On March 1, 1981, an Irish republican prisoner began refusing food in Long Kesh prison to demand recognition as a political prisoner and to oppose the removal of special category status. His staggered ...

A statue of Bobby Sands erected without planning permission in west Belfast has sparked political controversy.

A statue has been unveiled in memory of IRA hunger striker Bobby Sands in Belfast, marking the 44th anniversary of his death. The statue of the hunger striker and former MP was revealed at the ...

No further action is being taken over a statue of IRA hunger striker Bobby Sands erected without planning permission, Belfast City Council has said. The local authority launched an investigation last ...

A hunger strike which lasted 66 days resulted in the death today 40 years ago of one of the most internationally-prominent Irish republican prisoners, Bobby Sands. On May 5th, 1981, Sands died in the ...

Belfast's deputy lord mayor Paul Doherty has quit the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) in a dispute over a council ...

People gathered at the Sands statue to mark 45 years since the republican’s death amid a row over it being erected without planning permission ...

When the machinery of the state is totally dedicated to the protection of genocide; when the courts act as private security for arms dealers and weapons manufacturers; and when the political ...

Jim Allister has accused the corporation of adopting language “more fitting to propaganda than public service broadcasting” during a flagship news programme on Radio 4. On Thursday, introducing an ...