A NEW book by a respected Irish journalist has revealed the ultra-hard line a top civil servant had on the hunger strikes and that the Cabinet office’s approach to Bobby Sands was “let the hoor die”. In his memoir, ‘Eyewitness to War and Peace’, journalist Eamonn Mallie said he was shocked by the ferocity of the language […]
Thousands attend hunger strike commemoration
UP to ten thousand republicans have taken part in the annual national Hunger Strike commemoration in Derrylin today (Sunday, August 3).
Rare appearance by former MP Owen Carron
ONE of Fermanagh’s best known republicans has made a rare public appearance, speaking at a hunger strike commemoration in Ballyconnell on Friday night.
Mixed views ahead of Hunger Strike event
The decision to hold a national Hunger Strike commemoration in Derrylin next week has been met with the expected mix of opinion across the county.