen’s haunting new film about its best-known inmate, IRA hunger...
Trust Responds to Church of Ireland Report
The Church of Ireland report, which was covered in the main newspapers in Ireland, interviewed Protestants living in the Clogher Diocese about the Troubles. It has recommended more be done to deal with the legacy of pain in the area’s Protestant community. The study...
Bobby Sands leaves Benn in tears
Tony Benn broke down in tears at the Edinburgh Book Festival on August 14th, 2008 as he recalled the late Bobby Sands, the republican MP and Officer Commanding IRA political prisoners H-Blocks who died while on hunger strike in the Long Kesh prison, Belfast, in 1981....
