See also: the guardian.com: From the archive, 6 May 1981: Bobby Sands joins long line of hunger strikers
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Showing posts with label Bobby Sands. Show all posts
5.5.16
05/05/81: BobbySands dies
On Tuesday 5 may 1981 Bobby Sands died in Maze Prison hospital after 66 days on hunger strike. He was 27.
See also: the guardian.com: From the archive, 6 May 1981: Bobby Sands joins long line of hunger strikers
See also: the guardian.com: From the archive, 6 May 1981: Bobby Sands joins long line of hunger strikers
20.4.16
20/04/81: Teachta Dail visit Bobby Sands
On Easter Monday, 20 April, 1981 Three Irish Teachta Dáil (members of Dáil Éireann, the lower house of Oireachtas, the Irish Parliament) together with Owen Carron, then Bobby Sands’ election agent, paid a visit to Sands at Maze Prison. Following the meeting the Teachta Dáil called for urgent talks with the British government. Sands had been on hunger strike since March 1st, and subsequently elected to the UK Parliament in the Fermanagh / South Tyrone by-election on 9 April.
The British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher announced on 21 April that the British government would not meet the Teachta Dáil. "We are not prepared to consider special category status for certain groups of people serving sentences for crime. Crime is crime is crime, it is not political," she stated.
source: CAIN Web Service
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| Supporters of Fermanagh South Tyrone MP/Hunger Striker Bobby Sands (source: belfasttelegraph.co.uk) |
The British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher announced on 21 April that the British government would not meet the Teachta Dáil. "We are not prepared to consider special category status for certain groups of people serving sentences for crime. Crime is crime is crime, it is not political," she stated.
source: CAIN Web Service
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